Aluminum water pump housings

[kab69440]

Are any of you with AC cars running aluminum water pump housings? If so, where did you get them?

I just installed the aluminum kit a week or so ago. Today I went back out to finish reinstalling the compressor only to find out that it no longer fit. The problem turned out to be the water neck on the new pump housing. It is cast (almost perfectly) perpendicular to the cam centerline whereas my original iron pump housing was canted at about a 45deg. angle. This puts the compressor almost 1/2" too far to the driver's side and almost an inch too high. I suppose I use the new pump with the old housing or custom fab new compressor mounts.

[charger500rt71]

Hmmm, I installed one on my 71 500 with AC and had no issues.

[lasvegas69charg]

I installed a 440source on my 69 a.c. With no problems

[kab69440]

The 440 Source housing looks just like the kit I bought. I wonder if the '69 compressor bracketry is different from the '73? (My engine is from a '73 New Yorker)