Ogggadddoh, anyway, weekend was way too hectic to do much but this afternoon managed to remove the oil pump from the VE and also the Oil pickup. Things were really nasty and had lots of grease, took quite some time to clean using scrapers, paint brush, kerosene mixed with Cleanoff but came up alright. Here are some pics. Spacer is missing so will need to revisit the seller to see if it is still there.