Technical 216 dowel pins for head

I put a new head gasket on my 41 Chevy sedan. I didn’t even think about dowel pins nor seen any. The gasket aligned just fine with the head bolts. Do I need to take it off and find some pins? Will it affect anything? Thanks

 

There ain't any ...

 

Only ones recall are on each end of exhaust manifold

 

If the head gasket is a copper jacketed type, you'll meed to spray the gasket with CopperKote sealer, or silver- aluminum spray paint, both sides, then install with the paint tacky. If it's a composition type, I highly recommend finger-dabbing some #2 Permatex around the water jacket and push rod openings. Got snakebit once with a gasket that leaked oil around a opening - before I had a chance to fire the engine!

 

Great thank you all

 

I bought two long bolts of the correct thread, cut the heads off, and ground slots in the ends so they could be turned back out with a screwdriver after using them for guides to slide the head down onto the block.

 

Precision wasn't a thing when they made these engines....don't worry about it.

 

A 5.5mm drill bit is .2165 diameter. Zoro sells them for about $6. You can chop saw the unfluted shank to make several pins. Then put them in a hand drill and rotate them while lightly touching a fine belt sander to put a small bevel on each end.