Serpentine belt on older 302

[Gearhead999]

Long story short. When to "Junk" yard and got all the front off of a 93 TBird LX, 5.0 V-8. Two brkts. and all the pulleys and tensioner.

Installed them on my engine, it is on a stand, and also HAD a timing cover, without fuel pump from a 90 E250. The pump turns backward on the E250. When I ordered a water pump for the 93 Tbird it won't fit the timing cover....like it needs to be deeper. The impeller sticks out too far and doesn't fit into the housing. Do you get what I mean?? It's like the timing housing needs to have deeper mounting, for the water pump, to allow the water pump impeller to fit into it???? I'm going to order a water pump for the 90 front timing cover I have, since it is made to turn backwards too. Then I have to check to make sure that it lines up with all the other stuff.

FYI....I own and run an auto repair garage and we do this all day. I'm not a backyard
"want to be". Maybe I'm missing something here......I don't know. If the van pump doesn't do the trick, I'm back at the "yard" and try and get a 93 front timing cover I guess.

What do you run?? I tried to run an 88 5.0 setup but couldn't find all the brkts and the two I was missing are no longer offered by FORD !!!!!!

Later....