Anyone shorten their dipstick tube?
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Anyone shorten their dipstick tube?
Has anyone cut off a little bit of their stock OEM dipstick tube while it was out? Seems unnecessarily long and would aide in future removal if need be.
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I upgraded to a locking dipstick because as you guys know, earlier stock one pop out. But the new stick is shorter and I wanted to shorted the tube, but wasn't sure how to without metal shavings go down into the pan. I tried switching them by unbolting it, but it's damn near impossible even with the heads off.
How did you do it?
How did you do it?
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I upgraded to a locking dipstick because as you guys know, earlier stock one pop out. But the new stick is shorter and I wanted to shorted the tube, but wasn't sure how to without metal shavings go down into the pan. I tried switching them by unbolting it, but it's damn near impossible even with the heads off.
How did you do it?
How did you do it?
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That's wierd, I've never had mine pop out. You have to be holding your mouth just right to get the SOB in and out. When I put the heads back on the car yesterday I completely forgot about the dipstick tube until I went to put oil in the car. PITA, took me 45min. to get it back in with the LT's. Just takes patience.
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im awarding myself the dumbass of the year award for that one lol
off topic i know but i just found it kinda funny lol
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I had to cut some off as well for the stroker crank. I also ran into a problem with the tube hittting one of my splayed caps. I should've clearanced the cap for the tube, but It was already assembled and too late. So i cut off a little more then I wanted to... No issues in the last couple thousand miles at least.
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Years ago I did this.....next time I checked the oil, there was about 2-3in of the actual dipstick cut/broken off. Luckily, I was able to weasel out the piece that broke off through the drain hole using magnets. To this day, I'm not really sure what happened but it's been at least 7 years since and no problems have come from it....aside from having a dipstick that's 2-3in too short.
This is on a stock bottom end...
This is on a stock bottom end...