My apologies for not updating this thread for the last couple of days (trying to get a house built in the hills around here has proven to be a time consuming challenge, not to mention the cold temps in my unheated garage..). I removed the barrels on saturday and the pins and pistons. the inboard right hand side circlip was for sure not there, (i'm sure bits of that circlip is what i found attached to the magnetic drain plug) the outboard right hand circlip was present as were the two for the left hand piston. the right side pin slid right out,,,no pressure needed at all. the left side pin was the opposite (the piston still rotated on the pin but compared the looseness of the right hand pin i would say the left side pin was tight, to be honest I'm not sure which is more correct,,,). The right hand con rod was sloppy loose on the crank,,,very sloppy loose,,,scary sloppy loose. the left side con rod not. I'll try to post a short video on the two con rods. I removed the rest of the engine from the frame yesterday and am in the process of coordinating the repair work now.