<p dir="ltr">Jon and Bob. THANK YOU! Makes sense. I had tried fitting the dipstick, and found the upper portion too large in diameter, so it's possible the prior owner jammed it into there once too often.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Spridget Nation rocks! Unless someone has trade marked that already.</p>
</br></br><div class="device_aol_et_org_dt_dd_quote"></div><hr style="border:0;height:1px;color:#999;background-color:#999;width:100%;margin:0 0 9px 0;padding:0;"></hr><span style="font-size:14px; color:#999999;">On Monday, August 3, 2020 Jon Paschke via Spridgets <<span style="color:#0000A0">jpaschke@bak.rr.com</span>> wrote:</span><br></br><div id="yiv9368400931"><html><head></head><div>
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That is the plastic tube your dip stick goes into. Those threads
stick into the block and the dip stick goes in to it and holds it
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<div class="yiv9368400931yqt5225040236" id="yiv9368400931yqtfd04984"><div class="yiv9368400931moz-cite-prefix">On 8/3/2020 5:01 PM, Ken Rudolphy via
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<p dir="ltr">Okay Spridget universe, I need to draw on your
collective knowledge.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Dropped the oil pan on my "new" 1970 Midget. The
good, no metal. The mystery is shown in the attached picture.
A plastic tube, approximately 3/8" OD, threaded on end laying in
the bottom of the pan.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm quite familiar with these cars, but have never
seen anything like this. Any idea what this is?</p>
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