[Canadian Man]

Originally Posted by Jack

Jon (canadian_man), I haven't seen the two bolts on the housing, but this pump is new to me and I guess I haven't looked carefully enough. I will try that when I get home tonight. I was wondering how to get that cover off, it seemed like it was a stupid design but now that I know you can get it off that's great.... and now that I spent 3 hours cleaning it instead of an easy 15 minutes

Yea it's one or two silver (usually) bolts on the cylindrical part of the pump that covers up the fan and motor.
Once you see them it will make perfect sense.