3.4 Broken dipstick handle

[Redpine]

I just broke the handle off my dip stick ('94 Cutlass vert) How do I get the stick out and where do I get a new dipstick? Any ideas will be appreciated, just pulled into the garage do do a brake/strut project, it was cold...just touched the stick.

Thanks

[Schurkey]

How do I get the stick out

Can you see the remains? Perhaps a needle-nose pliers, or a strong tweezer.

 

and where do I get a new dipstick?

Dealership, or more likely the Treasure Yard.

[j_mezz]

Stop touching your stick, especially when it's cold!

 

Definitely Junkyard, bring the bottom part with you when you get it out, might be the same on some other GM engines?

 

and maybe a magnetic pickup can pull it up far enough to grab?

[Redpine]

Good news, I got it out, heated up a nail, pushed into the plastic stub, & then screwed a sheet rock screw into the plastic. Now need to find a replacement, anybody have one they want to sell?

Thanks for the replies..

[95LQ1VERT]

Glad you got it out!

 

It would be cheaper to buy one from a JY than it would be to get one from a member here if you were to include shipping an such.

[Turbocharged400sbc]

i replace 3800 handles with 3400/ls1 handles all you have to do is punch out the 1/16th inch rollpin and swap the handles. anytime i find em intact i cut the rod/metal and take the handle with me

 

you can use the billet alum handles they offer for the lsx guys on ebay/etc....i sorta need to for my wagn since my primary's sit less than 2 inches away