Ok so stopped by machine shop for piston ring advice. So the piston ring with the dot goes dot up and is the top ring.
Next ring marked TOP is actually 2nd ring and gets installed TOP facing up.
Expanders are installed with the joint parallel to pin bore.
What he recommended when installing is to spray rings with WD40 instead of oil.Gets them lined without fear of oil taking up too much "space" in ring groove. He said to oil the piston skirts.
Transmission fluid(high detergent) in cylinder bores.
Next up is checking ring gap.
Lol I mentioned to Al the amount of measuring involved, and he agreed. Tedious yes but needed.
Thanks!