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Fits the following 2000 Dodge Ram 2500 Submodels:
Base | 5.9L V8, 8 Cyl 5.9 L GAS
2000 Dodge Ram 2500 Piston Parts and Q&A
Q: How to Remove and Install a Piston in an Engine on 2000 Dodge Ram 2500?
A: Before you can take out the piston, take the engine out of the car, disconnect the cylinder head and remove the oil pan. After the top ridge of the cylinder has been reamed down, take out the pistons, allowing the top of the cylinder to protect them. Identify the connecting rod and connecting rod cap with the cylinder number, after that remove the connecting rod cap and place the connecting rod bolt guide set on the bolts. With the crankshaft centerweight facing the ground, turn the crankshaft to place the connecting rod at the BDC in the cylinder bore and be careful not to scratch the crankshaft on the way out. After taking out the bearing cap, fit it onto the mating rod. When installing, make the compression ring gaps different than the gaps in the oil ring rail to prevent aligning them. See that the oil ring expander ends line up and check the rail gaps before using the Piston Ring Compressor Tool C-385 which requires a special wrench and grants you the freedom to leave the ring positions unchanged while completing the tightening operation. Boil the piston head and rings in clean engine oil, add connecting rod bolt protectors and have the longer protector on the numbered side of the connecting rod. By rotating the crankshaft, place the connecting rod journal directly above the cylinder bore, making the numbers on each match. Place the rod and piston into the cylinder bore, guide the rod over the crankshaft journal, tap the piston down with a hammer handle as you guide the rod into place. During assembly, the groove in the piston should be at the front of the engine, while the larger part of the connecting rod bore's chamfer is placed further behind around the crankshaft journal fillet. Screw the caps for the connecting rods on, confirming the numbers and then put nuts on the cleaned, oily rod bolts and tighten them with 61Nm (45ft. lbs.) torque. After that, secure the oil pan, cylinder head and engine inside the body of the vehicle.