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06-26-2013, 06:43 PM
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Drives: 2010 CAMARO RALLY YELLOW SS/RS/M6 Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Aransas Pass Texas
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installed headers, can't get dipstick back in...HELP!!!
just installed the 2"TSP headers and now i can't get the dipstick back in.
whats the trick to doing this???? HELP!!!
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06-26-2013, 06:47 PM
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Drives: 2009 ZR1 Join Date: May 2010
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Have someone lie under car and guide it in while someone angles it in from top is easiest. It can be done by one person but you have to get it at the correct angle as it doesn't drop straight down.
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06-26-2013, 06:51 PM
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 Drives: 2011 Camaro 2ss/rs ls3 Join Date: May 2013
Location: Missouri
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Definately a trick to it, my 16 year old son can do it by himself on the first try. Which is both great and annoying at the same time. lol
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06-26-2013, 07:44 PM
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Drives: 2012 TF3 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jun 2012
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I used the Force.
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06-26-2013, 07:48 PM
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Drives: his wife crazy buying mods Join Date: May 2012
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Definitely can be tricky. The last time I had trouble I put my work light under the motor on the concrete pointed upward and bam there was the hole. Just guided it in and some. Not the most conventional route bit its worked twice.
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06-26-2013, 08:22 PM
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I got it on the first try. What's the problem?
 there is no trick. You just have to know where it is behind one of the primaries and feel it in. Kinda like your "first time"
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06-26-2013, 09:02 PM
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Drives: 79 transam with 582cid dart motor Join Date: Jun 2010
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Find the hole with your finger first then guide it in...lol
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06-26-2013, 09:03 PM
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Drives: 79 transam with 582cid dart motor Join Date: Jun 2010
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Really its not that bad, keep at it you will get it done
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06-26-2013, 09:04 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009
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06-26-2013, 09:09 PM
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Drives: 2015 Summit White 2SS 1LE Join Date: Feb 2012
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Sometimes you need to lick on the hole for a little bit before trying to put the dipstick in.
Wait a minute.....what are you guys talking about?
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06-26-2013, 09:17 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS, 1999 SS, 1993 Z28 Join Date: Mar 2009
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Its not hard... actually it'll go right back in once you get it started. Just make sure you are starting in the right spot...
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06-27-2013, 08:14 AM
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Drives: '11 2SS/RS A6 Join Date: Apr 2011
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lol.....back to the OP. I did it myself and it was not easy. I put the dipstick back in the tube because it is longer than the tube. The amount of the dipstick that extends beyond the tube is really helpful in guiding the tube back in place.
Ya know....no matter how you try and type this....it is damn funny.....  Oh, I also found it helpful to remove the heat shield by the starter but it was a PITA to re-install. Hope this helps.
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06-27-2013, 09:49 AM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Feb 2013
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ANNNND... that what she said. 
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06-27-2013, 10:03 AM
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Drives: 2010 CAMARO RALLY YELLOW SS/RS/M6 Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Aransas Pass Texas
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thanks for the help!!!
just wasnt holding my tongue right!!!! slid right in this morning!!!
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