Hey guys, this is a great write up but unfortunately, it did not work for me. I'm working on my 72 Plymouth Satellite Wagon with a 318. I think the previous owner has done something to the dipstick housing and it's either really wedged in there beyond being able to pull it out or they must have put some sort of adhesive or epoxy in there. I have spent 2 days banging and pulling on an all thread that goes in the broken shaft pretty well, well over an inch but I just can't pull it out. at this point I'm worried about damaging something else, I have been using the alternator bracket for leverage and not the fuel pump so hopefully that's all good. But at this point I think there are probably some metal shavings in the oil pan so I will drain and fill new oil before I start the car. I'm pretty much all out of ideas at this point. I really don't feel like pulling the oil pan off as I'm not even sure that I can push it out from in there. I feel like I have 2 options at this point.
1. Either find a machine shop that can take the new dipstick shaft and machine the tip down as much as possible and then hope that it can go down through the existing shaft or use a Dremel and grind down the outside of the new shaft tip and then make 2 cuts in it from the ridge to the end about 1" or so and have it collapse and hopefully that will make it fit inside the existing shaft. Then use some sort of adhesive or maybe JB Weld to seal it from the the outside.
2. Leave it as is and just put a bolt or leave the all thread in there so it doesn't leak oil and live without a dipstick and take the alternator out every time I want to check the oil.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
- Amar