making piston ring compressor

[John Mason]

I second Steve Jones. I have a Halfords one and it works well. However if you ever want to try the method of having the pistons and rods all bolted up to the crank first. Then introduce the pistons to the block such as if you only removed the block from the engine. (Something I have never personally done.) you need two ring compressors and of a type that will come off the rods easily.

John Mason.