camshaft dowel pin??

Coupe50h · 03-31-2003, 10:39 PM

well i have my motor down to the last 2 thrust bolts, just waiting on my cam to come in.
where is the dowel pin located? is it the black plate thing thats bolted to the sprocket? just want to make sure there is no little parts im overlooking, my first heads/cam swap, but so far so good to my knowledge......thanx.

Coolbreeze · 03-31-2003, 11:11 PM

The cam shaft dowel pin is loctaed on the cam itself. When you remove the timing chain and sprockets, you should see teh pin on the cam. Then remove the 2 bolts holding the retaining plate and the cam is ready to come out. You can use the long studded bolt form the water pump and thread it into the can to pull it out.

Coupe50h · 03-31-2003, 11:23 PM

ok, i have the chain off though? i guess i need to look better at it, i didnt want to remove the stock cam until the e-cam comes in, does the pin just slide out? is it easy to lose, as in drop out without notice? see my car is parked in grass, and uhh well you know, i cant afford to drop anything small or i wont find it easily.

thanx alot though.

cyberstang5.0 · 04-01-2003, 08:20 AM

The cam dowel should be wedged in the cam pretty tight. You can use a pair of pliers on it and gently wiggle it loose. Careful not to scratch the cam berings just incase you want to resell it.

MEDIK418 · 04-01-2003, 09:43 AM

Believe it or not, the Dowel pin in a Ford racing cam comes in a seperate little plastic bag and slips in easily. I spent some time prying the old one out of my old cam to discover later that the new pin was still in the box in the bag.

cyberstang5.0 · 04-01-2003, 09:45 AM

Man, I guess I got ripped off

MEDIK418 · 04-02-2003, 12:56 AM

Not really. . . .you probably don't have a used dowel pin in the engine and a new one sitting on a shelf in the garage. I didn't find the new one till the engine was assembled. No way I was going back in there for that.

03-31-2003, 10:39 PM	#1
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	camshaft dowel pin?? well i have my motor down to the last 2 thrust bolts, just waiting on my cam to come in. where is the dowel pin located? is it the black plate thing thats bolted to the sprocket? just want to make sure there is no little parts im overlooking, my first heads/cam swap, but so far so good to my knowledge......thanx. __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

03-31-2003, 11:11 PM	#2
Coolbreeze Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: ~Columbus~GA~31909~ Posts: 156	The cam shaft dowel pin is loctaed on the cam itself. When you remove the timing chain and sprockets, you should see teh pin on the cam. Then remove the 2 bolts holding the retaining plate and the cam is ready to come out. You can use the long studded bolt form the water pump and thread it into the can to pull it out. __________________ Mike Blown~AOD'ed~331~ T-top~ 86GT Check out car on my page here ------ > ~~My 86GT T-top ~~

03-31-2003, 11:23 PM	#3
Coupe50h Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 957	ok, i have the chain off though? i guess i need to look better at it, i didnt want to remove the stock cam until the e-cam comes in, does the pin just slide out? is it easy to lose, as in drop out without notice? see my car is parked in grass, and uhh well you know, i cant afford to drop anything small or i wont find it easily. thanx alot though. __________________ X-Texas highway patrol ssp 1990 coupe - exploder Gt-40 iron heads, Explorer intake, 19 lber's. E-cam. crane 1.7 rollers. 190fp. 75mm maf. 65mm tb, tubular subframe connectors, mac cai, Asp crank pulley, T-5, king cobra clutch, flowtech 1-5/8 unequals, mac X-pipe Frpp driveshaft, lakewood Lca's. race weight 3,160 12.69 @ 107.35, 1.71 60' 26x8.5 drag's 3.90 gear 13.20 @ 106.91 - 235/60/15 firestones 2.3 60' 3.27 gear

04-01-2003, 09:43 AM	#5
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	Believe it or not, the Dowel pin in a Ford racing cam comes in a seperate little plastic bag and slips in easily. I spent some time prying the old one out of my old cam to discover later that the new pin was still in the box in the bag. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.

04-02-2003, 12:56 AM	#7
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	Not really. . . .you probably don't have a used dowel pin in the engine and a new one sitting on a shelf in the garage. I didn't find the new one till the engine was assembled. No way I was going back in there for that. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.

04-01-2003, 08:20 AM	#4
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	The cam dowel should be wedged in the cam pretty tight. You can use a pair of pliers on it and gently wiggle it loose. Careful not to scratch the cam berings just incase you want to resell it.

04-01-2003, 09:45 AM	#6
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	Man, I guess I got ripped off

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