Technical Getting a piston out of a block

Okay, I’ll go with that. Let’s hope things are fine and we get an update.

 

Ok, figured it out. The piston had no flex to it, so something had to give or it would not have fallen out. Spend a large amount of time trying to get things lined up and using a small ballpeen hammer got the piston lined up just enough to start it back up the cylinder. Then I used a large hammer and a piece of wooden dowel and drove the piston out the top. Success!!
Thanks for all the useful replies.

 

Right on! Thanks for the update. Are the pistons useable, or was that your plan?