I know helms book says to pulling the timing belt is necessary when changing the oil pump-- but has anybody done it without??? I'm kicking myself in the butt right now because earlier today I changed my timing belt and water pump-- everyone says that they get them done at the same time-- so that's what I did... Anyway, I also have a new oil pump to install, but didn't look to see if it was necessary to do with the timing belt off... Can anyone tell me that they've done it without pulling the timing belt??? PLEASE.. I don't wanna pull that belt off if I don't have to.

Thanks in Advance,
Zack

 

um right you must pull the timing belt and the oil pan and take off your header and crankpulley no way around this install and it pretty messy

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fuccarlos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">um right you must pull the timing belt and the oil pan and take off your header and crankpulley no way around this install and it pretty messy</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yes, the crank goes thru the oil pump so there's NO WAY to get the oil pump off, without taking everything that's in front of it off first.
ie timing belt, water pump, pulley, tensioner, etc, etc.