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    oil dipstick for 3.9 petrol engine waanted urgently

    No idea where it went unless the possums have borrowed it, but I need an oil dipstick for a petrol 3,9 engine. Pretty urgent before my next trip to town.

    Will gladly pay reasonable asking price plus postage to Taralga NSW.

    Alan

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    Does it lose THAT much oil that you need to check it before you leave and before you go back home???

    Just plug the tube with a piece of dowel (whittle skills with your pocketknife for an authentic bushie solution)

    Stainless Tig rod works as a substitute, if you need a length, I'll go measure the depth marks for empty and full.

    I don't have a spare, sorry.
    Roads?.. Where we're going, we don't need roads...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mercguy View Post
    Does it lose THAT much oil that you need to check it before you leave and before you go back home???

    Just plug the tube with a piece of dowel (whittle skills with your pocketknife for an authentic bushie solution)

    Stainless Tig rod works as a substitute, if you need a length, I'll go measure the depth marks for empty and full.

    I don't have a spare, sorry.
    Yes there are bush solutions, BUT I learned the hard way that the oil level needs to be strictly betwwen marks. Not so long ago a "mechanic" overfilled the oil on another of my vehicles so much it induced hydraulic lock and I ain't about to replicate that scenario.

    You certainly can help me by measuring the folowing:

    a) overall length of the dipstick from seat to bottom
    b) position in mm from seat to the "low" mark"
    c) ditto - "high" mark

    That woud be greatly appreciated

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    OK
    This is taken from mine:

    1: the FULL length of the dipstick as measured is 560mm - that is FULLY SEATED. (which is how you must take the measurement)
    2: The measurement from the base of the cap to the end of the dipstick is 550mm
    3: I shifted the rule, so that you have a measurement to work off that is the correct reference for the full length.

    A: Measurement to low mark is 515mm
    B: Measurement to High mark is 484mm

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    Hope that clear enough for your requirements.
    Roads?.. Where we're going, we don't need roads...

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    Thank you

    That solves it. I have made a replacement dipstick from a 6mm strip of acrylic and will mark the two positions with notches. I just hope the material will withstand the heat of the engine. If it gets soft I'll have to replace it with a strip of metal - plenty of alluminium and bits of stainless steel in the shed

    Appreciate your help

    Alan

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