[Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

[R. John Lye]

Hey, you talkin' 'bout me?  I resemble that remark!
 
John

On Thu, 12 May 2016 14:35:29 -0700, Steven Belfer  wrote:

       Way too many potential dipstick jokes here. 

~Steve 

On May 12, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Charly Mitchel  wrote:

       .Maybe I haven't checked my oil lately, but I seem to remember 
it's on the distributor side of the motor?  No header on that side.  
I agree that I check my oil after or before every session and would not 
want to reach down next to a hot motor with an allen wrench to loosen a 
screw to then stick in a dipstick and then tighten it, one more place 
for a leak.  If you had a Spit, might be easier. 
 
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
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       From: Rocky Entriken
To: Steven Belfer ; rjl at gt-classics.com
Cc: FOT List
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube
 
Is it a race car? Of course it requires tools. there’s all kinds of 
things you simply never bother with on a street car (or leave to the 
mechanic) for which you need/want tools on a race car. 
 
That dipstick tube is a street car item (and the stock exhaust manifold 
is not in the way). My race car has headers (which are in the way), an 
oil cooler, Accusump, remote oil filter, baffled pan, an oil pump with 
a filter screen, exterior (steel-braided) plumbing a street car does 
not have (and which has its own special wrenches), and 7.5 quarts of 
not-street-legal synthetic oil. Not gonna get married to a street-car 
item like a frickin’  tin tube sticking out of the engine block. 
 
--Rocky
 
From: Steven Belfer
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:27 AM
To: rjl at gt-classics.com
Cc: Robert Lang ; FOT List ; Rocky Entriken
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube
 
Really? It seems to be a pretty good invention in its designated place. 
Checking the oil level shouldn't require tools. 

~Steve 

On May 12, 2016, at 5:24 AM, R. John Lye  wrote:

       I second that suggestion.  That's what I did as well. 
 
John

On Wed, 11 May 2016 21:44:49 -0500, Rocky Entriken  wrote:

       Option 2. 
 
All you need is a plug. Best kind is one where the hex head is actually 
smaller than the plug, so you can reach it with a socket extension and 
remove it easily when the headers are still hot. 
 
My dipstick is a toolbox item. My two race engines have the dipstick 
tubes removed ... on purpose. 
 
--Rocky Entriken
 
 
From: Robert Lang
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:21 PM
To: FOT List
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube
 
Hi,
 
I somehow managed to lose the dip stick tube for my latest engine. So, 
what's the consensus:
 
1. fabricate a tube from some aluminum
2. drill / tap the block for an AN fitting and fab up a dip stick of 
the proper length
 
???
 
In other words, I'm looking for suggestions. 
 
Oddly, three engine block cores and no dip stick tubes. What's up with that?
 
Regards,
Bob Lang
339-927-449
 

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Thanks,
John

rjl at gt-classics.com
 

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