[FC] oil fill

[Merv and/or Loretta]

Clark is right on there "Plumbob"... by installing a couple of struts
typically used on the back hatch of a minivan, the engine compartment lid
would be quite easy to lift. Add some method of latching it securely in the
down position would be a pretty darn good safety feature. Can you imagine it
popping up the next time you bounce over a set of tracks? Or, in Salmon Arm,
just driving across the Trans-Canada Hiway and bobbling across the ruts
pounded in by nealry 4 million cars and trucks a year. Anyway, fasten the
damn thing down!
Has anyone tried fabricating a small access panel right in the big panel?
For checking oil level, I plan to install a Lokar flexible dipstick to make
it real easy to access via the trap door. I think some RV places might have
oil filler tube extensions that could also make access possible from the
trap door.
toodles
Merv Krull
62 GB
64 700 4door
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Hartzel" <chartzel@comcast.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: [FC] oil fill


> Simple, the owner installed a car engine oil filter housing that had the
> filler on the top.  I did this on my Rampside and it is much easier to put
> oil in than spilling it all over the trap door.  You have to put a hinge
on
> the engine cover for access.
> Clark Hartzel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: corvanatics-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:corvanatics-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Plumbob3717@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:07 AM
> To: corvanatics@corvair.org
> Subject: [FC] oil fill
>
>
>   I thought that both vans and rampys had the oil fill located different
> from
> car engines. I was viewing a rampside on e-bay,it had a pic of the engine
> bay
> and the oil fill is in the same place as the cars. But no dipstick in the
> fan
> shroud. I'm confused.
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