[inspectorudy]

Thanks guys for the info. It's funny you mentioned the little ring alignment posts because I had a hard time figuring out how I had burred the piston in such a strange place. Then I figured out that they were steel and the piston was aluminum so they were meant to be there. With the rod and lower engine attached it is a bear to work with. I got the piston back in but not attached to the rod and crank. I'll try the sheet metal first and then go to the one ring at a time screw driver method. That is what I did when I put it in without the rod attached. There must be an easy way that the factory does it. I thought about taking the wrist pin out and then putting the piston in just far enough to still put the pin back in but that is even a worse job than the rings. It has two of the worlds smallest snap rings that I have ever seen that go on each end of the pin.