raw water bracket ( 351/302 )

Jeff, Pete, wow you all can imagine how excited I am to meet Jody and buy some parts from him. Thank you so much for turning me on that guy, Super nice guy and easy on the budget, he had everything I needed. And walked away spending half as much as I planned for. thank you all once again. I will be posted pictures over the weekend hopefully on the water.

There is a new timing cover on ebay but I think it the rare solid gold one. I was looking because I needed to change my pump and wasn't sure the bolts would come out. After looking it over I realized it is cast iron as opposed to my HM's aluminium,the bolts came right out.

Vance,
Great that you found the bracket. The internet sure is fantastic. I remember when you had to look in the yellow pages and then make tons of phone calls!! So, is the engine a PCM? Don't forget the pictures!

This forum is great as well as the people that are willing to help others. Thank yall, im definitively contacting jeff in the morning

I started the project last summer and ran out of funds. I also need an alternator bracket as well as a timing chain cover. Last summer I got the 351W PCM running and it sounded amazing, like and old hot rod. But unfortunately the circulating water pump started leaking from the bottom of the pin hole and starting spraying out of the sides next to the inlet ports. So to make a long story short I tried tapping a size bigger for the bolt that holds the alternator bracket because the precious hike was stripped out and tried to use healy coils for the three bolt holes on the top of the water pump and neither of the attempts were successful.

74Wind wrote: we should all be so lucky to have a guy like that just 100 miles away. ..

Jeff,
Jody does have a phone and the UPS driver stops for anyone that isn't close! Yes, we all are lucky. He's helped many of us.

Jody at Florida Inboards

Vance,
Have you figured out what engine you have? You didn't mention what boat it's in ether so I have to assume it's in a 77 Southwind per your screen name. IF it's the original engine, then most likely it's a PCM but could also be a Escort. 77 was a big transitional period for the Escort and bolt on's were pretty mixed. The bottom line is more information would be helpful.

How about some pictures? We love them.

It mounts on the side of the timing chain cover and I cant find one anywhere. Any suggestions or does anyone have one for sell? Thank you