On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 02:36:26PM -0700, Randall wrote:
>> > I managed to get a dipstick tube but I need a dipstick.
>>
>> Any chance of getting a junkyard dipstick & modifying it to fit?
>
> I may have to do that. B I can probably get someone to send me specs.
> I have a lathe, if I can get the steel stick material I could
> make one. B The problem is time: I don't have a lot of it.
>
>
>> They even
>> used to sell "universal replacements"; probably still do.
>
> All the ones I found are for american cars and are short.
> But I'll keep looking.
>
84" -- seven feet! -- is short?
http://www.ryderfleetproducts.com/cgi-bin/ryderfp/products/srm/oid/134083/erm
/product_detail.jsp?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=prod
uct
(And, yeah, they really are seven feet long. Moeller makes a bunch of
these things. A good autoparts place will have a catalog, or google
them, and call them.)
>> http://tinyurl.com/2bdw68g
>
> The "Vokswagen" that is for is a Routan, which is a rebadged
> Chrysler minivan.
>
>
> Eric
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