I live in Costa Rica and they are not easily (if at all) available hereHave tried searching the net to no avail.
Heat the surrounding aluminum with a propane torchSometimes you can grab it with an easy outA blind bearing puller will remove it - blind bearing removal kits are expensiveWhen all else fails, go the backyard, hack job route - Grab the dowel pin with a pair of vice grip pliersContinue squeezing the vice grips until the dowel pin is flat in the pliersNow you can twist and pull it out.
You are probably referring to locating dowelsThey are used in a number of places around the engine to insure alignment of machined surfacesThe more usual problem is that they fall out during disassembly and get lost or fall down inside the engine, so if they don't want to come out, I just leave them thereIf you are contemplating machine work to the head or cylinders then you can't leave themYou can let the machinist get them out, but then you might never see them againSome heat on the surrounding area may do itDon't worry too much about marring their surface; they are not expensive to replace.
I usually tap a taper pin/punch of suitable diameter into the hole just tight enough for a snug fit, then I can clamp my visegrips onto it and twist it out without having to worry about crushing itThis usually works, but, every once in a while you'll get a real stubborn oneI just installed a big bore kit in a friends 2003 Triumph Bonneville and to get the one out of the cylinder I had to thread the inside, I left the tap in the hole, clamped the end of the tap in my bench vise, and then hit the cylinder with a soft mallet till the dowel pulled out.
I don't know about butterscotch chips (that look like chocolate chips), but I do have a really great recipe for homemade butterscotch that I make frequentlyIf you wanted to adapt it, you could, or just break up the butterscotch into very small pieces for baking in cookies and the likeHere's the recipe: Ever have real butterscotch candy? If your only exposure to butterscotch has been through pudding, the bright yellow candies with a chemical taste, or manufactured butterscotch chips, you're in for a much tastier treatHere's how to make the real thing Things You’ll Need: Brown sugar Sugar Light corn syrup Butter Water Vinegar Vanilla extract Heavy saucepan Cookie sheet Aluminum foil Silicone spatula Candy thermometer Glass of ice water Stove Powdered sugar Sharp knife Airtight container Step1 Place 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup corn syrup, 1/2 cup butter, 2 tbspwater, 2 tbspvinegar and 1 tspvanilla into the saucepanStep2 Put the saucepan on the stovetop, and warm the contents over medium heatStep3 Melt the sugar and butter, then reduce the heat until the mixture comes to a medium boilStir with the spatula and scrape the sugar mixture off of the sidesStep4 Heat the mixture until it reaches 300 degrees F on the candy thermometerIf you do not have a candy thermometer, drop some of the hot mixture into a glass of ice waterWhen it has reached about 300 degrees, the mixture will form hard candy balls that crack when dropped into cold waterStep5 Cut a piece of the aluminum foil to fit the cookie sheet and butter generouslyPour the hot candy mixture onto the buttered foil and cool slightlyStep6 Score the top of the candy to form squaresAllow it to cool completelyStep7 Break the candy apart along the scored linesDust with powdered sugar, if desired, to keep them from sticking together, and store in an airtight containerThis method makes a little over 1 lbof butterscotchHope this helps you! Dave
