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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 05:20 AM
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I have a 2003 4l80e. I need a dipstick tube. THE 4L60E DOES NOT WORK . I have a 60e tube and its not even close...the hole on the 80e is further back from bell housing than the 60e.
.what is the gm part number for tube and stick for the 4l80e
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 07:04 AM
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Maybe try a Google???

https://www.google.com/search?q=dips...utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 07:56 AM
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Maybe I did try Google....some people are saying both the 60 and 80 are the same...well I'm here to say the 60 dipstick I have won't fit my 80. I want to make sure that I'm getting a 80 dipstick and not a 60.
maybe ill ask farnen instead of google
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Old Sep 11, 2017 | 08:41 AM
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Try Brian Jeffery <madman69@madmanandcoracing.com>, its been 5 years but they supplied my, invoice attached.
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Old Oct 27, 2017 | 09:41 PM
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All Star Performance 69118 is what I used. Had to heat it up and bend it a bit for my application but worked great other than that.
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Old Oct 28, 2017 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by broke_as_a_joke
All Star Performance 69118 is what I used. Had to heat it up and bend it a bit for my application but worked great other than that.
I used an all star also in my nova.
Had to tweak it but works good.
I did check the level with the pan off and made a new "full" mark 1/4" higher then it showed.
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Old Oct 28, 2017 | 09:24 AM
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I used the Allstar as well, had to tweak a bit too.
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Old Oct 29, 2017 | 03:25 PM
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I have a Madman 4L80 dipstick in my car.
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I used the flexible Summit
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IIRC, I used a Lokar flexible unit
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Old Oct 31, 2017 | 09:03 AM
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I used the Allstar ALL69118 one it needed a little work to make fit but it works.
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I've read that one for a TH400 will work. I used a Lokar flexible one for a 4L80, but I think one for a TH400 is cheaper.
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Old Oct 31, 2017 | 03:33 PM
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Old Oct 31, 2017 | 08:48 PM
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https://m.ebay.com/itm/TH400-Flexible-Stainless-Transmission-Dipstick-Fits-GM-Chevy-TH-400-Turbo-SBCBBC/180947298787?hash=item2a214ca9e3%3Ag%3AvP4AAOSwEzx YdUNn&_trkparms=pageci%253Aae185c74-bea6-11e7-9578-74dbd1807867%257Cparentrq%253A754371d215f0aa465391 35e1fffac4dc%257Ciid%253A1

That's what I use. Cheap as hell and it works
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Originally Posted by cosbysweater
https://m.ebay.com/itm/TH400-Flexibl...%257Ciid%253A1
That's what I use. Cheap as hell and it works
That's for a turbo 400 and is not the same as a 4l80e dipstick, You'll need to measure and remark it to get the correct reading.
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Old Oct 31, 2017 | 09:28 PM
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I had whatever dipstick Jake’s sells. Was a metal tube but could never get an accurate reading from it at all. I trashed it eventually. I took a chance an actually ordered a lokar th400 dipstick. It was the anchor tite version and not the normal skinny kind. I marked it with the pan off and didn’t have an issue at all with it.
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Originally Posted by LLLosingit
That's for a turbo 400 and is not the same as a 4l80e dipstick, You'll need to measure and remark it to get the correct reading.
It's the dipstick had the same protrusion from the mounting surface to the bottom of the stick as my lokar 80e dipstick that was almost 4 times as much
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Old Nov 1, 2017 | 10:40 AM
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I think aside from the bends in the tube, ALL sticks "full" marks must be verified.
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Originally Posted by cosbysweater
It's the dipstick had the same protrusion from the mounting surface to the bottom of the stick as my lokar 80e dipstick that was almost 4 times as much
That's odd, My stock 400 turbo dipstick didn't match up with my stock 4l80e dipstick on the stick itself. Would have been off about a quart.
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Hughes works on my Chevelle. Dont use Lokar, they are trash.
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