water pump question

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  1. Austin's Dad

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    Hi , well its time to start to order parts to put the old maverick back togather again. I Have a 79 302 block that i runing a maverick water pump on. (Suction on the driver side. I need to know what size and lenth bolts I need to put this pump on. Thanks Austin's dad :wave: :wave: :wave:
     
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    5/16th's std. They will run anywhere from 7in to 3in. Depends on the pump, some have different length bolt boss's. Just take a piece of welding rod or wire and put into each hole and then measure the length for each.
     
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    thanks for the reply
     
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    Hey, nice name there... I'm Austin's Dad also. lol
    Looks like Old guy answered your question. GOodluck on the build up
     

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