I like the bike shop trade idea. Here in Ga. I would need a six pack AND a cheeseburger! The reason I had to change the rings is that for the first time in over 40 years I put gas into the blower that was not mixed with oil. The engine ran fine for a while and then slowly went to idle and then off. I could not puill the chord and decided to remove the cylinder to see how bad it was. Once I got the piston out and rubbed down the walls with fine steel wool eveything worked smoothly with the old rings on the piston. Then I took it all apart to connect the rod to it and in the process of trying to get it back in I broke the rings (using the small screw driver method). I have ordered a new set of rings and will attempt it all again when they arrive. Does anyone know which way the rings need to face on the piston concerning the two little pins? The end of the rings are tapered in one direction and flat in the other. Looking at the two ends of the rings as they come together they form a "V" one way and an upside down "V" the other. It seems to me that the "V" should be facing upwards because the two pins are at the top of the ring groove. Any comments on this? Thanks everyone for you inputs.
