Why not pull the piston off and put it back in the cylinder first?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Alternative way of reinstalling cylinder liner

> > 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