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    Setting up dipstick

    That would be nice.
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    Setting up dipstick

    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.
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    Setting up dipstick

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

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

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

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

    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...
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    Kevco / Dipstick Issue

    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.
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    Kevco / Dipstick Issue

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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.
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Setting up dipstick

    For sure! I should be back to the motor tomorrow evening and then I will have some pictures that will help.
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    Setting up dipstick

    You may be right. I was thinking about that myself. When I look at the pan the oil level check plug is lower than the baffle. Perhaps what I'm calling a baffle should be considered a structural component of the oil pan. However it is right in the way of the dipstick it's self coming down into...
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    Kevco / Dipstick Issue

    Hi I just posted a question under my member name small-block Duster after looking for quite a while about dipstick issues with small-block kevko oil pans. Where did your dipstick end terminate? With the dipstick I have for any dipstick that goes in the normal position into the block the dipstick...
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    Setting up dipstick

    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...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    Thank you, Duane, for the chart. I need to buy that book. The factory specifications are really tight. Since I last posted my main bearing clearances are .002" to .0024" and my rod bearing clearances are .002" to .0023", with fully grooved main bearings. A little tight but I'm starting to...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    Thank you. I appreciate the help. I'm going to do everything I can to make sure the header installation and reliability goes as smoothly as possible.
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    Yes the rods are facing the wrong way, to install them with the top of the piston facing the correct way the non chamfered end of the connecting rod would be against the radiused ( and in this case undercut ) part of the crankshaft. And the spit holes would be facing outward. My biggest worry...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    I was wondering about that. I'll have a talk with the new machinist tomorrow. It would be nice to start assembling it soon. It'll also be nice when I get the pistons and rods back so I can start my rod bearing clearance checks. I'll try to organize the bearing shells so that the clearances are...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    Thank you. The headers have been on my mind as of late. After going through all the work, the last thing I want is to have to replace header gaskets when they fail. I'm going to find which tool works best for the header bolts and keep that with me in the car at all times. I've had some people...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    @rumblefish360 It's good to know that somebody does make headers for those W-2 heads without having to go full custom. As it is I'll have to hope my performer RPMs have enough work on them to run well. My budget is getting destroyed on this build so I'm having to cut corners where I can. Read...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    @MopaR&D, thank you. I've been looking for that book ever since I saw it at the machine shop. They treat that book like it's irreplaceable. I thought it was out of print. I'll start looking for it. If I can't find it new, I'll try to find it used. Thank you for the part number and for the...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    I was originally going to run the factory heads and port them. They were 596 castings. After having discussions with several people about doing some serious port work on them, I seemed to be money ahead by buying bare performer RPM heads. I sent them to a shop to be set up and ported. Pretty...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    The heads are still at the shop getting set up. It's supposed to be at zero deck, I'll find out for sure when I get the parts back. .038" gasket. Trying to remember gasket volume. 57 or 58 cc's gave me 9.9 to 1. That was using an online compression ratio calculator. When we did it long hand it...
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    Oil clearances and a surprise

    18 CC dish. How I ended up with 10 to 1 is crazy.
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