2UZ-FE 4.7 Liter V8 Timing Belt Replacement (2 Viewers)

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I just tore into a 100 series i recently picked up and am having trouble removing the original water-pump gasket. Does anyone here have any tricks for removing stubborn gasket. It was the original 21 year old gasket and apparently had a self sealing leak at one point as was evident by the giant dried coolant plug that had formed over the oil pump.

I’ve tried the usual red scubbie and razor blade combo, but am 4 hours in to carefully trying to remove this stuff and still have a bit more to go in a couple spots. Has anyone tried anything like a magic eraser with success?
 

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