For those who say it Can't Be Done.....
 

Oil pump removed from Ls1 in a Fbody without removing oil pan or dropping pan down
Yes..........I have some tricks up my sleeve!!! :mrgreen:

I would have believed you since that's what I did......

Slowly but surely and scissor fingers lol

Rag to keep it from fallin in pan
Loosen it with 10mm S-wrench
Fingers like sausages.... :banghead:
so skinny angle needle nose pliers to take it out the last couple threads.

I don't see the sawzall in the pic?

Took engine out the bottom though, so any time saved was taken up by that, shoulda gone out the top!

this is madness

Fully welded header/y/cats and they needed to be re-coated. So out the bottom was defintly the easier route.

No sawzall needed

Oil pump out in 5min.. vrs. taking oil pan off, cleaning it & new gasket n such.

Wish I was working on a Lt1......:bertstare:

bet i can get it out faster using a demo saw.

Good, you can do mine in a few months! :lol:

With a demo saw? I'd like to see the re-installation.

^ :kneeslap:

i always do it like that

With a demo saw & jb weld? :mrgreen: lol

Done it before plenty of times, theres alot of people out there that say it can't be done. It can, just need the right tools and some patience.

10mm with a slight bend... and some skill

getting it back in is the tricky part

i knew i couldnt be the only one that keeps a stock of jb weld !

lol :rofl: