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Riveted1 · 07-10-2008, 04:39 PM

Anyone have any suggestions for removing a dipstick tube that doesn't want to budge? I'm trying to get the old headers off, and the dipstick tube is in the way. Have tried every thing I can think of, but I can't get it to move at all. The engine is still in the truck btw.

cdowns · 07-10-2008, 04:46 PM

they're so cheap to replace i normally just clamp them real good with vice grips and pound the visegrips with large hammer

you also need to make sure that you've removed the mounting bolt if it has one

chevy_mike · 07-10-2008, 04:47 PM

If you are not too concerned with saving it, I have taken vice grips, clamp onto the tube as low as you can, then take a hammer and hit the vice grips up, holding the outside part of the vice grips to keep it from just rotating on the tube.

If you need to save it, no help here.

andresco50 · 07-10-2008, 06:37 PM

You have to pull it out with your hands and a screw driver..easy

Riveted1 · 07-10-2008, 06:37 PM

Ya don't care about saving it I don't guess. I was trying to b4, but now I just want the darned thing OFF! So I'm taking off the proverbial gloves and gonna go to town!

Wish me luck!

And to andresco50, that was the point of my thread.... it isn't coming out easy!

Riveted1 · 07-10-2008, 11:13 PM

Well, the vice grips worked! That stupid dipstick tube will trouble no one else!

Now if I can just get those cantankerous "PO customized" headers out....

abebummy26 · 07-10-2008, 11:40 PM

sawzall!

Riveted1 · 07-11-2008, 12:03 AM

Yeah, looking like some cutting may be in my near future. I don't know why, but I just hate destroying stuff. They've been beat to ****, so they probably wouldn't be of use on anything else. I guess I was just taught not to tear stuff up as a kid, and for some reason it stuck.

Riveted1 · 07-11-2008, 09:15 PM

Well, those things are history! MUHAHAHAHAHA!

07-10-2008, 04:39 PM	#1
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Removing dipstick tube Anyone have any suggestions for removing a dipstick tube that doesn't want to budge? I'm trying to get the old headers off, and the dipstick tube is in the way. Have tried every thing I can think of, but I can't get it to move at all. The engine is still in the truck btw. __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado

07-10-2008, 04:46 PM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Removing dipstick tube they're so cheap to replace i normally just clamp them real good with vice grips and pound the visegrips with large hammer you also need to make sure that you've removed the mounting bolt if it has one __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

07-10-2008, 04:47 PM	#3
chevy_mike Never Ending Projects Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,836	Re: Removing dipstick tube If you are not too concerned with saving it, I have taken vice grips, clamp onto the tube as low as you can, then take a hammer and hit the vice grips up, holding the outside part of the vice grips to keep it from just rotating on the tube. If you need to save it, no help here. __________________ . 1965 C10 Panel, Tiki Express http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=506580 SOLD 1968 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod Hauler http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=313233 SOLD 1965 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=415702 SOLD We were given two ears and one mouth for a reason... listen twice as much and speak half as often...

07-10-2008, 06:37 PM	#4
andresco50 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeworth, Fl Posts: 633	Re: Removing dipstick tube You have to pull it out with your hands and a screw driver..easy __________________ 2001 silverado 2wd 2003 silverado 4wd 1975 scottsdale c10 (project)

07-10-2008, 06:37 PM	#5
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: Removing dipstick tube Ya don't care about saving it I don't guess. I was trying to b4, but now I just want the darned thing OFF! So I'm taking off the proverbial gloves and gonna go to town! Wish me luck! And to andresco50, that was the point of my thread.... it isn't coming out easy! __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado Last edited by Riveted1; 07-10-2008 at 06:38 PM.

07-10-2008, 11:13 PM	#6
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: Removing dipstick tube Well, the vice grips worked! That stupid dipstick tube will trouble no one else! Now if I can just get those cantankerous "PO customized" headers out.... __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado

07-10-2008, 11:40 PM	#7
abebummy26 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Haven, MO Posts: 1,243	Re: Removing dipstick tube sawzall! __________________ -Lincoln 1987 GMC S15 (soon to be a chevy clone) 2.5l, 4 speed, no ps, no pb, no ac Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. Spoken by Cletus the hillbilly I like stickers... a whole bunch.

07-11-2008, 12:03 AM	#8
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: Removing dipstick tube Yeah, looking like some cutting may be in my near future. I don't know why, but I just hate destroying stuff. They've been beat to ****, so they probably wouldn't be of use on anything else. I guess I was just taught not to tear stuff up as a kid, and for some reason it stuck. __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado

07-11-2008, 09:15 PM	#9
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: Removing dipstick tube Well, those things are history! MUHAHAHAHAHA! Attached Images __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado



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