Tools can be made in various fashions, to engage those two holes used for removal. Agreed that you will be turning it clockwise to remove, when looking at it from behind the motor. One trick is, after making a tool, use some bushings, washers, etc and and a spare nut that fits on the prop shaft threads, to gently tighten and hold the tool engaged into the holes in the cover. If you don’t do this, the tool will want to walk up out of the holes and round out the holes. Once the cover starts to budge and turn, back off the nut on the prop shaft accordingly, as the pump cover backs out.
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