Water pump 92 351 PCM

I have one the great Sherwood pumps on it. Doing the spring tune up, checking the impeller.. replaced it and I went to mount it back on and I forgot which way the pump goes. From the paint, it looks like i have it right.. the outside screw goes in.

But my other problem is I went to mount it back on. The pivot bolt on the bottom seems to be not catching.. stripped probably. cheap aluminum! Anyways.. I tried putting a washer on it to maybe grab some other threads. no luck.. I hate to replace the whole pump just for that bolt. Any ideas? I was thinking of Lock Tight stuff to fill it in. Any other "special stuff" to help with this? I know and J&B Weld is not the answer unless I for sure never want to take it off again! ha.

How about a threading bolt? Try and redo the threads?

Thanks Nautique-heads
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I'd try to tap it with the proper size tap first to see how she holds. If she is still a bit loose then maybe a little teflon tape on the threads then go to an over size thread. Bigger isn't always better. Trust me on this one.

I pretty sure I cant drill it out. It's tight fit on the pump to get a bolt or nut on it I think.

I am going to try a tap to clean the threads up. I don't want to go bigger if I don't have to because then I have to drill the hole out of the mount then also. Which is not a big deal, but.

I was hoping there was some sort of liquid that would work.. but I may have to use the teflon and tap to see if this will work... or it's a new pump

Issue resolved... Went to the hardware store..bought a new tap and drill bit.. new bolt.. gently drilled out the stripped threads.. tapped with slightly large bolt... works like a champ.    

thanks for the info!     I think after I looked at it more.. the bolt probably worked its way loose and was just barely hanging on.. loose bolt on metal just rounded out the hole.. and the threads were gone when I tried to tighten....