Look at the Bentley manual, it describes a VW tool to remove the metal that
accumulates by the snap ring.  I used my dremel tool.

Pete
Peterz@gte.net
83.5 Vanagon

-----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:Vanagon@vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Paul
Borghese
Sent:   Friday, June 12, 1998 10:00 AM
To:     Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: rebuilding engine removing the wrist pins

Please post how you were able to remove the wrist pins.  I just spent two
hours and can not remove the pin closest to the flywheel (not to mention the
circlip went flying somewhere--probably in the crankcase).

Did you just rebuild the top part of the engine and leave the crankcase
alone?  How can I tell if the crankcase engine parts are OK?

Thanks,

Paul Borghese

>I've got a similar sticker on my 87 van's oil flap door.
>Since Im at work right now I cannot tell you if it says exactly the
>same thing though.
>
>I've just finished rebuilding my engine also.
>It was actually much easier than I expected.
>The toughest part was removing the cylinders from the heads.
>Also, removing the wrist pins from the pistons was a problem.
>I had to "invent" a tool that worked like a charm. If your interested in
>hearing about it, I'll post the parts for it. It's cheap to make, beats
>out
>the Volkswagen special tool by far!
>Tony
>87w/200k
>