92 5.0 piston rings

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Aug 31, 2010 | 09:25 PM

Lee250

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92 5.0 piston rings

i'm working on a 92 f 150 with a 5.0 HO and ordered the parts from summit and while putting it together i discovered the piston rings don't fit I got the 5/64 5/64 3/16 ring set. does this engine use metric rings?

Sep 4, 2010 | 02:57 AM

Lee250

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Nobody has rebuilt a 92 5.0?

Sep 4, 2010 | 07:16 AM

Conanski

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Have you tried cleaning the ring gaps?

Sep 4, 2010 | 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee250

A few years ago I rebuilt an 85 5.0 and had the same problem.

The rings from the 85 5.0 HO were metric. I had a hard time finding them, everywhere I went just had the std rings. I lucked out and found a set at a local machine shop.

Long story short, I bent a ring during installation, wound up boaring .030 over and going with new pistons and std rings.

I think, at that time I only paid like $300. for the bore, pistons with rings and pressing the pistons off and on connecting rods.

I hope this helps