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B30 water pump woes. 140-160

Try this...

With no gasket or top seals, screw all the fasteners in to where they just barely touch the pump, then back them out about 1-2 turns. Then slide the pump upward as far as you can and see how much gap there is between the bottom of the head and the top of the pump.

I had a new aftermarket pump (can't recall the brand) that I put on a red block motor one time and the pump casting was so crappy that I had to clean out a couple of the bolt holes with a rat tail file in order to allow the pump to slide up to within a reasonable distance from the head and provide a decent amount of top seal "squish".
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