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I will need help removing the front and rear pistons.
Dave's never short on good advice. I'd say for the fronts use fluid. I find that a bench devise is not the easiest thing to fabricate for a one time build.
I like the ease of a grease gun. You'll need air but it sounds like you've got that. A cheap Harbor gun is the ticket. Unscrew the nozzle and the threaded portion fits into your caliper. Put a clamp on the outside piston and push the inside one out.
Cover the hole with a large rubber washer (Lowe's) and a steel plate cut to fit into the opening and extend past the ears. Get a rubber washer that is the appropriate size to cover the piston opening. They have them. Have the steel plate extend into your vise to clamp the bottom with the mounting ears and use two smaller c-clamps on the top. Now push out the second one.
Now clean up the grease... sucks but, for calipers that have been sitting, that or a fluid bench machine is about the only way to get them out. Air compresses. Fluid doesn't.
For the rears it's completely different. You might be able to 'aid' the extraction with a fluid but you'll need to use the adjusters and PRAY. I've only seen a couple pistons that I couldn't get out but... you don't want your -6 calipers to be listed amongst that crowd.
The nice thing about 914 rears is the pistons screw out. I'd take that any day over grease... I have a couple of tricks gleaned from the 100-plus shitty rear calipers I've torn apart. If they don't come right away, send them in a Priority Mail Flat Rate box and we'll see what we can do.
One final simple one... if it's a nose cone piston, you can remove the clip and lock nut and insert a 4mm hex key and tap or press the piston out along with the adjuster. For the inner pistons it will be a little more challenging.
You've got my number if you run into any problems give me a buzz.