[Fot] TR6 Dip Stick Tube

Thu May 12 18:45:01 MDT 2016

Long. Long ago ,(1992 ) My 1147. With accusump could pump oil up the dipstick tube. 
Raise the dipstick it's self and blow back on the header wrap. Where it would burn off like a wick.
Corner workers thought they saw fire ( they did ) but it was out by the time I got back to pit lane. 
It took two sessions to discover that.
It is interesting to sit in pit lane . Engine running. 
My helmet and earplugs
Blocking all speech and watching my one man crew argue with the pit marshal 
To not discharge the dry extinguisher as there was no fire.  And even more amazing how compleat the lack of air is when that power cloud hits you !
The quick fix at the track was to plug the dipstick hole , and free up more breather space.  
Now I have a hex plug .
I only check it when the pipes are cold. I can learn things. After a while. 
It's been 25 years now that plug works great

Awrabest.   Scottie

> On May 12, 2016, at 5:55 PM, Jason Ostrowski <jason at multivintage.com> wrote:
> 
> The 6 cylinder configuration we are talking about here has all that stuff on the opposite side.
> So, it has nothing of the sort in the way.
> Anyway, Like I said "to each his own"
> Both options allow for the hole to be closed and the oil to be checked.
> One of my race cars is yellow and the other is green.
> I love them both the same.
> 
> Jason Ostrowski
> Friendly Ghost Racing .
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>> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Rocky Entriken <rocky at spitfire4.com> wrote:
>> 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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