sup people. i recently recived my short block b18c1 block that was being built. after i got everything back together i noticed there was a stainless steel type cylinder about an inch long and an inch in width left over.WTF is it. i know its from the block b/c it was in the box that i recived my stuff. and ideas!!!!!!!!!!

 

pic?

 

sorry i dont have one

 

a dowel from your cylinder head? one of those being left over is what they call the opposite of good.

 

so were does it go? i have a repair manuel but it said nothing about it.

 

maybe a spare dowel. i hope so.

 

'Head locating dowel pins' Between the block and the head on the exhaust side... I think there are two in VTEC. In non-VTEC they are on the intake side. Internally. Enjoy:


Could also be the pin that connects the rods to the pistons:


Complete article: http://www.theoldone.com/articles/badtothebone/

Either way, you need to open your motor.

 

PS: I hope to God that it is a spare.. They may have included it as a reference if they milled your head. When you mill the head, you have to mill the dowels to the same measurement or the dowels will lift the head above the block preventing proper gaket sealing.

 

thanks alot! that is what it looks like in the pic. i guess that means more work 4 me!

 

My God in heaven don't start that motor whatever you do until you nail down where it is missing from.