Recent content by Small Block Duster

That would be nice.

I ended up ordering a chrome one because it's the only one I could find but I'm going to wire brush all the chrome off the part that goes into the block. I'm also probably going to wire brush off the area on the dipstick itself where it reads the oil level.

Thank you. I'm looking for a dipstick and tube now.

The more I work through the problems, the more I'm starting to like these engines.

I'm learning about that with Mopar engines lol. They definitely have their own personality.

That's good to know about the curved tube. I didn't know that. That's starting to make more sense now.

Actually that's been part of my problem. I don't know what it is. It is a 79 360 supposedly from a truck. I bought it complete. I'm starting to think I have the wrong dipstick even for that. But my kevko pan has a cross brace right where the dipstick tries to go. I did a lot of searching but I...

I don't have a windage tray but if I bend the dipstick it won't go into the oil. But if I keep it straight and drill into part of the internals of the pan it might work if I re mark it. I just hate having to drill into it.

Yes I'm doing a dry fit now. Setting up the oiling system before we put the motor together. I'm starting to think I have the wrong dipstick that was for the truck pan that was on it. The one I have now doesn't look like a car style dipstick but I think it would work with possibly modification...

Thank you. I didn't know that. I may have the wrong dipstick after all. I'm going to try to find a Mopar performance dipstick assembly.

Yes what looked to me to be a problem came about because I wasn't aware of the differences in depths of some of the oil pans and applications of dipsticks. When I searched online there was almost no information about the actual differences in Mopar dipsticks and the rest was a domino effect of...

Yes that's the one I'm using. The problem I ran into was that my project engine is from a pick up and I tore it down quite a while ago and forgot what the truck pan was like. So when I started mocking up the dipstick the first problem I ran into was the dipstick running into a welded in part of...

Thank you. I think my oil pan is either the same or slightly deeper than a stock a body pan ( I've never seen one ) on the shallow part ( the main body ) but I'm pretty sure I figured out why it looked like the dipstick physically wouldn't fit the original pan on it, but I didn't have the old...

Yes I have the m302. Kevko doesn't advertise anything special about dipstick requirements. I probably should have started off this thread by asking what dipstick do you guys recommend I run? I'm going to need to run it in the stock entry location into the block. I am still unsure as to if I...

That's actually a lot like my kevko pan! And yes right were the hole you have drilled is where I was thinking I need to drill mine. What did you use for a dipstick tube and dipstick? Are the a body style sump dipsticks a different length than others? BTW, I like your oil pan. Just as functional...