source for dipsticks[2] (Scout II, 304 w/headers)

["Thomas R. Elliott Jr." <t_r_e_jr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

---If you recall, I was looking for an alternative to the universal, 
flexible dipstick tubing for my Scout II 304 w/headers. I snapped my 
original dipstick tubing when I was shaping it to route around the headers. 
The PO had mangled the tubing when installing the engine and I hadn't found 
that out until I tried to bend it myself. Though it didn't look healthy, I 
had no idea it was in as bad a shape as it was until... "SNAP".

---I believe I may have forgotten to mention my finding. A steel dipstick 
from a Toyota 22r fit perfectly. I had to cut the mounting bracket at the 
center of the mounting hole, and use a piece of 3" x 1" 1/4" flat stock as a 
sort of clamp. I drilled the stock to accept the bolt and sandwiched the 
mounting bracket on the dipstick tube between it and the header mounting 
flange. Not as nice as someone else could do with a welder, but it is 
working for me and has been for almost a year now. The dipstick from the 304 
sits nicely in the tubing and does not bind at all when inserting it back 
into the tubing. It may be a Japanese part, but it is not mounted with a 
metric fastener. :D

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)






> From: John Fleck <john@domain.elided>
> Reply-To: John Fleck <john@domain.elided>
> To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: source for dipsticks
> Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 22:15:43 -0700
>
> REGARDING:
> ------------------------------
>
> >My name is Don, I've had a bunch of trucks and a couple scouts.  I'm
> >running a 70 pickup right now.  A 392, Dana 60s, a PTO winch, I used to
> >drive it out in the woods before I got busy with kids!  I mangled my
> >dipstick tube (through my lack of common sense) while trying to remove
> >it.  Wondering if anybody knows where I could get one?
> >
> >Don
>
> >Don, I would call Coonrod's and/or Outback Parts. Listings for both are 
> on
> >the Binder Bulletin Vendor page.
>
> >Jim
>
> Don, Jim,
>
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