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Yes I always take the oil pump out when assembling or disassembling just one less thing to have to fiddle with when you're trying to get the case halves back together before they cool to much. I prefer heat to pulling the bearing into the case cold....once things are the correct temp they just fall into place....if it's a struggle then the temp isn't high enough. Back they go for a little bit. I scraped very carefully the gasket surfaces then with a piece of wet/dri 400 grit on my table saws top to bring up the aluminum to a nice even. bright finish.....a piece of thick glass would work fine as well. Again....if you need/want any of the pics posted from the thread just tell me what numbers you want to see and I post them up as quick as possible.