<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The boss that the oil pump bolts to will keep the shaft from falling out. No need to fish out the pump. It comes straight down once you unbolt it. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 18, 2022, at 5:45 PM, Henry G Leach via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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<br class=""><br class=""><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p class="">-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Alan Garrison via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net class=""><br class="">To: "Healeys"<br class="">Cc: <br class="">Sent: Thursday February 17 2022 3:06:36PM<br class="">Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car<br class=""><br class="">
<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Simon</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">It was the 2<sup class="">nd</sup> 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.”</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">I’m fitting an AH Spares alloy sump and need
to modify the pump.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Alan</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b> <a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" class="">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>
<<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com" class="">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Thursday, February 17, 2022 5:12 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> 'Alan Garrison' <<a href="mailto:a2garrison@charter.net" class="">a2garrison@charter.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> RE: [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in
Car</p>
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</div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">That’s an interesting
question…..and I’m not 100% sure why one might want to do
it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">I swapped my pump quite
recently, 2018, because I found a Denis Welch pump going very
cheaply on eBay.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">See the attached, which
you’ve probably already got.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">The only way that occurs to
me to achieve your actual aim might be to turn the car upside
down!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">But, good luck
anyway,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-gb" class="">Simon</span></p><div class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b> Healeys <<a class="">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>>
<b class="">On Behalf Of</b> Alan Garrison via Healeys<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> 17 February 2022 20:35<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> <a class="">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [Healeys] Oil Pump Removal with Engine in Car</p>
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</div><div class=""><span lang="en-gb" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">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?</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks.</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Alan</p>
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