Sixto, I haven't tried to compare the plunger pressure, but on a new/good pump it takes pretty massive pressure to budge it at all. I found one of the circlips, but not the other. I also need to locate the large piece of missing bracket (left side), I found the small piece (right side). The dam gasket had some shavings in it, but that's about it. There's a fair amount of shavings all over the place right now.

I was debating trying to salvage the oil (3kmi on Delvac-1) but I think it would be better to toss it due to the amount of metal lost. OTOH, I'm half tempted to strain it and re-use it for another 100 miles as a "flush" before changing the oil & filter. I suspect there are a lot of metal bits floating inside the timing cover area.