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zukmeista

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:40 am

How do you remove the dowels from the block when doing a 1600 conversion?

tanshi

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:03 am

pliers/multigrips/vice grips. twist and pull

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:16 am

look it up on youtube there are a few ways

zukmeista

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:27 am

I've given it a good go but they are stuck in there pretty good.

tanshi

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:31 am

vice grips and a hammer maybe? none i have removed have been that tight

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:47 am

Mine was stuck really good, I wouldnt recommend this way but I slowly drilled away at it until it was almost gone then I spilt it using a small chisel, be careful and you won't damage the block

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:01 am

Use a drill slightly larger than the inside of the dowel. Drill slow and it should grab it and spin it out.

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zukmeista

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:51 am

I don't have a drill.

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:36 pm

Well then use the methods above but I hope you don't have to reuse the dowels.

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:05 pm

zukmeista wrote:

I don't have a drill.

WHAT !!!

Well best you go and buy one, They're really handy for drilling and making holes in shit.

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stockman

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:47 pm

What do you mean by dowel? The stud that's threaded in or the bush type thing that's pressed in?

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zukmeista

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:48 pm

The piece of round tube. The studs where easy.

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 3:56 pm

I'd use an ezy out.

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:17 pm

use a heat gun/blow torch and heat up the area around it then use vicegrips/pliers

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:56 pm

Squirt in a couple of applications of some CRC days/weeks before you want to pull them out with Vise-Grips.

Daves4wd

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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:31 pm

Invest in a good quality set of vice grips and if it's still hard to get out ask a local mechince if he can do it for you are you planing on reusing the studs or getting new ones??

want33s

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:31 am

If Vise Grips don't work find an old bolt that JUST fits into the dowel.
Put a couple of spots of weld on the outer edge of the dowel where the it meets the bolt.
Turn the lot with a spanner.
If it won't turn, use a slide hammer on the bolt.

JrZook

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:27 am

If he doesn't even have a drill I'm doubting a welder Jas

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:44 am

just weld with 24v and jumper leads :rofl:

want33s

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:18 pm

JrZook wrote:

If he doesn't even have a drill I'm doubting a welder Jas

Maybe, maybe not.... I tend not to make assumptions like that..
Assumption is the mother of all fuckups. :wink:

Welding a bolt in would be an extreme case... Vise grips and hammer should pop it out.

zukmeista

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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:20 pm

They are really stuck in there. I think I'll get the old man to attack them with the welder.

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