[Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car

[gradea1 at charter.net]

That same shaft drives the tach and I believe a magnet properly placed
can keep it from dropping if you can carefully fish the pump body down
and out.
Suggest you pack the new pump with Vaseline to prime it when you
replace it. Be careful what you use to seal the sump to the block
gasket. If its too good (like right stuff!) you will break the alloy
upon removal. I use permatex to the sump, and only oil to the block.
Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Alan Garrison via
Healeys" 
To: "Healeys"
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Sent: Thursday February 17 2022 3:06:36PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car

	Simon 

	It was the 2nd paragraph of Section A.8 (2) that raised the question
“… driveshaft will be free to disengage from the camshaft and care
must be taken to prevent it falling out.” 

	I’m fitting an AH Spares alloy sump and need to modify the pump. 

	Thanks. 

	Alan 

	FROM: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com 
SENT: Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:12 PM
TO: 'Alan Garrison' 
CC: 'Healeys' 
SUBJECT: RE: [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car   

	That’s an interesting question…..and I’m not 100% sure why one
might want to do it. 

	I swapped my pump quite recently, 2018, because I found a Denis Welch
pump going very cheaply on eBay. 

	I don’t recall every moment, but I surely don’t recall any
problem extracting or replacing the pump drive shaft. And I don’t
recall any reason why there would be. 

	See the attached, which you’ve probably already got. 

	The only way that occurs to me to achieve your actual aim might be to
turn the car upside down!! 

	But, good luck anyway, 

	Simon 

	FROM: Healeys  ON BEHALF OF Alan Garrison via Healeys
SENT: 17 February 2022 20:35
TO: healeys at autox.team.net
SUBJECT: [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car   

	Planning to remove the oil pump from my 100-6 while the engine
remains in the car. Any suggestions on how to retain the pump drive
shaft in place? 

	Thanks. 

	Alan
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