converting to a non ribbed water pump pulley

iceracer60 · Sep 20, 2009

alrite so im in the process of putting the 87 ltd roller motor in my 85, but the problem is that i cant get a power steering pump bracket to work because of steer gear clearance issues. i finally found a bracket from march performance that clears the gear, but it mounts in a way that the belt wont run on the water pump. so i was thinking of doing the non rib pulley conversion on the water pump, and the problem is that i know that without a non ribbed idler mounted on the lower driver side, ill be spinning the water pump in reverse. if anyone knows how i can fix this or get an idler mounted please chip in. thanks in advance

iceracer60 · Sep 21, 2009

any ideas anyone?

okietheranger · Sep 21, 2009

the water pump pully on my 5.0 is smooth 89 mustang gt motor

iceracer60 · Sep 22, 2009

can you post a pic of the set up and how the belt is run?

baddad457 · Sep 25, 2009

okietheranger said:
the water pump pully on my 5.0 is smooth 89 mustang gt motor

That's because it's a reverse rotation pump. 87 LTD has a std rotation pump.

baddad457 · Sep 25, 2009

iceracer60 said:
alrite so im in the process of putting the 87 ltd roller motor in my 85, but the problem is that i cant get a power steering pump bracket to work because of steer gear clearance issues. i finally found a bracket from march performance that clears the gear, but it mounts in a way that the belt wont run on the water pump. so i was thinking of doing the non rib pulley conversion on the water pump, and the problem is that i know that without a non ribbed idler mounted on the lower driver side, ill be spinning the water pump in reverse. if anyone knows how i can fix this or get an idler mounted please chip in. thanks in advance

Simple solution.............raise the engine up enough to clear the stock bracket. My 89 fits fine with an 88 LTD setup.

iceracer60 · Sep 26, 2009

i just solved it today, got a aftermarket bracket from march, so now im running the reverse rotation mustang pump and a march pulley set up

converting to a non ribbed water pump pulley

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