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Ok, so here's the embarrassing follow-up story. I did not buy a =
borescope, figured I'd try fiddling with the dipstick one more time and =
then pull the engine out (fortunately just the long block, nothing else =
bolted on yet) and fix the oil pan baffle that I must have installed in =
the wrong position somehow.
Stuck the dipstick in the hole in the block, it hit metal. Tried =
rotating it, no help. Went to pull the dipstick out of the other engine =
in the garage, figured I'd try that, and looking at the other engine I =
immediately knew what was wrong.
Went back to my parts bench where all the disassembled car parts sit, =
found the dipstick and dipstick tube that I'd pulled out of the engine =
back in November and put them in. Everything worked fine. Figure it =
out yet?
I had been trying to install a spare dipstick siting on the bench, =
without a dipstick tube, and had been inserting that directly into the =
block, and hitting the bottom of the pan. =20
The missing part - the dipstick tube! Good for about 4" of dipstick =
depth - of course the dipstick was hitting something!
It's a wonder I get anything done. Sometimes, after a long day in the =
garage, the powers of observation are apparently weak.
What a dipstick,
Scott=
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok, so here's the embarrassing =
follow-up story. I did not buy a borescope, figured I'd try =
fiddling with the dipstick one more time and then pull the engine out =
(fortunately just the long block, nothing else bolted on yet) and fix =
the oil pan baffle that I must have installed in the wrong position =
somehow.<div><br></div><div>Stuck the dipstick in the hole in the block, =
it hit metal. Tried rotating it, no help. Went to pull the =
dipstick out of the other engine in the garage, figured I'd try that, =
and looking at the other engine I immediately knew what was =
wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Went back to my parts bench where all =
the disassembled car parts sit, found the dipstick and dipstick =
tube that I'd pulled out of the engine back in November and put =
them in. Everything worked fine. Figure it out =
yet?</div><div><br></div><div>I had been trying to install a spare =
dipstick siting on the bench, without a dipstick tube, and had been =
inserting that directly into the block, and hitting the bottom of the =
pan. </div><div><br></div><div>The missing part - the dipstick =
tube! Good for about 4" of dipstick depth - of course the dipstick =
was hitting something!</div><div><br></div><div>It's a wonder I get =
anything done. Sometimes, after a long day in the garage, the =
powers of observation are apparently weak.</div><div><br></div><div>What =
a dipstick,</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div></body></html>=
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