Front Strut Brace on Auto

[Gav]

I've seen some photos of a double-tube alloy strut brace that sits mainly along the top of the engine bay, curving down to fit to the two turrets. The trouble is, on an auto this looks worryingly close to where the auto transmission dipstick is. Does anybody know if this brace would restrict access to this? I'd rather not have to go for the single tube steel option that appears to go more directly across the bay, although doesn't look anywhere near as tasty IMO! Could the dipstick tube be bent to a more accessible angle?

Thanks

[Jos]

Pretty tough thing to bend! Tube tends to kink when you bend it making it hard/impossible to get the dipstick out. Running from memory removing the engine from my 7 series donor there is a bracket that holds the tube inplace and the tube itself is held onto the sump via a large nut. You could take the bracket off, slacken the nut, rotate the tube and tighten it back up again.

I can't recall which way it would swing the tube but you could look underneath and it would show you.

Just an thought, but I don't think bending it is a good idea..