[Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

Fri May 13 10:20:37 MDT 2016

I have a tube here for an engine I am building so if you want an idea of the original you can make one:

Take a piece of 3/8” steel tubing and put a flare on one end.  Then cut the tube to a total length of 5 inches.  You will need to crimp the last 1 inch of tube to fit into the block or ream out the hole in the block a bit.  Epoxy the new tube into the block!  The tube sticks out of the block 4 inches and you could also put a little bend in it to mimic the original.  

Steve

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Barr, Scott
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:46 AM
To: Robert Dalziel; Jason Ostrowski
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Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

Yep, my Spit engines did the same to me (sans flames, in my case, so far as I know).  They all have plugs instead of dipstick tubes and I have a square drive socket and specific length extension and shorty ratchet which work perfectly to pull the plug and check the oil whether the header is red hot, cold or in between.

But yeah, we were talking about a TR6 originally – other side and without the crank shooting oil up the tube with every revolution…

Scott B.

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Robert Dalziel
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:45 PM
To: Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com>
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Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

Long. Long ago ,(1992 ) My 1147. With accusump could pump oil up the dipstick tube. 

Raise the dipstick it's self and blow back on the header wrap. Where it would burn off like a wick.

Corner workers thought they saw fire ( they did ) but it was out by the time I got back to pit lane. 

It took two sessions to discover that.

It is interesting to sit in pit lane . Engine running. 

My helmet and earplugs

Blocking all speech and watching my one man crew argue with the pit marshal 

To not discharge the dry extinguisher as there was no fire.  And even more amazing how compleat the lack of air is when that power cloud hits you !

The quick fix at the track was to plug the dipstick hole , and free up more breather space.  

Now I have a hex plug .

I only check it when the pipes are cold. I can learn things. After a while. 

It's been 25 years now that plug works great

Awrabest.   Scottie

On May 12, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com> wrote:

The 6 cylinder configuration we are talking about here has all that stuff on the opposite side.

So, it has nothing of the sort in the way.

Anyway, Like I said "to each his own"

Both options allow for the hole to be closed and the oil to be checked.

One of my race cars is yellow and the other is green.

I love them both the same.

Jason Ostrowski

Friendly Ghost Racing .

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> wrote:

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 <mailto:steve at artwithcars.com>  

Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:27 AM

To: rjl at gt-classics.com 

Cc: Robert Lang <mailto:robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com>  ; FOT <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>  List ; Rocky Entriken <mailto:rocky at spitfire4.com>  

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 <rjl at gt-classics.com> wrote:

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

John

On Wed, 11 May 2016 21:44:49 -0500, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> 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 <mailto:robertlangtr6 at yahoo.com>  

Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:21 PM

To: FOT <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>  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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