Here is the new piston with the rings installed. The picture is blurry, and that's appropriate because that's how my mind felt after trying to interpret the Chinglish installation instructions that came with the ring kit. Yikes! The Kohler manual, unfortunately, doesn't address these details as the rings come in such a wide variety in the "service" form. I think I got it right. I hope I got it right. Nothing good will happen if I didn't.
Here is the rod mated with the piston. Nice and shiny.
And here I'm using my Princess Auto ring compressor to squeeze the rings down to size so I can fit the piston/rod assembly into the block. The ring compressor is one of the few "special" pieces of equipment I had to purchase for this project. Without it, it would have been nearly impossible to get the piston installed without damaging something. This is one part of the rebuild process where you don't want to cut corners.
Alrighty! Piston and rod are in, and the rod cap (with the long oil dipper you can see here) is torqued to spec. I decided to coat the oil pan gasket surfaces with a gasket compound to ensure it doesnt leak. The machined surfaces were quite a bit rougher than I would have liked (though probably still fine). The compound is just cheap insurance. This is the last time most of us will ever see the inside of this engine, I hope anyway :)
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