crusin92red5.0

i'm in the middle of putting my pistons in and i can't remember which way the little notch goes that is on the top of the piston. towards the front or the back? i left my camera at home with all the pics that i took when taking it apart. any other pointers on putting the piston rings in besides using a lot of motor oil on the cylinder walls. and facing the rings in opposite directions? thanks in advance

88ttopstang

toward the front

5.0kid

yep towards the water pump is how i was always taught

ahittz24

you are paying attention to the numbers stamped on the rod caps right?

mjr46

dot on piston faces forward or radius end of rod faces sides of crank journal

crusin92red5.0

mjr46. explain that again. i placed the ring with the dot upwards but i didn'[t know it has to be facing a certain way.thanks everyone else. i figured it out. and i remembered half way through about the stamps on the rods. i have to check everythings else out again tomorrow.

mjr46

first it seems as if you were talking about piston direction now it seems as if you are talking about rings?? the little dot on the rings does face upwards as for the piston the caps are numbered so put the right one in the correct bore and if the rods weren't removed from wrist pin..nevermind the radius part cause as long as the piston is in the correct bore and dot on piston is facing forward.. the radius end will be in the correct way

crusin92red5.0

alright cool. yeah the rods and pistons were not replaced. the only thing that is bugging me now is my own conscience. i'm second guessing myself on the ring placement on the first two pistons i put in today. lol...... just to be safer than sorry i'm gonna pull them tommorrow.