Originally Posted by
martysport
No circlip there (nor should there be

) I think you are getting mixed up with the crownwheel

No idea really chap - I only got as far as replacing the pinion oil seal so didn't get down that far. I'm just going from what the Ford manual and diagrams say as I got them out to do the oil seal. It shows a special star wrench to remove that nut and putting a chisel in the circlip groove