Ol dip stick? What the heck!!!
02-07-2003, 05:00 PM
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Ol dip stick? What the heck!!!
I just bought a chrome oil dip stick from Autozone. Says for all 69-79 SBC. Matched it up to the stock one after I got home and it is shorter and the tube is fatter. Won't fit in the block. Just wasted $7.00. :confused:
[Modified by redwingvette, 10:02 PM 2/7/2003]
[Modified by redwingvette, 10:02 PM 2/7/2003]
02-07-2003, 05:06 PM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (redwingvette)
No you didn't -- take it back !
02-07-2003, 05:39 PM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (redwingvette)
I ran into that many years ago. When the tube got chromed it gained enough diameter the it wouldn't fit in the block hole. I just took it over to my grinder on the brush end and peeled allthe chrome off the block end and it fit right in. The big thing is ensuring that the dip stick markings end up the same when in place.
02-07-2003, 05:51 PM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (redwingvette)
No no no, you bought a dipstick for a 1992 Honda Civic being driven by a punk who wishes he has a 69 - 79 sbc... :jester
Actually, I don't shop at AutoZone, too many problems with parts that don't fit.
Actually, I don't shop at AutoZone, too many problems with parts that don't fit.
02-07-2003, 06:02 PM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (Simon Alexander)
Actually, I don't shop at AutoZone, too many problems with parts that don't fit.
02-07-2003, 06:06 PM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (Simon Alexander)
No no no, you bought a dipstick for a 1992 Honda Civic being driven by a punk who wishes he has a 69 - 79 sbc... :jester
Actually, I don't shop at AutoZone, too many problems with parts that don't fit.
Actually, I don't shop at AutoZone, too many problems with parts that don't fit.
now if its something really important i DO make the drive downtown and go to NAPA or buy from the vendors...
sorry...i didnt mean to take this thread in a different direction! :jester
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02-08-2003, 07:40 AM
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Re: Ol dip stick? What the heck!!! (SIGNGUY)
I will get it to work. The markings are the same for oil level. I just need to resize the end that goes into the block. No big deal but it is more than the thickness of the chrome. :smash:
