Re: dowel pins

[Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John
That is not too convieniant for you. However been there too.
Anyway good luck with a small shop. . Too cold to work in mine rigt now 
enjoyably so i am anging away at my other hobby. making violins or fiddles.
all the best
Don
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john althaus" <althausjbl@xxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: dowel pins


> Don, I like the idea on the pipe puller! That should solve the removal 
> problem, I found that Lakewood now has an expandable pins in .500 for 
> fords and .496 for Mopars, so that should help in the fit in the block. I 
> have all of them ordered and should be at my house when I get home this 
> Friday. The stock (straight) Mopar ones aren't long enough to get through 
> the block plate and bell housing.? I will be back under this project this 
> weekend and maybe making some progress, preasure is on, daughters are 
> going to move the mother in law to an apartment and car currently lives 
> with her so I gotta get this mess corrected and find it a home. We may 
> build a small shop at our house for it. Anyway thanks for the help.
>
> John Althaus
> 64 Savoy Hemi 4 Spd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 8:31 am
> Subject: dowel pins
>
>
>
>
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> Drill the dowel pin through and tap it . the  theread on a bolt and use 
> that to
> pull it out. Either with a slam type pulller, a large chain (works great!) 
> or by
> placing washers or asmall pipe over the dowel and tightening the bolt 
> which will
> force against the sacers and pull the dwel out.
> just personally oI would chuck the exptic fancy stuff and pop in a set of 
> stock
> dowel pins. I am beeting they would be fine. BTW it is unlikely to have 
> one
> stock and one offset and have it right.
> Author of
> It was very well put when you said i kicked over a can of worms.
> When we complicate simple things that aren comlicated this is the result. 
> I know
> John you did NOT do this, you are only solving it so the flying finger of 
> fickle
> fate goes to whoever did this in the first place. The number of engines 
> whose
> dowel pins are out so much as to cause trouble would be about 2.5 per 
> million
> engines i think (if that.) After 40 years swinging wrenches professionally 
> and
> twenty of that running a shop that specialized in solving the unsolvable i 
> can
> say with a strong loud voice this is just not something you run into much 
> if
> ever. Anyway. I wish you the best and hope this helps remove the dowel 
> pins. I
> owe you i feel for the help you gave me last year
> Don
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