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I have the Escort 351 in my SN so you are not alone, there are some out there. Its a fine motor. Parts are not that hard to find you just have to do a little research and then do a little digging.

8122pbrainard wrote: And I have the 302 in my Tique and agree that parts aren't that hard to find. Keep in mind, it's still a small block Ford. John, I really don't know why you are concerned about your "oddball".

Glad I have some people out there to ask. I was concerned because I can't really find much info on it. I have had engines that were discontinued in the past, and if it broke, you better be good under the hood, because you were on your own. I was afraid I got myself into one of those situations, but they seem more common than I initially thought,

Fabcon wrote: I have the Escort 351 in my SN so you are not alone, there are some out there. Its a fine motor. Parts are not that hard to find you just have to do a little research and then do a little digging.

Like Fabcon said with a little research or substituting of parts you'll be fine.

Ford built the engine and different companies marinized them each a little differently

It's some of the "bolt ons" that you'll find issues with like

The distributor (some have a Mallory like yours and Fabcon's, later ones like Pete's have a Prestolite. Easy to find most distributor related parts but not all of them. You can put a new distributor in if needed though.

The alternator and voltage regulator. The originals were discontinued long ago but easy enough to modernize if necessary.

The raw water pump, you've already run into that. Some had a Jabsco, some had a Sherwood.

The exhaust manifolds, plenty of PCM pyramid style around to fit if you need to replace what you have now.

The thermostat housing is "different" or "odd" too but you can work around that issue also

Fuel pumps, you can find a marine one to fit whether you have a Carter or an AC brand

Probably a few other things too, like the wiring diagram that Pete posted, you could call it "representative" of what yours is like. That diagram was originally from Waukesha and PCM was a division of Waukesha, then they became PCM and a little later bought the Escort assets and a little later the Escort name was history.

Thank for the history. I am going to do some general research when I get off work and see what I can dig up on it.

Can one of you guys tell me if the O ring in the Impeller housing is an absolute? I see most kits come with them, but the impeller that I ordered was the impeller only, and when I opened it up, there was no O ring present, nor was there any kind of indention that would say there was supposed to have been one in there.

It's a Jabsco Pump model 17100-0001

That is the image I keep running into on my searches. Mine is a strait through with the in and out flow directly opposed with only a 3 bolt pattern. Here is the cover. I suppose they could have made them in more then one way.

Here is a little secret on Jabsco pumps- many covers are interchangeable. If a cover with a certain model number is/was not available another was substituted. That’s why unless your 100% positive why you have to order impellers by dimensions like Pete references above.