Not really necessary to pack the pump, just pour a little oil into it to get the gears wet. If you do pack it, use Vaseline- - - -it dissolves when the oil hits it. Grease can pack into a passageway and restrict oil flow to bearings downstream.
Jerry


"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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