Howdy Fellow Olds Lovers,
I’m in need of your 455 experience. I had a bad day yesterday with my 68 Toro rebuild. I broke the dipstick tube of my freshly rebuilt motor. Unbelievable! I was just getting set to install the exhaust manifold on the left hand side and I’m not sure what exactly happen but all of a sudden I have half a dipstick tube in the block and the other lying on the floor.

So hopefully I can get the piece out of the block without having to drop the pan…cause that would really suck!

I do have a parts car with a the 455 still mostly intact. Does anyone have any advice on how to remove the complete unit out of the parts motor? Any help is always appreciated!

I hope this is cool but here is a link to the Toronado site with some pictures of my restoration. Unfortunately that site does not have the traffic or members as this one does.

http://www.toronado.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=593

Thanks, Jim

 

can you tack weld a fuel line to the existing part of the dipstick tube and remove the broken tube??

 

I run a lag bolt into mine and pulled it pretty easy when I broke mine on the 77 350 I used to own

 

http://72.22.90.30/phpBB2/viewtopic....+dipstick+tube

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...tick-tube.html

 

Thanks Guys, Removed the broken tube with an easy-out.

 

Same. I just screwed it in and easily tapped on a set of vise grips and it came right out.