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Dip Stick Install HELP #798173 09/10/10 07:45 PM 09/10/10 07:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario Butt Ugly OP top fuel
Butt Ugly OP top fuel Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario	Pulled out the tube with the stick earlier today. How do you re-seat that puppy ?? There is a small wire looking ring on block end of the tube ? Thanks in Advance Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Wiskey, More Money --- Tom T

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Butt Ugly] #798174 09/10/10 08:17 PM 09/10/10 08:17 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	slip an open end wrench on it and tap that to seat it and if little room might need a crows foot. I'd clean the tube and carefully spray a bit of starting fluid in the block hole to clean it (it evaporates right out) & possibly expanding the end (slightly) of the tube w your flaring tool so it grips tight in there and loctite it & drive it home. live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: RapidRobert] #798175 09/10/10 09:22 PM 09/10/10 09:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas	If that ring is at the very bottom of the tube then the tube is broken off at the block. If it is you need to fish the remainder of the old tube out and install a new tube.

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: stumpy] #798176 09/10/10 09:56 PM 09/10/10 09:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario Butt Ugly OP top fuel
Butt Ugly OP top fuel Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario	Not broken, don't think so any way, bottom of tube is flared. Looked again and it's a tight squeeze to get at the block end of the tube ? Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Wiskey, More Money --- Tom T

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Butt Ugly] #798177 09/10/10 10:46 PM 09/10/10 10:46 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,587 Eagle, Idaho Neil The Doctor is in.
Neil The Doctor is in. Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,587 Eagle, Idaho	Can't you just stick a long screwdriver inside the tube and lightly tap it in? I'd take some sandpaper and gently round the leading edge of the tube if its reluctant to start.

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Neil] #798178 09/11/10 12:29 AM 09/11/10 12:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas	Toward the bottom of the stick there should be a ring and then the stick will be about 1" to 1 1/2" longer. That extra goes into the block. The easiest way is to put a wrench that just fits around the tube against the top of the ring at a right angle and tap on the wrench handle to drive the tube into the block

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: stumpy] #798179 09/11/10 12:40 AM 09/11/10 12:40 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,324 Western Pa joewhite440 pro stock
joewhite440 pro stock Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,324 Western Pa	I agree with Stumpy. I think the tube is broken off. Where is the bracket that is welded to the tube and bolts onto the engine mount to hold it in. It should take very little force to slip that tube back in the block and bolt up the bracket to hold it in. Post a picture of what you have left and maybe it will help us help you!

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: stumpy] #798180 09/11/10 12:47 AM 09/11/10 12:47 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Does the end of your dipstick look like this?? Jimmy!! [image] http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/chucker54_2124_6355566 [/image]

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #798181 09/11/10 01:06 AM 09/11/10 01:06 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,108 Chicago Blackhawks H hemicar1971 master
hemicar1971 master H Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,108 Chicago Blackhawks	There is a specialty tool made for this application. The tool has half of the bottom part open about 3 inches to fit over the tube down to the ring or ridge part. Now the top half of the tool part is like a chisel so you can use a hammer on it to tap the tool, driving the dip stick tube into the block. 1971 HEMI E BODY REGISTRY

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: hemicar1971] #798182 09/11/10 01:59 AM 09/11/10 01:59 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,481 Mesa, AZ P Pat_Whalen super gas
Pat_Whalen super gas P Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,481 Mesa, AZ	If he is saying the end of the tube is flared, and there is a ring at the oil pan rail, I'll throw my bet into the pot that it's broken off.

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Pat_Whalen] #798183 09/11/10 02:35 AM 09/11/10 02:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,136 A Red State SNK-EYZ I Live Here
SNK-EYZ I Live Here Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 10,136 A Red State	Quote: If he is saying the end of the tube is flared, and there is a ring at the oil pan rail, I'll throw my bet into the pot that it's broken off. From his description that's what i sounds like to me too. See the ring around the tube about an inch from the end at the end that goes in the block. Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: SNK-EYZ] #798184 09/11/10 02:47 AM 09/11/10 02:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,481 Mesa, AZ P Pat_Whalen super gas
Pat_Whalen super gas P Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,481 Mesa, AZ	Quote: Quote: If he is saying the end of the tube is flared, and there is a ring at the oil pan rail, I'll throw my bet into the pot that it's broken off. From his description that's what i sounds like to me too. See the ring around the tube about an inch from the end at the end that goes in the block. Here's another picture. Even though it's an RB pan rail and dipstick, that stamped ring is the same on the smallblock tube. When it's stamped, it thins that ring really well and it's usually broken right there.

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Pat_Whalen] #798185 09/11/10 08:00 AM 09/11/10 08:00 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario Butt Ugly OP top fuel
Butt Ugly OP top fuel Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario	Thanks all, got me a broken tube. Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Wiskey, More Money --- Tom T

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: Butt Ugly] #798186 09/11/10 12:12 PM 09/11/10 12:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,934 Grand Prairie,Texas	The first thing to do now is get the old tube end out of the block. Sometimes you can thread a bolt or screw into the tube in the block and pull the broken piece out.

Re: Dip Stick Install HELP [Re: stumpy] #798187 09/11/10 08:19 PM 09/11/10 08:19 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario Butt Ugly OP top fuel
Butt Ugly OP top fuel Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,951 Toronto Ontario	Off comes the alt and fuel pump to get at that unit?? Faster Horses, Younger Women, Older Wiskey, More Money --- Tom T

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