[1Trkpony]

Hey Rick,
I did not over heat it, as I was afraid of doing that so no issue there. In fact I could not get it all that hot with my torch so I moved on to plan b with the all thread.

On the pins the way I opened the holes in the bell was with a file in one direction only so the original pins still do a good job of holding the twisting motion if needed.

On drilling for the pins, I am going to drill the bell housing and backing plate off the car (on a drill press) then install, re-center with dial indicator and drill just the block for the pins. I agree you want them ideally 180 out from each so I will try and find good spots. Right now 1-2 o'clock is easy and trying to get something around 7 o'clock if possible.

Brent, I think I am done welding on the pins and pulling them with my slide hammer makes me nervous that I will break ear off the aluminium block on the lower one. That would suck.

Russ