: Hi all;
: I'm in the process of slowly rebuilding my 904
: off the 65 valiant. Everythings moving along
: nicely - lots of dirt and metal particles,
: but nothing so far looks worn too much or
: broken.
: I'm to the point now where I have to take the
: front oil pump cover off. I'm using the
: original shop manual which tells you to use
: a couple of long bolts and some weights to
: knock the cover out into the bell housing.
: Only problem is that it isn't working.
: Granted, I made my own special tool out of
: some long bolts and some 1.25 inch sockets,
: but they don't seem to be doing the job. The
: cover hasn't moved a hundreth of an inch,
: far as I can tell - with copious amounts of
: banging and swearing on my part.
: So, is there an easier way to do this? I
: thought of a slide hammer (have to go buy
: one), but would that be too much force?
: Looking for some help, anything would be
: appreciated.

: Yep, I use a slide hammer with a special
: adaptor to screw into the two specially
: threaded holes.
:
: Take a close look at all the bolt holes, only 2
: have larger threads (3/8-16 unc) in the pump
: body, this is what your "puller"
: has to grab onto.
:
: The only other way to get the pump out is to
: remove the valve body and use a long rod or
: bar to "bash" it out from behind.
: You place the rod on the back of the pump
: housing and strike it with a hammer. This is
: not the preferred method because it is hard
: to keep the pump housing from getting cocked
: and jammed, you can also put dents into the
: housing but this is a way to "break
: loose" a pump that is really stuck.
: DD