so I am at the stage where I have the shits with it... I have removed cambelt and other associated bits and have removed all the bolts that you can see looking directly onto the end of the engine. There is a stud poking up from the sump casting area (has a nifty little E-torx fitting on the end... the only fastening with this as far as I have come with this job... Why Toyota did you do somethign so F#@%IN stupid??!!) and i assume that the two coming down from the oil pickup need removing... can't see how but hey... anybody been there done that?
Its a bit of a problem with the beams engines apparently... There were 2 other oil pumps waiting with mine at the dealer!