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Old 07-27-2021, 2:54pm   #1
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Default SBC '89 block with AL heads....

L98 headers, and the OIL dippy stick/tube is up on top of the damn starter motor.....so anyone know of a trick to get it in the block, without dropping the starter????
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Old 07-27-2021, 7:22pm   #2
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LS swap that bitch.
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Lokar makes flexible dipstick tubes for SBC. I would imagine you could weasel one of those in there somehow?
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Lokar makes flexible dipstick tubes for SBC. I would imagine you could weasel one of those in there somehow?
The one I have fit and worked fine...just near impossible to get it back in position.....am I looking at the correct spot, ?? next to the starter motor forward facing end, away from the gears??

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OK, I gotta ask, why is the dipstick tube out of the block?
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OK, I gotta ask, why is the dipstick tube out of the block?
Had the cyl head reworked...header removed, etc......and dipstick was in the way....should have put it back before header replaced.....
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I know where the dipstick belongs, but we keep you around for amusement
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easy solution... put a llittle bit (just a little bit) of hair around the hole, spit on it, and the tube should simply slide right in.
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easy solution... put a llittle bit (just a little bit) of hair around the hole, spit on it, and the tube should simply slide right in.
First thing this AM, near ten actually, I slid up under the car after showing Linda/wife what to do and sure enuff, it got DUN......and I managed to do the plugs on that bank also.....total time 2 hours.....to do that little bit of work....SO to do the lower hose on the radiator......tmrw....for what seems as the 99th time......

then to the topside and finally finish the dizzy install.....PITA....
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First thing this AM, near ten actually, I slid up under the car after showing Linda/wife what to do and sure enuff, it got DUN......and I managed to do the plugs on that bank also.....total time 2 hours.....to do that little bit of work....SO to do the lower hose on the radiator......tmrw....for what seems as the 99th time......

then to the topside and finally finish the dizzy install.....PITA....
If I was there, I'd help you. I had the distributor in and out of my C3 so much I could probably do it in my sleep.
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