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Auto Gearbox Filler/dipstick thingy tube whatsit

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muddyjames:
:lol:

If you go to this thread http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=43276 and look at the blow up thing a me wotsit it shows that it isnt the breather pipe. Prob a good idea to keep it above water line anyway!!! :wink:

SnakeLogic:
Yeah, that was me that happened to.  That 150 price was including the shipping to Japan from the UK, and having the garage do the install.

Before I shelled out that money, I went out and bought some hose and jubilee clips (or ring clamps, if you prefer) hoping to fit a bodge with some silicone sealant and a self-fabricated bracket to hold the top half of the tube to the firewall.

After opening the bonnet, getting my head and hands in there, I realized that thanks to the location of the original bracket, this wasn't going to work.  No easy way to slip the hose over the lower, remaining half.

Then I too though about just snipping the dipstick shorter, but this was going to have been a bad idea because a) the head/top plug of the dipstick is too wide to fit up against the firewall (though I suppose you could trim it), and b) the dipstick does tend to pop loose now and then, and IF that happened while I was anywhere near water, bad things could happen.

Anyway, the new one is nice in that the dipstick seems to like staying put much more now.

FYI, if you are able to track down a used one, keep in mind that the Tdi one and the V8 one are quite different.

BigA:

--- Quote from: "SnakeLogic" ---After opening the bonnet, getting my head and hands in there, I realized that thanks to the location of the original bracket, this wasn't going to work.  No easy way to slip the hose over the lower, remaining half.

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Yes.... found the same issue myself sadly, and sounds like we had exactly the same idea.

You wouldnt have the part number woul dyou please?

Cheers

RichardM:
The part number is FTC1609

SnakeLogic:

--- Quote from: "BigA" ---Yes.... found the same issue myself sadly, and sounds like we had exactly the same idea.

Cheers
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I've been told that great minds think alike.   :wink:

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