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[harrygrey382]

wow good info Phil, and it makes me pretty sure something isn't original on mine. After the 15 or so year gap between disassembly and reassembly (and considering I was 14 when I pulled it down) I couldn't remember how it all went together. But things didn't seem right, and I could've sworn my bracket is homemade. There certainly weren't the spaces you mention, and I had to grind a bit of the bracket for clearance on the Tstat housing and pulley. So maybe it was already a different pump, maybe in a previous life the bracket got lost. Are there any close up photos of the area showing an original pump, bracket and bolt spacers? I guess it's going to be simplest to suck it up and buy the rebuild kit. But maybe not if mine isn't an original military pump...