my "smart ass response" was simply saying what i was looking at: the engaged gears. Im so stupid, i thought that gear would prevent me from getting to the pump drive. Now, one answer, above, has me doing things to remove a gear requireing unscrewing things, another says a strong magnet will do it. i dont get how im a smart ass for this, but whatever.
ill try the magnet trick. I cant picture how the other method is executed......Thank you very much.
It's not a straight cut gear, so if you turn it opposite of it's normal rotate it "unscrews" and comes up, then you can use a magnet to pull the drive to the pump. A 2 foot, or so, length of 5/16" hex stock will then fit into the oil pump drive allowing you to spin it with a drill, or speed wrench. CW for small blocks,, CCW for big blocks to drive the pump, opposite that to remove the drive.
Now if it were a slant six or a flat head six, you would be right in your assumption.
