Big Block headaches

An oil pump is easy to change??? In a A body??? Are you serious?? I had to jack the car up and put it on an axle stand, disconnect the headers, undo the engine mounts, jack the motor up with 2 different jacks, take off the bottom radiator hose, take off the engine torque strap... several grazed knuckles and some other scratches later and thats just to get it out...