Yea I’ve unfortunately seen it on 2 other gen pu, welding it won’t hold, the whole assembly has to be replaced. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Welding it is only a temp solution, it’ll hold for a bit but eventually it does break down.
Lol. But come on now I can’t see the forums really being the reason, the subie forums are the same way, Honda forums. Pretty much all forums are like that.
You can use the ecoBoost mustang oil pump with no issues at all and it costs about $60. Just some food for thought.
EDIT: reading fail on my part. Just realized that was mentioned above.
I just find it funny this guy spent all this money and wasted all our time having us research for him since he didn’t do a damn thing to research for a “proper build” and yet he damn near double the required clearance for a 4032 piston. Can’t fix stupid haha.