De_tour

Modified by De_tour at 6:03 AM 8/30/2008

tmp_236

What were you doing to the car?

LemonLime

LMAO :ROFL: :ROFL:

not laughing at you, I'm the same way, just laughing at the situation!

sorry, I can't help, not without knowing where it came from (where the work was)

maybe it didn't come off of anything? I've lost stuff in my engine bay before, and found it later - when its a socket, and it says "Craftsman" on it, you know what it is, but in your case.....

:ROFL:

De_tour

Modified by De_tour at 6:03 AM 8/30/2008

Wannabe JDM

so that rules out the dowel between the tranny and the block

EK9Greg

well how does the car run if it runs good and isn't leaking or check engine lights maybe its just something that you picked up on the road with your tire or maybe it came off a lawn mower or something hahaha good luck buddy but its really hard to say what it is

tmp_236

I wouldn't worry about it. Just put it in the spare bolts can or box .

Kingpirate

if the car runs good without it , fine, but keep it just in case. good luck

homemadeturbo

Either tranny/block or block/head dowel.

serio_ENDLESS

it looks like a dowel that goes under cam cover number 3 on b series vtec motors with a oil ring seal around it do you have a b series in the car?

Bakeoff

If the head gasket has ever been replaced, it's most likely a dowel pin to align the head on the block. It probably fell off and has been sitting between the alternator and block for a while.

spoon93

thats from the trany when it connects to the block

Bakeoff

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spoon93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats from the trany when it connects to the block</TD></TR></TABLE>
Those are bigger in diamter.

LemonLime

looks like head/block to me, but have you taken the motor apart? head from block i mean?

B18C5-EH2

Call me crazy but couldn't it be a dowel from the alternator itself? I'm almost positive that there is a dowel pressed into the alternator where the lower pinot bolt goes through.

I mean it's not a big deal that it could be missing, but that's my guess.

tmp_236

The dowel your thinking of i believe is a lot larger than that one.

Hardedge

Too big to be the head oiling dowel (under cam cap 3) and seems a little too small to be a head/block mating dowel. And I don't know that alternators have dowels. For it's size, if I didn't know any better, I'd say it's a dowel for those long upper cam caps (whatever they're called) but those don't exactly just fall out.

EG6 Poe

I second that on the tranny

B18C5-EH2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tmp_236 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The dowel your thinking of i believe is a lot larger than that one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes it's not so much a dowel as it is like a sleeve that doesn't make a complete circle anyways.



I think the alternator work and that dowel falling out are probably coincidence. As others have said it's probably a dowel that was lingering in the engine bay for a while and for what ever reason finally fell out.