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cell · 07-01-2006, 07:21 PM

I need to move my oil pickup tube from the old pump to the new pump. Based on the new pump, it looks like a press fit. Should I just take this to a machine shop, have them pull the old tube (how would they do this?), and press it into the new oil pump?

this is in a 292 inline 6.

07-01-2006, 07:21 PM	#1
cell Active Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Austin Posts: 217	how to remove the oil pickup tube from the oil pump? I need to move my oil pickup tube from the old pump to the new pump. Based on the new pump, it looks like a press fit. Should I just take this to a machine shop, have them pull the old tube (how would they do this?), and press it into the new oil pump? this is in a 292 inline 6.