oil dipstick tube bracket mod?

[graphikg]

My s50 swap has a loose oil dpstick tube. The swap doesnt have a place to brace the tube. What did you all do?

[e30s50dan]

you can make a small bracket about an inch-half long and bolt it to the intake bracket that runs beside it...pretty easy mod

[MattM]

i made spacers for the bolts between the mount arm, and the block out of metal pipe, cut to the right length and painted. works great

[evil_twin]

what dip stick are you guys using to have a half inch bracket made for it to fit?

M52 dip stick?

[FredK]

I used the M50 525i dipstick

[whiltebeitel]

M50 manifold and S52 dipstick cause this.

[flyboyx]

my dipstick tube came from a 725i (kinda rare, i know) it actually had a v/u shaped bracket on it that mounts to two holes in the side of the block and a bolted clamp that wraps around the tube. it is very secure. i was thinking that the 525i had that bracket too. why don't you have a look at real oem? i would bet it is less than 10 bucks.

[erik325i]

i was thinking that the 525i had that bracket too. why don't you have a look at real oem? i would bet it is less than 10 bucks.

It's been a while since I looked at doing this, but if I recall correctly the 525i bracket won't work for some reason. I think it might be because of the e36 motor mount arm. I bought that bracket a long time ago. Maybe I'll take a look at it again to see what it would take to make it fit.

Erik

[MattM]

i used the 525i bracket, hence my mod

[e30s50dan]

i used the 525i bracket, hence my mod

me 2!

[shiboujin]

I used JB weld to jb weld my dipstick tube in... lol

[evil_twin]

Leave it to you to do something like that Yoshi... lol

I made a bracket today, roughly 6" long out of aluminum. Shaped it into an L and drilled 2 holes. Made it right my 1st try WOOT! Now it doesn't move when I pull on it and its sturdy :)

[shiboujin]

says the kid with a welded diff.

[richardb]

2 fat zip ties around the altenator vent tube

[jrdeamicis]

525i bracket worked just great.