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<p>I've been able to use a small thin screwdriver to work them in.
Put the end in the wrist pin hole and angle the blade to compress
the ring. Hard to describe. I go as far as I can by hand and
then use the screwdriver to get more leverage. There's got to be
a special purpose tool too.</p>
<p>- Tony Drews<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am trying to install the
snap rings which hold the wrist (gudgeon?) pins in the
pistons. The snap rings I have used on the TR-3/4 engines and
most of the other engines I have rebuilt, have small holes in
the ends. These allow you to insert snap ring pliers into the
holes so you can squeeze the snap rings into place in the
grooves in the piston bores.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am assembling a Ford 1600
CC engine for my Morgan and have bought new pistons. The snap
rings that came with these pistons do not have the holes in
the ends. See attached picture.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">These snap rings are very
stiff and I can't squeeze them in by hand. I also can't
figure out a way to grip them with the snap ring pliers I
have. Does anyone know if there is a special tool I need to
use to install these? Or any suggestions about how I should
go about installing them? Thanks.</div>
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