> Hi,
> Just wondering whether anyone has tried succesfully reinserting the
cylinder
> liner back in to the block.
> I had accidentally pushed the cylinder out from the piston after the heads
> were removed. Now it looks like I may have to drop the engine completely
to
> reinstall it.
> Anyone tried using some kind of wax or dry ice to hold the rings in place
so
> that the cylinder can slide back in ? or is there a ring compression tool
> available that will work for the vangon engine ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Terry

The last time I did this, with the engine in the van, I used an inexpensive
ring squeezer obtained from a standard FLAPS.

I have, in a pinch (no pun intended), successively used a large hose clamp.

Mike
Houlton, Maine
'84 GL 7 pass
'85 GL Westy