Re: source for dipsticks[2] (Scout II, 304 w/headers)

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guys, 
When we needed a new dipstick tub, we fabbed one up
from a piece of hard brake line. Just remember that
when you change the dipstick tube, the dipstick itself
will read different. Change your oil after you install
the dipstick with the new tube, and then make your
marks to show the level.
Mark

--- "Thomas R. Elliott Jr." <t_r_e_jr@domain.elided>
wrote:
> ---If you recall, I was looking for an alternative
> to the universal, 
> flexible dipstick tubing for my Scout II 304
> w/headers. I snapped my 
> original dipstick tubing when I was shaping it to
> route around the headers. 
> The PO had mangled the tubing when installing the
> engine and I hadn't found 
> that out until I tried to bend it myself. Though it
> didn't look healthy, I 
> had no idea it was in as bad a shape as it was
> until... "SNAP".
> 
> ---I believe I may have forgotten to mention my
> finding. A steel dipstick 
> from a Toyota 22r fit perfectly. I had to cut the
> mounting bracket at the 
> center of the mounting hole, and use a piece of 3" x
> 1" 1/4" flat stock as a 
> sort of clamp. I drilled the stock to accept the
> bolt and sandwiched the 
> mounting bracket on the dipstick tube between it and
> the header mounting 
> flange. Not as nice as someone else could do with a
> welder, but it is 
> working for me and has been for almost a year now.
> The dipstick from the 304 
> sits nicely in the tubing and does not bind at all
> when inserting it back 
> into the tubing. It may be a Japanese part, but it
> is not mounted with a 
> metric fastener. :D
> 
> ---Thank you,
> -T.R.E.Jr.
> -`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
> -`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
> -`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a
> compressor)
> -`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan
> (Papapalooza)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: John Fleck <john@domain.elided>
> >Reply-To: John Fleck <john@domain.elided>
> >To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> >Subject: source for dipsticks
> >Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:15:43 -0700
> >
> >REGARDING:
> >------------------------------
> >
> > >My name is Don, I've had a bunch of trucks and a
> couple scouts.  I'm
> > >running a 70 pickup right now.  A 392, Dana 60s,
> a PTO winch, I used to
> > >drive it out in the woods before I got busy with
> kids!  I mangled my
> > >dipstick tube (through my lack of common sense)
> while trying to remove
> > >it.  Wondering if anybody knows where I could get
> one?
> > >
> > >Don
> >
> > >Don, I would call Coonrod's and/or Outback Parts.
> Listings for both are 
> >on
> > >the Binder Bulletin Vendor page.
> >
> > >Jim
> >
> >Don, Jim,
> >
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