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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Donlberg" data-source="post: 41778" data-attributes="member: 4651"><p>The flex plate, shaft and seal with tax were $630.00 from the dealer which was the only place I was able to locate parts. Their estimate for the whoe job was $1500.00 and they usually estimate on the low side so I decided to tackle the job in our shop. "I restore old cars as a hobby." We removed the pumps from the top, the pumps came out fairly easily, but to remove the two lower bell housing cover bolts we had to pry the fuel tank down to get at them. Installing the shaft flex plate and seal was easy but reconnecting all those stiff hoses was very time consuming, and frustrating in order to prevent cross threading. All that's left now is the front gear pump, and that only has two bolts and two hoses. All in all it turned out to be an easier job than I expected. The control valve with it's 6 hoses and cramped space was extremely difficult so I thought this would be worse. However this was less frustrating. I appreciate all your helpful advice. Before beginning removal I purchased a shop manual and also a parts book. The shop manual was very helpful and would recommend it for any do it yourselfer. Don</p></blockquote><p></p>