Jason...That's what we can't understand...it's the rod that's preventing the fuel pump from going on. Basically we can't get the holes to line up on the pump because the bottom diaphram keeps hitting that rod not the oil sending unit at the end of the rod. You've been a wealth of information so if possible let me ask you another question. Over the weekend a couple of buddies of mine were working on the bronco and we all have kinda come to the same agreement that this is not the orginal engine just because of certain things that wasn't hooked up or bolted on. The question is though we're not sure what size the engine is...we know it's either a 289 or 302 because of the firing order on the block but cannot find anywhere on the block as to what the size of engine is...do you know where we can look on the block to find the engine identification numbers? I appreciate it.