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Fwd: '87 Vanagon
Brent Christensen · Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:20:39 -0800 · Mailing-list archive
...The manual shows a small >circlip attaching the piston rod to the piston. There is no circlip on >mine. Instead, there is a disk...
Re: Heads are off; now what?
Frank Condelli · Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:56:05 EST · Mailing-list archive
...The circlips can be reached from the sides of the pistons. Use rags to block the case opening to the crank so the circlip...
Re: Rear Hatch/Door Pistons
Nolan Hester · Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:55:48 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
...Remove the >circlip on the frame side of the piston, pull the piston off >(careful: the hatch is heavy!), slip the PVC pipe on...
Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
david kao · Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:18:02 -0800 · Mailing-list archive
...I started out with the piston #2. I removed outer circlip so that the piston pin can be removed from the hole at the...
Re: need help with splitting the case
Zoran Mladen · Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:02:57 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
...Rotate the engine so that the piston so that the wrist pin is aligned with the hole in the block. Using the circlip pliers...
Re: thanks : oil pump change in the van??
Paul Guzyk · Wed, 2 Nov 2005 23:59:28 -0500 · Mailing-list archive
...You only need to remove one circlip per piston to get the pin out.
Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
Paul Guzyk · Sat, 14 May 2005 14:38:15 -0700 · Mailing-list archive
...for when it comes to circlip pliers. Once you get the clip off, you need to pull the piston pin. This is fun also...
Re: AT Seal and Gasket Replacement
Alan Shearer · Sat, 23 Feb 2002 14:46:17 -0000 · Mailing-list archive
Hi Greg, I really didn't have a choice whether to remove the piston or not. When I removed the circlip holding the piston...