here is a pic. you can see the dowel slot on the right side of the crank, bottom edge has a bevel.
tried to round it off and sand smooth.

a real bummer.

now getting the dowel pins in there seems to be a real challenge.

they don't seem to want to go. checked and rechecked the alignment of the crank and hb.

any secrets to this? or is it just hard pounding?

thx

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1983 300CD Turbodiesel