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Old 09-08-2012 | 01:27 PM
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I need to know how long the oil dipstick is from the bottom end to the little pin that holds the handle on. I can't find one anywhere in the salvage yards here. I got one from a 5.2 that I want to shorten. I have the 3.9 in a 1995 ram.
 
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Old 09-08-2012 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by aepowell
I need to know how long the oil dipstick is from the bottom end to the little pin that holds the handle on. I can't find one anywhere in the salvage yards here. I got one from a 5.2 that I want to shorten. I have the 3.9 in a 1995 ram.
Can't tell you the length, but Ebay usually has what you need for these Rams.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/3307781...Types&var=sbar
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 08:08 PM
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Call the dealer, this should be the part number: 53020927
It's like $13 at the dealer or $30+ at this site http://www.jimsautoparts.com/mopar_p...il_systems.htm
It's technically called an "engine oil level indicator" ...so ask for that instead of "dipstick".
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 01:09 AM
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Thanks Matt. I had already called about the one on the ite you listed. They told me i would have to have the vin # off the truck. I didn't have the truck at my house at the time. 30.00plus shipping is a little much. I alreay have one out of a v8. I am a machinist so I can alter it. I just need some one to measure theirs from the tip to the seating surface. I didn't think I would have any trouble getting someone to do that for me. Oh well.
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 07:12 AM
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Not as many sixes around here.....
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:19 AM
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Someone with a 6 cly had a thread the other day about towing a car...but I cannot remember who it was.

Maybe naming the thread something along the line of "6 cyl dipstick" or "6 cyl oil level indicator" would have gotten better responses.....
 

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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:20 AM
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Someone with a 6 cly had a thread the otehr day about towing a car...but I cannot remember who it was.
Interesting. What color was the truck?
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:24 AM
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$16.86 is $30? I must be in an alternate universe. And that is from a Dodge dealer and OEM.
 

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Old 09-11-2012 | 02:54 AM
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$16.86 is $30? I must be in an alternate universe. And that is from a Dodge dealer and OEM.
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If you had bothered filling in the blanks for a 95 3.9 you would have seen that stick was incompatable. 94-95 were on there own. That stick is for a 97 up. The dip stick tube is smaller on a 94-95. I had already been on that site before i posted here.
 
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Old 09-11-2012 | 08:36 AM
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If you had bothered filling in the blanks for a 95 3.9 you would have seen that stick was incompatable. 94-95 were on there own. That stick is for a 97 up. The dip stick tube is smaller on a 94-95. I had already been on that site before i posted here.
On where own?
 



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