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02-08-2005, 12:32 AM
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People with Hotchkis STB come in I just bought a Hotchkis stb and I need to bend the oil dip stick. How did you all bend yours? I'm worried about breaking something.
Also was it hard to get the brace on the brackets? It looks like I'll have to pry it a bit to get the bolt in the bracket and the brace.
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Also was it hard to get the brace on the brackets? It looks like I'll have to pry it a bit to get the bolt in the bracket and the brace.
Thanks
02-08-2005, 11:02 AM
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My dipstick is right under the stb. I tried to just move it a little but it wasn't enough. I was up till midnight working on the car so I decided before I called it quits for the night I would try it one more time. I ened up breaking the dipstick handle. 
I have fuel rail covers on the car and I didn't want to pull them off to try to bend the dipstick tube. I ended up bending the tube a bit but I'm not sure if it was enough since I was mad about breaking the dipstick I quit and went to bed. This will teach me to work on something so late. I'm trying to get alot of things done for autorama and I'm running out of time. To top it off the STB was missing two washers so I had to go and pick some up. I'll try it again today and take some pictures of my dirty engine bay. I drive my car everyday so I know how it is to have a dirty motor. 
I have fuel rail covers on the car and I didn't want to pull them off to try to bend the dipstick tube. I ended up bending the tube a bit but I'm not sure if it was enough since I was mad about breaking the dipstick I quit and went to bed. This will teach me to work on something so late. I'm trying to get alot of things done for autorama and I'm running out of time. To top it off the STB was missing two washers so I had to go and pick some up. I'll try it again today and take some pictures of my dirty engine bay. I drive my car everyday so I know how it is to have a dirty motor. 
02-08-2005, 12:38 PM
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Its my daily driver and its winter.
Want to see the outside, its worse. Its cold and salty out there. Although yesterday was warm-enough for a quick wash, but I didn't get to it. I also do a lot of highway driving which means a lot of dirt/sand/salt gets flung everywhere. We had to wash my mother's car a few days ago. Its blue, but so much salt had caked up on it from highway driving that the car was white.
Want to see the outside, its worse. Its cold and salty out there. Although yesterday was warm-enough for a quick wash, but I didn't get to it. I also do a lot of highway driving which means a lot of dirt/sand/salt gets flung everywhere. We had to wash my mother's car a few days ago. Its blue, but so much salt had caked up on it from highway driving that the car was white.
im glad you explained yourself.
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02-08-2005, 12:40 PM
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I just pushed on it and it bent some. If its not enough I'll use a screw driver. Thanks everyone. I went to the dealer and the dipstick only cost $12, I should have paid better attention and I wouldn't have had to spend that. Oh well I'll put it on today
02-08-2005, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve1969LS1
Yea, I just bent mine a little bit.. no problem at all 
If you have an extra dipstick tube why not chome it???
If you have an extra dipstick tube why not chome it???
why is that not a surpise coming from you
I think I'll have to look into that
02-10-2005, 08:26 AM
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Thanks to everyone that responded to my thread. I got the stb on the car last night. I'll take some pictures today and post them up. I have to say that polished stb looks great on the car.