I received the Edelbrock 4262 valve covers and my new Bomba de agua (water pump sounds way cooler in spanish)
Its nice living within 2 hours of a summit racing warehouse.
The new water pump fixed the problem of having the exposed hole and one too many heater core return lines. this pump was from a 1995 Chevy astro van with the 4.3. This caused another problem:
The water pump pulley has a different mounting pattern! The difference is the astro van pump is set up for a conventional fan mount, and the pump that came with my pulley kit used one of the big screw on clutch fans. I have a replacement astro van pulley on the way...
I also got the new valve covers to fit with the AC bracket. I did a bit of grinding on the valve covers and the ac bracket. They just barely clear but they fit.
It is supposed to be cooler this weekend so I hope to get the rocker repair wrapped up, stay tuned!