Well...the gasket they supplied matches the water pump. I wasn't paying attention the 1st time I installed it and just bolted it up. When I started to fill the radiator, it leaked like a Niagra Falls. So I thought maybe I just missed something. I went to AutoZone, bought a new set of gaskets (pump to plate, & plate to block), and took it back off. Well, the pump to plate gasket was fine. No issues there. However, when I laid the new plate to block gasket on there, I found that. Like I said, that gasket is right when I put it up on the timing chain cover.....and I'm guessing the reason it was leaking is that there was no effective seal around the water jackets....ya know....because they're not the same.
Now,
this is what I ordered, part 16173, CCW rotation for serpentine belt, 86-93.
Does anybody know what Ford v8 has the same bolt pattern on the water pump but has the water jackets facing the other way? I'm thinking they sent me the wrong pump, or the wrong plate.
It looks to me like your gasket should be flipped on the pump. Then the ports should line up. I would assume the bolts would too. I would re-examine everything. I would also verify that it's for the correct year.
I tried flipping it every which way I could. Whenever I move ANYTHING, the bolt holes don't line up anymore. Not on the gasket, or on the plate. Also notice the two bolts that hold the plate to the pump....on the gasket, one of them is perfectly curving to the bolt, the left one is about 3/4" away from the bolt. Something is awry in waterpump town.
