Changing Piston Rings in Car

Been done hundreds of thousands of times in the past and will continue to be done in the future in the name of low buck, no money, doing what you can with what you've got.

As stated, keeping clean is most important and also hard to do; a lot of aerosol solvents come into play here.

If you can lay your hands on one, I would suggest a dingle-ball hone, 30 seconds a hole, not nearly as messy as a 3 stone glaze breaker. Use a simple cast iron top ring set, they are not fussy to wall finish and will bite and seal.

Use 2 pieces of 3/8 gas hose to cover the rod bolts so you don't kick the crank. Make one longer than the other so you can steer the rod down over the journal by yourself.

Remember piston orientation.

Good luck!