well i pulled everything apart yesterday and got to the oil pump and unbolted the four bolts that hold it on, and then i started to get the bolt on the pickup tube off, but that thing is a bitch! i probably spent an hour on it last nite and still dont have it off! im in no hurry cuz the new pump wont be here till monday, but i would like to get that damn pump off there. is there any little tricks to getting that damn bolt off?

 

What is the problem exactly? Is the bolt too tight, or you just having problems reaching it?

If it is reaching it, I had to loosen my oil pan bolts to give me about another inch of access. I believe that is how most on here have had to do it also. If it just won't come loose, can't help much there.

 

yeah i just cant quite reach it to get it the rest of the way off. but if i loosen my oil pan will i have to get a new gasket for it or will it be ok?

 

The oil pan gasket is an o-ring'd gasket. You'll be fine loosening it, letting it drop some, then re-tightening.

I assume you are putting on a new pump. Make sure you put it back on the reverse order you have pulled off. Bolt up the pickup tube first and let it seat naturally without putting stress on it and will slide right in. Then bolt to the block. Overall this way is a PITA getting the pump lined up with the crank to slide it on, but you don't have worry in the back of your mind that you pinched the o-ring. Which can be done pretty easily if you bolt up the pump first. Just a recommendation.

 

ok thanks alot. ill be dropping the pan a little today, and then ill get that pump off. but the new pump wont come in till monday so ill be putting it on then. thanks again.

 

Don't drop the pan a "little" remove all the bolts holding it to the block and let it drop. Be careful of the two long bolts in the back of the pan as far as putting them back in, they will strip easy, so don't torque them much at all. I did a couple of bolts and wedged a screw driver in, here's a a pic-

and it wasn't enough room. Drop it all the way. Remove the oil pump tube bolt with a gear wrench. Here's a pic of me lining the pump up with feeler gauges, it was a pita and it probably didn't line up in the end, so I wouldn't worry about it IMO.

 

hey man, did yours go out too. or were you just changing it to do it?

 

I had to take it off so I could put the LS2 timing chain on.