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After seeing Tracy's on his RX-8 engine for Redrive
oil return and location of oil dipstick, I felt that his solution fitted my
situation rather well. My intake manifold precludes using the standard dipstick
location.
First I tapped the side of the rotor housings with
a 1/4" NPT thread. The oil return is centered in the housing so that the
returning oil from the redrive will impinge on the internal web and be
de-aerated. The tap for the dipstick is offset from center to clear the web and
allow the dipstick to enter the oilpan.
The dipstick is fabricated by flaring a piece of
3/8" tube, installing the collar and nut, and flaring the other end as close as
the flare tool would allow. A piece of 1/4" tubing then is flared and fits
down through the 3/8" tube to form the dipstick. JB-weld then fills the upper
end of the 1/4" tube and bonds it to the 3/8" tubing.
Bill Schertz
KIS Cruiser #
4045
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