If you have an air compressor, once you get the tube out you should be able to blow the debri out with air, but your idea should work too

 

It would be ideal if you could pressurize the block so that when you driller all the crap would blow out instead of down inside... (Thats how some drill ac vw blocks for full flow oil filter systems.)

 

Hey man, nice work so far, I have an extra passenger side blinker assembly and headlight if you need it. Id sell it to you for half of what the junkyard wants.. Send me a PM if your interested.

 

Got mud wasps around where the truck was stored? Gawd how I hate those things. They get into everything.

My favorite trick for things like that, after removing the part from the engine so the gunk doesn't foul anything, is to chuck a smallish steel cable into a drill, fray the end a bit, and run it into the tube to erode away the obstruction. After that, shoot some penetrating oil in there, let it sit for a few minutes, then blow it out with compressed air. This works great on plugged fuel lines, dipstick tubes, and the like.

 

Update

Well today was alot of cleaning and cleaning.

The Hood

Before:


After:


Engine Bay:


But what the heck does this go to? Anybody else got this?



Now as for the blocked dip stick tube.
I put engine degreaser down it and then ran my drill with a 3/8 wood drill bit into it. I had to go down 6 to 8 inches before it cleared. Then I sprayed more degreaser into the tube till there was no more mud looking liquid on the stick. It now goes in and is in place.

Am I worried about the stuff in going in the oil pan? No, It still needs to have an oil change and I wont run it again till I do that.

Have you found the water leak yet? uh No, I need to look for it, but Im not going to do that till I move it closer to my garage.

I still need to get a Air Cleaner Mounting Gasket - Autozone for $1.99 Part Number# 60038 did not feel like going to Autozone to pick up a $2 part. Im pretty sure I am going to have to change the radiator so I will get that at the same time.

Thanks

Kai

 

Yeah, but then I probably would have had to drop the oil pan and have to pay $40 for another gasket.

Thanks for the offer, but I have a friend who works for a junk yard supplier, hes going to hook me up.

Well I dont know, it was at the Father in laws place for like 2+ years before I got it. Knowing these guys, they probably did it. They seem to break everything they touch.

 

Wow. If it weren't for the master cylinder I wouldn't have guessed it was even the same truck.

If the crud you pushed down the dipstick tube sticks to the oil pan rather than running out when you drain the oil, windage and circulation may cause you a serious d'oh moment. That would suck a lot.

 

Yeah and I dont want doh moments. I guess I should drop the pan and clean it properly, along with buying a new gasket.

Edit: wouldnt any dirt just be caught in the oil filter?

 

If it's not blown around the crankcase by windage, it will. The rub comes if/when the filter drops too much pressure because of the crud and the bypass valve opens. Then the crud (may) go into the rest of the engine where you don't want it and the d'oh moment follows. It depends upon where the crud ends up how soon that moment follows.

 

The thing you circled looks like the bracket that the air filter kinda connects too, but it should be flat across not standing up like that take the airfilter back off and look at the bottom of the housing and there should be a hole in it that slides onto the post on the bracket.

Ok had to go look and took a pic for ya, this is what that bracket should look like.