This thread isn't too old, so thought I'd chime in rather than starting a new thread looking for help... I've got a similar situation, working on removing the water pump and the thing is stuck. The top jacking screw point snapped off, and I haven't tried the battery hold-down screw trick yet, but just looking for other ideas to get that blasted thing out. It feels like the O-ring has a good grip on the engine block, because I can put a pry bar on the flange and move it a tiny bit, but it goes right back to where it came from. Won't budge a bit. I've been thinking of cobbling together something that might make it possible to put a standard three-arm puller on it, but also worry about putting pressure on the timing cover.
I found one thread elsewhere on the 'net where the guy took a drill to it and cut it up; I really don't want to do that. Any other thoughts? |