I am rebuiding my oil pump and after reading all of the problems everyone has I am a little leary of doing things wrong. My timing cover looks to be in good shape with very little wear showing no heavy scoring the oil filter adapter has a little wear on one side. The gear end clearance is 0.003 and sidewall clearance is 0.002. What do I need to do to make sure that this is setup correct?
Should I buy the midplate or does my adapter look good?
I believe that my filter adapter has the filter bypass cast in, am I correct?
What should I do to the gears before putting them in, I have read the posts about deburring and lapping the gears, is this something I can do?