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Circlip pliers?

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Waggles:
An update on this just in case it helps someone else.

I struggled and struggled and got nowhere. I had read that the circlip tends to sit back in the groove partially obscuring the holes, this seemed to be my problem but I couldn't get pliers intothe holes. Now the observant among you will see a clue above, I didn't see a wire circlip, the rubber boot just fell apart and guess what? the wire circlip was still down there, all rusty an masquerading as part of the cylinder! ( No my eyes are not that good either ) once I had levered that out the troublesome cirlip came out easily!

Seamus:
Just had to do a master cylinder. A bit fiddly to say the least. You really need 3 hands.

Anyway, to free up the circlip, I removed the boot and ring, then cleaned out as much muck as possible. Then soaked the thing in coke for a couple of hours. The circlip was then free to rotate.

Improvised using a vice, a screwdriver and a brush to hold down the piston to allow access to the circlip. This allowed the use of both hands to remove the clip. Note bits of wood to prevent damage to the master cylinder. I inserted the lever bolt for use as a fulcrum, it seemed easier to use a lever acting from the side as it did not block the light. Hope this is of some use.

The rest was fairly straight forward

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