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Oil Pump Assembly: Disassembly

  1. To remove metal sealing rings, first unhooking small ring ends with needle nose pliers. Carefully remove rings from front of pump housing. Unhook large ring ends and remove rings from housing.
  2. Remove thrust washer from front of pump housing. Hold cover plate tight against housing (plate is under spring tension). Remove cover plate screws and cover plate.
  3. Remove the 7/16" (11 mm) check ball and spring. Withdraw pump drive plate. Mark pump gears for reassembly reference and remove gears. See Fig 1 .
    Fig 1: Exploded View of Oil Pump Assembly
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