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broken dipstick tube. (got it)

In the past I've had to remove the pan and tap them up.
Yours doesn't seem bad. Can you not grab that lip and wiggle up on it?
Maybe use an easy out and twist it out.
 
I thought about the easy out but I think that would expand it and make it harder. I had th beat this one down with a bolt in the end of the tube and a hammer. I REALLY dont want to drop the pan. I'm thinking of trying to make a peice that will get under it through the hole and attach to a slide hammer.
 
From the pics, I can see a couple of ideas, but they all depend on access. If you can't reach it, then it gets trickier.
Looks like the broken piece has a lip. If you can get a thin screwdriver or putty knife under it, it might pries up.

Or, a rubber tapered stopper like goes in a bottle. You can get them at some hardware stores.
Either get one with a hole or drill a hole through it.
Run a long screw through the hole with a washer with the screw head on the small end.
Run a nut and washer down from the other end, and either grip the threaded end with vicegrips or lock a couple of nuts to it.

Slide the stopper down into the hole, tighten the nut while holding the screw.
This will expand the stopper and jam it in the part. Then try to pull it out.

A big tap screwed in just far enough to grab the tube and pull.

If it stuck out below the housing, a right angle bar that you could slide inside and move over to catch on the end and tap it up.

If all else fails, find a short piece of tubing that is a tight fit inside the long piece, solder it in and then slide it down inside the other piece with some glue.

But bend the long piece to clear the headers first.
 
Can you get a pair of cutting pliers on there to try and cut a part out of the dipstick?
 
xsmokey11499x said:
well what I did in the past was took a flat head, and bent the oil dipstick tube, so I can Grab it with needle nose pliers. And just pull er up
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this is pretty much what I'm leaning towards.
 
Use a SQUARE easy-out, I have removed hundreds this way. The twisted style easy-outs will bite just like you said and make it harder but no so with the square style.
 
i got one out in less than 5 min with a lag bolt screw eye and long screw driver and lots of heat around boss on block were tube is pressed in to.

customer was happy i stuck my nose in the other techs job and saved him 700-800 bucks in labor cause the tech was ready to pull the motor to pull the pan to get it out on the ford.

think outside the box sometimes and bam it works. :whistle::D
 
I cant heat it cause I dont want to ruin the pan gasket. I may try the square easy out thing,,,, But I've never even heard of one:thinking: I will have to google it:thumb:
 
Just found out we have em here at work. :rolleyes:
 
You get that thing out yet? Dont you need that motor broke in by tommorow to give dave those ram horns back??
 
I may have to mail them to him, or road trip back to michigan:whistle:. He said that would be fine. My work schedule has been full lately, 60 hr weeks, so I havent gotten much done. my boy has gotten to the point that since its all little piddly crap he isnt interested in working on it:confused:. I dont blame him and dont really care at this point. It needs out of my garage. And most of the little stuff is one man stuff that doesnt need much explaining. he's exited about getting his hands dirty painting it, doing the roll bar stuff, and finishing the interior though.

I do have from 4pm-about 11pm to work on it tomorow though. I plan on having it ready to start if possible, then I can start it after work monday and get what needs done before zimm shows up that night. At least have it all done before I go to bed monday night. maybe then I could still send them with him:dunno:
 
I stopped reading after road trip to michigan. You come up end of april may ish and ill take ya to the dunes :D show ya what a 400 small block can do lol
 
dave n me already sorta mentioned a trip to the dunes:popcorn: then he pointed out they're practicly in your back yard:waytogo: I'm hoping we can come up that way this year. We have a multi state trip planned that may bring us that way.

On the original subject,,, the mechanics have been busy all night here so I havent gotten the suare easy out yet. I'm gonna catch em soon though. its past break time
 
I used a square easyout first, To big of one, didnt work well. tried a few other thing that just tore up the piece of tube. then as a last ditch effort I got a regular easy out(the kind I didnt think would work:rolleyes:) and hooked it up to my mini impact.. It walked right out:woot:


Thanks for the help guys:waytogo:
 
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