5.3 Oil dipstick extension

[floridafitz]

Sorry for another 5.3 newbie question. Surprised at how deep you have to dig to get the oil dipstick. Tranny stick is fine. Anyone created or found a source for a longer stick....meaning just the part with finger grab above the o-ring. Sure would be nice.

 

[Mooseman]

I don't think anything exists just for the pull ring but I would imagine there might be a whole dipstick and tube from another model truck that might be longer than what's in out trucks, maybe a full size or a van. I find it a pain to get it back into the tube.

 

[Reprise]

If you guide the stick back to the top edge of the tube w/ thumb / forefinger, while bowing the stick 45 degrees or so, it'll go back in much easier.

It that doesn't work, the suggestion of a stick tube transplant might work. Take a tape measure w/ you to the pick-n-pull and compare old to new before you pull.
Actually, if it's longer, you could take the new tube, cut the top off, flare the lower end a little bit so that it fits over the old tube, then clamp them together. Obviously, measurements need to be taken before doing this.

 

[Bow_Tied]

I agree this is pita. Especially trying to check the oil in lower lighting. They could have at least put an under-hood light. Oh - and the tab that sticks out and rips the skin off your finger when the dipstick is sorta stuck is the icing on the cake.

 

[Mooseman]

It's not fun unless you draw blood

 

[Redbeard]

Makes me appreciate the 4.2 so much more.

 

[Mooseman]

Just looked at a 4.8 Silverado and it has a nice long dipstick. Why they made ours so short is a mystery.