Dipstick tube install question..
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Burning Brakes
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Dipstick tube install question..
How do you install a dipstick tube into the block on a small block. I have two tubes on GM, one chrome aftermarket and both don't seem to want to go into the block. It's as if the tube is to large for the hole. I don't want to pound it as not to do damage......
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From: Orange Park Florida
Most of the ones I have seen I put some RTV on them for sealer, and critically orient them to line up, and they tap home with a screwdriver or wrench over the tube ridge there....
GENE
GENE
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Don't know if it makes a difference which year, or if left side or right side tube, but on my '69 sm. block it just slides in snugly with no pounding & I use a little silicone sealer around it.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
even with my engine out and with full access i could not get the chrome one in.......... i just used my old one ...it had been loose and i flared the end with the shaft of a hole punch to expand it slightly
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Originally Posted by bobs77vet
even with my engine out and with full access i could not get the chrome one in.......... i just used my old one ...it had been loose and i flared the end with the shaft of a hole punch to expand it slightly
snicker.....
GENE
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by mrvette
hehe...snicker, these chrome shop guys, funny, lets say the thing is supposed to be .375 dia....fine, hole in block is most likely something like .376 or so....good snug fit....now chrome the tube with say a 2 mil coating....
snicker.....
GENE
snicker.....
GENE
i got one for sale...i even put a box end wrench on it slipped down to the flare and wailed on it....I still had 1/2" to go..... what fun that was getting out....
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by redc3
Sandpaper, Dremmel Tool, Refrigerator, Little Cans Of Air Turned Upside Down, And If All Else Fails, Sam Adams And Large Metal Object! :d
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