Thought I'd post some follow ups. This isn't a hard job, but for the inexperienced, everything underneath the hood of a car can look a little daunting.
Firstly, not sure how others do it, but I found it much easier to remove the pump with the brackets attached. There are 4 nuts connecting the pump to the brackets, but only 2 mounting the brackets to the motor. The bracket bolts offer much easier access.
Loosen the 2 bracket/motor bolts which will allow you to remove the belt from the pulley. Undo the 2 hoses from the rear. Completely remove the 2 bracket/motor bolts.
Remove the brackets from the pump.
Undo the nut in front of the pulley, then use a pulley puller to get it off. I could only find this 3 jaw gear puller at my local auto parts store, but it did the trick.
Remove the 2 studs and the pressure union, flow valve & valve spring from the rear of the pump.
Hold the pump housing and slightly tap around the rim of the reservoir to separate the 2.
To remove the end cover, you need to remove the retaining ring. I forgot to get photo's of this but this should do. There's a small access hole. Insert something through the access hole (I used a hole punch), to push the retainer ring out, then slide a flathead screwdriver behind it to wedge it out.
There's a spring behind the cover which should partially pop it out once the retainer ring is removed.
Remove the pressure plate, dowels and cam ring, then taps the shaft out which will also pop the rotor & plate out.
Flip the housing over and pop out the shaft bushing with a screw-driver.
... and that's as far as I've gotten. I threw some paint stripper on the outside of the housings so I can give them a new coat of pain before putting everything back together. I didn't have any black paint on hand, so I have to wait until tomorrow before I can get it finished.
