Originally Posted by Billybob

The best solution at this point would simply be to drill a small 2-4 mm hole from the back side of the cylinder head timing chain chase and then use a punch to remove the pin driving it forward. The lower pin has a recess into which the rearmost end fits, you could drill the hole 40 mm inward from the end of the casting and 8 mm above the bottom edge of the cylinder head's lower surface. The opening could be easily sealed after the fact, I would use the aluminum based Lab Metal to do it.







Good Luck!

If you remove the vacuum pump you will avoid the freak-out when the return spring in the vacuum pump acts against the timing device's ramp and gives that "tug" as the pump's cam follower wheel rolls into a valley on the timing device's cam profile!

Thanks sixto!!!!!