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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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Oil dipstick issues...

Well, I haven't posted here in a while due to some personal issues but I have been driving my car around a good amount. One thing after I did my swap is I sort of just left the dipstick hang in where it was supposed to go. It's not mounted to anything and moves around. There is no a bracket on it, but it's bent and doesn't appear to line up with anything. What should I do? Go to the junk yard and try to get lucky? Otherwise where is the dipstick supposed to mount to? My plug wires are holding it in place...
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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Re: Oil dipstick issues...

Originally Posted by zacharyhorn
Well, I haven't posted here in a while due to some personal issues but I have been driving my car around a good amount. One thing after I did my swap is I sort of just left the dipstick hang in where it was supposed to go. It's not mounted to anything and moves around. There is no a bracket on it, but it's bent and doesn't appear to line up with anything. What should I do? Go to the junk yard and try to get lucky? Otherwise where is the dipstick supposed to mount to? My plug wires are holding it in place...
the factory manifolds bolt flange is close to two and a half inches, headrers bolt in close to 1/4 inch. take a piece of tube stock and use a header bolt hole with a longer bolt cut to fit ,rattle can it and your good cost about 5bucks and a half hour spent with your car or go buy a lokar cable from mail order and go that way same difference flexible tube so it sits flush with block mounts on exhaust flange, when i put headers on i just bent dipstick tube and screwed it into the side of the ac panel
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