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Need a dipstick! What will fit???

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Offline akfedor7

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Need a dipstick! What will fit???
« on: September 01, 2006, 06:11:10 AM »
My recently purchased sportkick has a broken oil dipstick. I plan on searching some junkyards for one. Just wondering which ones should fit properly...
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Re: Need a dipstick! What will fit???
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2006, 07:38:49 AM »
Broken how ???
Rubber pull end missing ?
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Re: Need a dipstick! What will fit???
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2006, 07:51:15 AM »
Well, mine has a yellow plastic handle, and the person who had it before me broke it off about halfway up. It can still be removed but requires a set of pliers and is a pain in the butt. I would rather get a new one, and was wondering which year models might fit my 97 sport
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Re: Need a dipstick! What will fit???
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2006, 08:03:58 AM »
Here is what I did on mine, mind you
I had a rubber end that the puppy chewed
off  :o

I remover the rest of the rubber with a wire
wheel, and snipped off the part that has the
holes in it for the rubber to bond to the steel.

I then heated it with a propane weed burner
and rolled the end over into a loop, like the
dipsticks of old used to have, all fixed works
great, cost 5 min and some propane

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Re: Need a dipstick! What will fit???
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2006, 08:25:02 AM »
Thanks. Sounds like a good idea. Im not sure if mine has enough extra to make into a loop though, but I'll definitely check it out this afternoon.
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