Piston & Rod Assembly: Installation
- Lightly coat pistons, rings and cylinder walls with engine oil. Position rings as shown in Fig 1.
- Make sure the marks on piston rings are toward top of piston. Using piston ring compressor, install piston with valve depression in top of piston turned toward inner side of engine.
- On cylinders 1, 2, 3 & 4, the larger valve depression goes toward the front of engine. On cylinders 5, 6, 7 & 8, the larger depression goes toward rear of engine. See Fig 2.