[Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

[Rocky Entriken]

Is it a race car? Of course it requires tools. there’s all kinds of things you simply never bother with on a street car (or leave to the mechanic) for which you need/want tools on a race car.

That dipstick tube is a street car item (and the stock exhaust manifold is not in the way). My race car has headers (which are in the way), an oil cooler, Accusump, remote oil filter, baffled pan, an oil pump with a filter screen, exterior (steel-braided) plumbing a street car does not have (and which has its own special wrenches), and 7.5 quarts of not-street-legal synthetic oil. Not gonna get married to a street-car item like a frickin’  tin tube sticking out of the engine block.

--Rocky

From: Steven Belfer 
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 10:27 AM
To: rjl at gt-classics.com 
Cc: Robert Lang ; FOT List ; Rocky Entriken 
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

Really? It seems to be a pretty good invention in its designated place. Checking the oil level shouldn't require tools. 

~Steve 


On May 12, 2016, at 5:24 AM, R. John Lye <rjl at gt-classics.com> wrote:


  I second that suggestion.  That's what I did as well.



  John

  On Wed, 11 May 2016 21:44:49 -0500, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> wrote:

    Option 2.

    All you need is a plug. Best kind is one where the hex head is actually smaller than the plug, so you can reach it with a socket extension and remove it easily when the headers are still hot.

    My dipstick is a toolbox item. My two race engines have the dipstick tubes removed ... on purpose.

    --Rocky Entriken


    From: Robert Lang 
    Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:21 PM
    To: FOT List 
    Subject: Re: [Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

    Hi,

    I somehow managed to lose the dip stick tube for my latest engine. So, what's the consensus:

    1. fabricate a tube from some aluminum
    2. drill / tap the block for an AN fitting and fab up a dip stick of the proper length

    ???

    In other words, I'm looking for suggestions.

    Oddly, three engine block cores and no dip stick tubes. What's up with that?

    Regards,
    Bob Lang
    339-927-449



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