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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'm pretty sure my dipstick tube is on the left
side of the engine, while the headers are on the right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Or am I missing something?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also, a while ago a very smart tech inspector
suggested installing a spring on the dipstick to avoid losing it, which I did
install. Takes about 2 seconds to undo the spring, but the chance of losing the
dipstick is nil. Also the spring holds the dipstick tightly against the tube,
eliminating a posssible leak.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You can overheat them, over rev them, and otherwise
abuse them, but running them out of oil.............</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cheers, Bill</FONT></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
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 12, 2016 4:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick
Tube</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><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube</DIV></DIV>
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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>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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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>
<DIV><STRONG>Subject:</STRONG> Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick
Tube</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5279>Hi,</DIV>
<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5305> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5399> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463004624993_5407> </DIV>
<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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