Reply to "Dipstick Replacement"

cybomanMember

SwenDog,

Try to just pull it out first. After unbolting it, mine came right out! If it wasn't budging, I'd spray some rust penetrator and try the steel rod inside. If that still didn't work, I'd take the the rod out and pray that crushing it with a vise-grip would dislodge it. I'm sure you realize that if it does break inside the block, you've got a hell of a problem on your hands.

In my '74, I removed the original long dipstick and replaced it with a short one. (I relocated the alternator next to the A/C, so access to the short dipstick was not a problem.) The long dipstick came right out, and the short one went right in. What I did was put a small o-ring on the dipstick tube just under the block stop. When I bolted it to the head, that put a slight downward pressure on the o-ring. If your new OEM dipstick is not very snug, try this approach before sealing or cemeting it in.

Michael

6/10/051:09 PM

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