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1. Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "WCAMEYER" <WCAMEYER@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 08:34:35 -0700
Can any body help me with this? I've already ruined one by "tapping" it too energetically with a plastic hammer. Also, I have 4.875" of it showing while another engine shows only 4.5". Had to tap it
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00072.html (7,616 bytes)

2. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 11:11:33 -0600
If the tube bent or collapsed while "tapping in" you could decrease the interference fit some by sanding the tube. Another way to prevent collapsing is to insert a rod into the tube which is the sam
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00084.html (7,598 bytes)

3. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:10:12 -0800
Hmmm, let's see now. We fill the tube with sand to prevent it bending, but we don't want the sand to run out the bottom of the tube so we, what, cover it with duct tape? But, then, the duct tape make
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00088.html (8,830 bytes)

4. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 14:18:06 -0600
He didn't say it was an assembled engine did he? Blake /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00092.html (7,414 bytes)

5. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:44:26 -0800
Not specifically, Blake, but loose dipstick tubes are not an uncommon problem on MGBs, and there existed - in my mind, at least - the possibility that someone might try to follow your advice on an as
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00094.html (8,176 bytes)

6. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:11:32 -0600
Are some people really that dumb? Blake <<<snip>>> Not specifically, Blake, but loose dipstick tubes are not an uncommon problem on MGBs, and there existed - in my mind, at least - the possibility t
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00098.html (7,788 bytes)

7. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:39:09 -0600
Never underestimate the stupidity of people. Remember, everytime you hear or read a warning label, it's because some idiot decided that "wouldn't it be cool if..." -- You don't need a quadrophonic Bl
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00099.html (8,322 bytes)

8. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 19:32:23 -0600
The answer is "Yes." I clearly recall the guy in Canada who carefully followed the information in his manual and "washed" his carbs in "Parafin." The only "parafin" he could find was the clear wax us
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00101.html (8,880 bytes)

9. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:50:01 -0600
Ah yes: <<<snip>>> he only "parafin" he could find was the clear wax used to seal jars of preserves, so he melted a block of it and dipped the carbs in it. <<<Snip>>> Nothing eases that burning SU th
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00110.html (7,574 bytes)

10. Re: Dipstick Tube Installation (score: 1)
Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:11:42 -0000
"Warning - contents of this (coffee) cup may be hot" /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool ///
/html/mgs/2001-12/msg00144.html (7,449 bytes)


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