no power steering onthe posters van, pretty sure.
but it's not that hard to undo some PS stuff to getthe pan off.

it's those screws by the flywheel that can getcha.

as 'oil pan removal with engine in the vvehicle' goes ..
diesel vanagons are pretty nice.

On 11/5/2012 7:35 PM, Greg Potts wrote:
> Hi Volks,
>
> The other "gotcha" on the pan removal is that the p/s exhaust mount is hanging from the oil pan.
>
> Other than that, it's just the crossbar and 20 small bolts, about 5 of which are pretty hard to get to.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On 2012-11-03, at 10:59 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
>> 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.