TurboTim

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Sorry my first post but I figured I would finally turn to the forum since I have been working on this project for a year now. What are people doing for an oil dipstick once this flip the manifold for a turbo?

casias

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You can either gently bend your original dipstick to a new location, or use a Lokar flexible dipstick and put it somewhere convenient.

TurboTim

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How does the Lokar one thread in?

TurboTim

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Or really how does it stay in?

BigEd_72455

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being flexible it doesn't thread in. It pushes in like the original, but you just maneuver the top to where you want it within the shaft's flex capability.

What trans are you using?

BigEd_72455

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Part number is ED-5008.

http://www.jegs.com/i/Lokar/625/ED-5008/10002/-1

BigEd_72455

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if you get the right tubing bender from someplace like a parts store or plumbing store, you could bend it fairly easy as long as you are careful and take your time. Someone told me one time about putting something inside of a tube (off the car of course) to allow you to bend it without kinking it, but I cant for the life of me remember what they said it was...

casias

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These are helpful. If you bend them too far it is hard to get the dipstick in and out. A little trial and error.

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-brake-for...ol-pliers.html

BigEd_72455

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Yeah. I mean don't go throwing 90 bends in it or sharp angles. Bear in mind that thin little piece of metal is flexible but I does have its limitations of what it can do.

BOXCHEV

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You can use sand.