<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Way too many potential dipstick jokes here. <br><br>~Steve<div><br></div></div><div><br>On May 12, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Charly Mitchel <<a href="mailto:charly@mitchelplumbing.com">charly@mitchelplumbing.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">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.</font></div>
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<div>Charly Mitchel</div>
<div>TR6 #44<br>----- Original Message ----- </div>
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<a title="rocky@spitfire4.com" href="mailto:rocky@spitfire4.com">Rocky
Entriken</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="steve@artwithcars.com" href="mailto:steve@artwithcars.com">Steven Belfer</a> ; <a title="rjl@gt-classics.com" href="mailto:rjl@gt-classics.com">rjl@gt-classics.com</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">FOT List</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 12, 2016 1:39
PM</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>That dipstick tube is a street car item (and the stock exhaust manifold
is not in the way). My race car has headers (which <u>are</u> 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.</div>
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<div>--Rocky</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="steve@artwithcars.com" href="mailto:steve@artwithcars.com">Steven Belfer</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:27 AM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="rjl@gt-classics.com" href="mailto:rjl@gt-classics.com">rjl@gt-classics.com</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="robertlangtr6@yahoo.com" href="mailto:robertlangtr6@yahoo.com">Robert Lang</a> ; <a title="fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">FOT List</a> ; <a title="rocky@spitfire4.com" href="mailto:rocky@spitfire4.com">Rocky Entriken</a>
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<div>Really? It seems to be a pretty good invention in its designated place.
Checking the oil level shouldn't require tools. <br><br>~Steve
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<div><br>On May 12, 2016, at 5:24 AM, R. John Lye <<a href="mailto:rjl@gt-classics.com">rjl@gt-classics.com</a>>
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<p>I second that suggestion. That's what I did as well.</p>
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<p>John<br><br>On Wed, 11 May 2016 21:44:49 -0500, Rocky Entriken <<a href="mailto:rocky@spitfire4.com">rocky@spitfire4.com</a>> wrote:</p>
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<div>Option 2.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>My dipstick is a toolbox item. My two race engines have the dipstick
tubes removed ... on purpose.</div>
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<div>--Rocky Entriken</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><strong>From:</strong> <a title="robertlangtr6@yahoo.com" href="mailto:robertlangtr6@yahoo.com" target="">Robert Lang</a> </div>
<div><strong>Sent:</strong> Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:21 PM</div>
<div><strong>To:</strong> <a title="fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net" target="">FOT List</a> </div>
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Tube</div></div></div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5279">Hi,</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5306">I somehow managed to lose the
dip stick tube for my latest engine. So, what's the consensus:</div>
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<div>1. fabricate a tube from some aluminum</div>
<div>2. drill / tap the block for an AN fitting and fab up a dip stick of
the proper length</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5401">???</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5403"> </div>
<div>In other words, I'm looking for suggestions.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5405">Oddly, three engine block
cores and no dip stick tubes. What's up with that?</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5409">Regards,</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5410">Bob Lang</div>
<div>339-927-449</div></div>
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