Remove the valve cover, I would not touch the head bolts <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />

If you remove the valve cover you can accuate the pump lever and get it to slide in without removing the carb on the OEM size pump <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Before I learned that trick I used a wood block and a BFH <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" />

98 Montero with cold weather package
96 Toyota Land Cruiser, fully locked Mall Machine :-)