have a slight issue here. On my engine (have to use truck pan) I bought a 2nd truck pan so I could leave the old engine intact when I swap them. I "could" swap pans when I swap motors, I guess.... but Im sure I cant be the only one to ever run into this.
On my 2nd pan, I discovered what looked like Permatex #1 (it was hard) on the junction where the tube protrudes the pan, when I got that scraped off w/a small (~3/8" wide blade) single edge (wood) chisel.
Underneath that it was brazed under the Permatex. and then I found that it was cracked just above the braze/ which didn't look "factory".
My thoughts are to drill out the rivets that hold the dipstick tube "plate" to the pan, and MIG it all shut/ then if I can just get a "car" stick and tube, and use the existing hole in the block casting that used to hold the dipstick tube as this block was originally a "car" block.
Id need to find a car dipstick n tube to begin with....
would this be a problem with the rear mount truck sump?
On my 2nd pan, I discovered what looked like Permatex #1 (it was hard) on the junction where the tube protrudes the pan, when I got that scraped off w/a small (~3/8" wide blade) single edge (wood) chisel.
Underneath that it was brazed under the Permatex. and then I found that it was cracked just above the braze/ which didn't look "factory".
My thoughts are to drill out the rivets that hold the dipstick tube "plate" to the pan, and MIG it all shut/ then if I can just get a "car" stick and tube, and use the existing hole in the block casting that used to hold the dipstick tube as this block was originally a "car" block.
Id need to find a car dipstick n tube to begin with....
would this be a problem with the rear mount truck sump?