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Pushing the piston with the new rings through the barrel before connecting it to the rod was going to be my next suggestion, but you thought of it first! You had to take the piston off the rod to install the new rings, so why spend the extra cash for a ring compressor you will probably only use...

I don't have a c-frame valve spring compressor. I dug through the garage to find the old, damaged cylinder head from the engine. My spring compressor is shown in the photo. It seems that it would work, although it might be a bit slow. There are only eight springs to remove and replace on both...

Jug (cylinder) is the term from my air cooled VW days. As far as the starting fluid goes, now that you say you use it, there probably is an issue with the interference fit of the seat in the head. More than likely doesn't mean anything as long as starting fluid is not used. My ring...

I also had a valve seat come out of the head when I was first trying to get the engine to run. I blamed myself for trying starting fluid. I guess the self removal of the valve seat by the engine is more common than I thought. As far as removing the head with the jug, I didn't have to do...