When reringing the pistons you need to remove the carbon build up in the
ring groove or the ring will not compress enough to allow the cylinder be
reinstalled
If it had just a few thousand miles on it maybe but not an old boxer

Bob Donalds
Boston Engine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Tan" <terryt_97@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Replacing piston rings

> Hi Folks,
>
> I am back working on my waterboxers.
> Just like to know has anyone successfully replaced the rings
> without having to go the cumbersome route of removing the
> pistons from the con-rod and slipping the cylinder liners in and
> reinstalling. I read somwhere that using the 2.0 litre coke
> bottle plastic label could provide sufficient compression to
> slip the liner in without removing the pistons.
>
> Any one tried above succesfully ?
>
> Terry
>
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