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SECTION 303-00: Engine System — General Information

GENERAL PROCEDURES

Piston —Ring End Gap

CAUTION: Use care when fitting piston rings to avoid possible damage to the piston ring

or the cylinder bore.

CAUTION: Piston rings should not be transferred from one piston to another.

NOTE: Cylinder bore must be within specification for taper and out-of-round.

1. Use a piston without rings to push a piston ring in a cylinder to the bottom of ring travel.

2. Use a feeler gauge to measure the top piston ring end gap and the second piston ring end gap.

Refer to the appropriate section in Group

2003 Mustang Workshop Manual

for the procedure.

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