My wife recently acquired her first Corvette and is starting to collect parts for her resto project. I was trying to help her find a water pump at Carlisle this weekend but encountered conflicting information as to what would be the correct casting number and configuration. The 2nd Edition 73/74 TIM&JG is now more than 15 years so when speaking with folks selling water pumps we ran into a lot of disagreement with the text in the water pump section on page 75. Several people disagreed with the third sentence which reads "The early 1973 style L48/L82 pump has a boss for a by-passport, but they are not drilled for the pump." We were told by one person that while "some" water pumps installed on 73 L48's may have had a pump with this configuration it would have been a very small number since these pumps were only cast for a few days in April of '72. Also, a few people disagreed that a 399207 was ever installed on any SB Corvette. We don't know what to believe.
We just need to know what the possible water pump casting numbers and configurations would be for a very early production (1-Aug-72) L48 w/ AC and 4spd.
Thanx
We just need to know what the possible water pump casting numbers and configurations would be for a very early production (1-Aug-72) L48 w/ AC and 4spd.
Thanx
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