[blageo23]

This is what SleepyDSM did with his when the side of his piston melted. But he only did one new piston and all new rings. The only thing you need to do is make sure the oil holes on the head gasket surface are taped over or pluged so you dont get any of the metal from honing down there. Also we scrubed the block with hot soapy water to get rid of all the left over metal chunks.

But I would say its just as easy to pull the block out. I mean you have what 4 motor mounts to unbolt and the thing would "fall" out. To me taking it out would be less work then actually doing it that way. Just because then you can tip the eninge over and you have all the space in the world and dont have to worry about metal chunks maybe getting into the engine and staying there.