"Brown Truck" 1984 K30 Crew Cab

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Originally Posted by rocking chevy

Ive seen a couple of other people put a piece of metal over the dowel pin, whats the reason for that?

That dowel pin will work out and fall into the gears inside the timing cover and most often breaks something in there it is actually referred to by many as the Killer Dowel Pin or KDP. I just did it as a precaution they sell a kit for $60 to do just what I did I made mine for about 15 minutes of time