Well, I am finally getting my hands dirty!!  Have gone past my anxiety of attacking things mechanical and am going for it.
I have received the upgrade carb from Lancer and am eventually going to do this but I have had an oil leak from the right crankcase and so since I'm replacing the muffler I took the crankcase cover off.  The gasket was toast and I am quite sure I am missing one of the brass locating dowels, the one
on the lower right.  I have replaced the gasket (after cleaning off the brittle old one).  The question is there a problem only having one locator dowel?  I have torqued the crankcase down to just over 8N, but I just noticed that the torque specs state 9.0 - 13.0 N-m, at least that is what the crankcase bolts
specs state.  Am I looking at the correct specs?
Thanks for your help.
DocNeedles

The gaskets are just about always toast.  Sometimes you get lucky, but with the adhesive on them you can expect them to tear.

You need to get another dowel too.  They are cheap.  They line up the gasket and for the oil passages to the oil filter.

They aren't brass either.  They are steel, unless a PO did you are favor.

If you get my CD, you'll have photos to compare

So fortunately I haven't really tightened down the crankcase bolts and intend to open it up again once a storm passes over(my workshop is open to the elements on three sides).  I went to our island dump and found some copper tubing which if it is the right diameter I hope to clean up and cut down to size to replace the dowel.  Does this seem feasible?  
I imagine the cam chain adjuster measurement information is in the tech section.  I am also waiting for a new cam chain from Lancer.  My Savage is an 1986 and only has 12,000 miles on it and hopefully wouldn't need to be changed yet.
(fingers crossed).
Thanks all of you for your information and help, I really appreciate it!!!
DocNeedles