Hello. I've been looking and searching through the forums and for some reason I can't find anything about setting up the dipstick during the blueprint process that relates to my situation.
I wanted to use my factory dipstick with my Kevko oil pan. I know it has an upper oil plug to check oil level but it's not really accessible in my chassis with my headers. At least that's what it looked like when I mocked the headers up on the stand. I would also like to run a little higher level then where that plug is.
The engine is a 360 that was originally from a 79 Dodge pickup. My project car is a 75 Duster.
With the oil pan on the block looking down the cylinder bore the stock dipstick wants to run into the baffle in the a body kevko pan. Model m302. I'm sort of thinking that a small hole needs to be drilled where it contacts the baffle so it can get down into the oil level and also be stabilized so it doesn't move around too much and get near the crankshaft. I've read a couple times that supposedly all stock dip sticks will fit. Unless serious modifications are done to this one I'm not sure how to make that happen.
What did you guys have to do on your oil pans ( kevco or otherwise ) to get your dipstick where it needs to go and safely away from the crankshaft and down into the oil itself? And if I need to run an aftermarket dipstick what type of dipstick do you recommend? Also, there was no bottom tube like a small-block Chevy has. As far as I can tell small-block Chrysler's never came with them but I wonder if there's an after-market part for that?
