I have the flywheel off,engine in car. I'm going to drop the oil pan down to swap the oil pan gasket, and was curious how hard it would be to get at the oil pump to change it without having to remove the oil pan? Or is this not possible? I dropped the tranny and everything off to have a look at the rear seal to see if it was leaking, or to pinpoint the oil pan gasket. SO, since I have all that stuff off I figured I might as well have a go at the oil pump also if it's not too difficult. The pump, assuming it's original, has 164k on it so I figured it should probably be swapped soon. Anyway, anyone have any input?