I want to report back and bring closure on this evolution. Some of my details may benefit others. I had to remove the water pump when I quickly encountered a major league leak around the mushroom seal. The back of the seal nearest the block was not sufficiently in place.

I purchased a new seal and gasket from Advance Auto, not willing to reuse the OEM parts. OBSERVATION: Advance Auto's Felpro "o-ring" has a different geometry than OEM and it is more pliable. The o-ring has a flat surface where it mates to the cylinder head.

I used a 1x2x24" stick to leverage under the w/p, grabbing a small area of the p/s pump, to pry up. This is the same stick I used for a previous 760 w/p replacement and all previous 240's. But here, I rigged up an over the engine 4x4 and used a ratchet tie-down to gain a mechanical leverage necessary to mash the o-ring.

This was not enough. I noticed that with a pick I still was getting a misalignment between pump and block. OBSERVATION: The w/p slot holes are on a axis of 20 degrees CCW from vertical. The plane of the mating surface of pump to cyl. head is about 20 degrees CCW from horizontal. Noting this, I used a hinged wrench to twist the w/p relative to the block to gain this angle and bring the necessary bolt holes in alignment. This is the same wrench I use for gland nuts on the struts.

I now had water pump in position to pass the bolts through and get threaded into the block. SUCCESS! (and no leaks, yet).

Thanks to all of you for your interest in my dilemma. All your comments were thought over carefully my me and valued.

For the fun of Volvos,
Mike
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'83 245 GLT, '92 245DL, '90 760 GLT