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70c10 · 12-30-2002, 02:01 PM

This is weird. I went to look at a project truck over the weekend and noticed the dipstick sticking up like 8" out of the tube. I couldn't get it to go in any further. It looked like an original Chevy dipstick. When I asked the guy about it he said it's been that way for a long time. It looks like the correct length but something stops it after it goes in about 10". Any ideas????

69GMC910 · 12-30-2002, 02:17 PM

Had a similar problem, the dipstick was hitting the windage tray in the pan. When I disassembled the engine, to my suprise there were 3 tips of dipsticks, like up to the full line that were broken off. I said to hell with fixing it and cut a dipstick off short to plug the tube and carry a spare dipstick for checking the oil. Kinda backward, but works for me!

12-30-2002, 02:01 PM	#1
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,856	Oil Dipstick won't go in very far This is weird. I went to look at a project truck over the weekend and noticed the dipstick sticking up like 8" out of the tube. I couldn't get it to go in any further. It looked like an original Chevy dipstick. When I asked the guy about it he said it's been that way for a long time. It looks like the correct length but something stops it after it goes in about 10". Any ideas???? __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

12-30-2002, 02:17 PM	#2
69GMC910 MOTORHEAD! Join Date: May 2000 Location: Devon AB, Canada Posts: 849	Had a similar problem, the dipstick was hitting the windage tray in the pan. When I disassembled the engine, to my suprise there were 3 tips of dipsticks, like up to the full line that were broken off. I said to hell with fixing it and cut a dipstick off short to plug the tube and carry a spare dipstick for checking the oil. Kinda backward, but works for me! __________________ 82 GMC High Sierra VortecPro 496 12 Bolt, 3.42's AFR 265 Holley 850 Performer RPM Air Gap Hooker 2455's TCI Turbo 400 Super Street Fighter TRRC 12 Bolt Eaton Posi Mark Williams Axles Cal-Tracs Hoosier 30x10.5 Radial Slick Full weight long box pickup Current best- 11.33@117mph



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