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Maybe you could have the welder fabriate one from two regular dipsticks by gas
(or tig) brazing or soldering. Soldering with silver solder would be pretty
strong. Staybrite 8 is an excellent low temperature silver solder that sticks
well to many alloys. If the pieces overlap half an inch, it shouldn't snap
again.
Daniel O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First Generation Firebird-L Mailing
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When I bought my 69, the 400 motor dipstick tube was installed, but
the dipstick itself was missing. It didn't trouble me -- during a 45
minute test drive, the car exhaust was completely clean and the motor
was strong. Also, I have original paper describing a recent rebuild.
(My faith has been rewarded with 6000 trouble-free miles.)
I bought a replacement, but the dipstick did not reach into the pan. I
thought I bought the wrong replacement, so I went to a different
dealer and bought another one -- it was the same as the first.
I started calling around trying to figure out what was going on. I
reached a parts dealer in New Hampshire who told me that I'd have to
pull the engine to install the dipstick tube from underneath. In my
neck of the woods, this would cost $800.00. I don't have the ability
to handle this myself.
A welder told me he could make me a longer stick that would reach into
the pan -- but the welded stick snapped after two days. Fortunately we
were able to get all the pieces out of the pan and the car has run
about 1500 miles since then without a problem. But I still have no
dipstick.
Anyone out there been through this before? Any ideas?
Thanks,
DOB
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