I have a new to me one piece seal block that I need to put a seal adapter on. It has a locating dowel in it and I need to remove it. It's a hollow dowel like a BBC head dowel. Has anyone ever removed one and have an easy way to do it. It's in the circle in this pic.

I believe the short answer is to break or deform it with a chisel, or just grind it flat with the surface. ?
Kinda savage, but you aren't going to need to salvage it anyway.

Run a tap in it and use a puller to remove.

Dave

is there a way to use the grease trick

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Originally posted by Goob:
I believe the short answer is to break or deform it with a chisel, or just grind it flat with the surface. ?
Kinda savage, but you aren't going to need to salvage it anyway.

Couldn't just grind flat because there is a bushing that uses the hole to locate the adapter.

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Originally posted by David Covey:
Run a tap in it and use a puller to remove.

Dave

That was my plan if nobody had and easier or better way. Thanks guys.

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Originally posted by rusty:
is there a way to use the grease trick

Hadn't considered that. I will look at it tonight and see if that or the tap is best.

the grease should work if you have a punch or dowel that fits close

Curtis, I think it will be relatively soft, so it should be easy to do as stated above. Whip it with a medium hammer and chisel, and pull it with vice grips.

If there is room on the dowel this works. Find a round solid rod or a bolt that just fits into the dowel. Then grip the dowel with vice grips. The dowel will close up slightly and the bolt will keep it from collapsing. If the fit is tight you are now gripping a solid rod that can then be pried or pulled out. This trick has worked for me a lot in the past.

The suggestion by Wooly is good

Woolley that sounds like it would work well. The GM block dowels are split but this one wasn’t. I had decided to drill, tap, and slide hammer it out. Went to drill it and the drill bit spun it out. LOL

Problem solved and I appreciate everyone’s input.