<VV> Will my newfangled 'ring compressor' contraption work ?

[Charles Lee]

I'm practicing using a 'ring compressor' and this thing is NOT easy !!!

First question (Select correct answer) :

A) The piston is installed onto the crank and the cylinder barrel slipped
over it
B) The cylinder barrel is installed into the crankcase and the piston is
slipped into it
C) Either (A) or (B)

The problem with (A) is that the ring compressor may be too long to fit
between the cylinder barrel and the crankcase, to slip the cylinder barrel
over the installed piston, and the ring compressor would need to be
disassembled after the piston is installed.


(B) seems easier because you can see what you're doing better, and the ring
compressor won't need to be disassembled after the piston is installed.

I have a solution that may have been tried already ?

Here's my idea (unless someone thought of this first ?)
Cut about a 2" - 3" band off the 'bottom' of a cylinder barrel and cut that
into 2 semi-circles.

Use that contraption to squeeze the rings as the piston is installed using
either method (A) or (B) above ?

www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairTools.htm

Has anyone already tried this ?

Charlie