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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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Okay, so i cant get my dipstick back in stilllllllll, ive used the search engine and everything and still cant find it, i was out there just a second ago and i was kinda jaming the dip stick down there so it would line up with the bolt whole and then somthing starting sparking. What would cause this, i take it i hit some sort of wire?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:18 PM
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You probably hit the starter wire. The dipstick is do easy to put in, all you do is push into the hole and then bolt the top part to the head.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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Disconnect the battery before you kill yourself...
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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lol ill do that rite now, but im about to go out there and still not have a clue, from where it bolts to the head, do i loook back towards the back of the car? or straight down?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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Straight down.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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First, place the dipstick tube down between the header primaries, be sure your starter is removed so you can have more room to work with. Next, get under your car and feel for the end of the oil dipstick tube and the hole it will go into. Now, just try to guide the dipstick into the hole. Once it is aligned, get back up into the engine bay and just push the dipstick tube down until it seats. Now you can bolt down the dipstick to the head and you're done.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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kk i got it, thanks guys. Only prob now is it isnt letting me bolt it in, so i gatta fiddle with it some more
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Get a shorty from Lokar.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Had a Lokar on my old SBC. They look great, I've debated one for this car too.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:17 PM
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seriously. I have one on mine because I could not get it to bolt up to the head to save my life.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Wuts a lokar?
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Lokar is a brand. They make classic and hotrod stuff mostly.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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If you stand in just the will the right spot beside the fender and look through the A/C lines, wires, body, you can see the hole with a flashlight.

It is veddyveddy sneaky sir....
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put some hair around the hole and spit on it lol
sorry coulnt resist
try wd 40 the rind is probably dry mine was a biatch to get out
+1 on starter removal
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 5_02ls1
put some hair around the hole and spit on it lol
sorry coulnt resist
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Just cram it in there and turn.
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Old Feb 25, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MeentSS02
Disconnect the battery before you kill yourself...
lol It is a pain in the ***. Soo simple but still took me a good half an hour to do.
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