it comes out of there pretty easily.
I think it's easier to lay under it with it jacked up 'some'..
not even that high.  Like rear tires hang to a few inches off the ground.

I think theonly part you need to get out of the way is the tie barunder
the pan,
and filler tube .

oh ....shoot. ell....
there can be a gotcha.
check this part first thing ..by the flywheel ...
if it has stock 5mm allen screw pan screws ...
you need a long thing 5mm allen to get up in there on 3 screws I think.
   Someome might have put in 10mm hex head screws instead .
In any case you need a long thin socket or allen , about 6 inches long.

for the 5mm allen type screws I have a piece of allen brazed to an old
chevy push rod .
gets up in there nicely.
   if your 'clutch dust shield/gravelguard' sheet metal pieceis not
there....that helps to.
It would be a small bummer to have to move the trans and engine apart by
half an inch to get at the last few screws on the flywheel end.

don't forget the two 17mm hex head bolts that go into the pan too, from
the forward end ....bell housing bolts.

have fun !
scott
www.turbovans.com

On 11/3/2012 11:50 AM, Dana Mueller wrote:
> Google and bing are my friend. Oh man sorry to waste bandwidth. Now to
> attempt pan removal w/o hoist.
>
> -dm
>
> On Nov 3, 2012, at 11:48, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> It takes the same oil pan gaskets as millions of other VW inline cyl engines.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Dana Mueller wrote:
>>> So the big question: is the oil pan gasket manufactured anymore?  If not,
>>> are you all buying gasket material and xacto knifing your own?
>>>
>>> -dm
>>>