Need a parts source for boat anchor dowel pins

[MNFatz]

Can someone tell me where I can get 2.8 bellhousing dowel pins from?

Thanks in advance. I need two of them.

[p8ntman442]

2 bolts and a cutoff wheel. Thats what I would do.

[Shaun41178(2)]

I figured this was a gm part and could be bought at the dealer?

[SappySE107]

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[Series8217]

Same type as the head pins right? Hollow for a bolt to go through. I got the head pins at napa. If you have 1, take it in. They can probably look it up though as thats what they did for me.

Yeah, NAPA probably has them, I think they're one of those "hard to find" things that Dorman/Motormite/HELP! makes replacements for.

[MNFatz]

I'm 99% sure the tranny dowels are larger than the head dowels.

I assumed the parts were too obscure to find in a parts store. I'll give napa a try.

I tried to pull the old ones out with slide hammer, but I cant get a good hook on the back of the pin.

I know. Bullshit problem.

[Shaun41178(2)]

why do you want to take them out? Are they messed up?

[MNFatz]

It's part of doing an SBC swap.

You pull the dowel pins out of the BA block and press them into the bellhousing adapter plate. The SBC dowels locate the adapter plate and the Adapter dowels locate the tranny.

Make sense?

I'm doing an 85 gt with an 88 rear cradle and a ZZ4.

If things go my way I might be hopping on the Solstice bandwagon shortly too:

http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/120/pro ... g-Soon.htm

[Series8217]

If things go my way I might be hopping on the Solstice bandwagon shortly too:

http://www.sdpc2000.com/catalog/120/pro ... g-Soon.htm

It would suck to lose the warranty on a $14,000 engine because it ends up in a Solstice...

[The Dark Side of Will]

The dowels are available at the dealer. They're cheap.
V8Archie is cheap for not sending them with the adapter plate. They're like $3 each IIRC.

[Chase Race]

I tried to pull the old ones out with slide hammer, but I cant get a good hook on the back of the pin.

Grab them with a pair of vice grips. Clamp them so the round part of the jaw is grabbing the round part of the dowel and the vice grips are parallel to the bell housing mounting surface. IE, don't try to grab them with the vice grips parallel to the crank center line.

Once you get a good grip on it start rotating the dowel back and forth and work it out. It'll come out. You'll probably put some gouges in them from the vice grips so clean them up with a belt sander / sandpaper / whatever's handy before they go back in.

Good luck.

[Series8217]

I tried to pull the old ones out with slide hammer, but I cant get a good hook on the back of the pin.

Grab them with a pair of vice grips. Clamp them so the round part of the jaw is grabbing the round part of the dowel and the vice grips are parallel to the bell housing mounting surface. IE, don't try to grab them with the vice grips parallel to the crank center line.

Once you get a good grip on it start rotating the dowel back and forth and work it out. It'll come out. You'll probably put some gouges in them from the vice grips so clean them up with a belt sander / sandpaper / whatever's handy before they go back in.

Good luck.

I've had ones so stubborn that I had to put a bolt through, weld the head to the side of the dowel that sticks out, and HAMMER the bolt from the other side to get the dowel out. Needless to say, the dowel could not be reused.

[MNFatz]

I've had all I can stands, and I can't stands no more.

I'm cutting them out of the block tomorrow. I've done all the obvious shit and they won't budge. It's a cracked block anyhow. Anyone need parts?