[DeTomaso] Dipstick length

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/22/07 9:13:42 AM, e_hower at yahoo.com writes:

>Is the stock oil pan for the Pantera the same as the Mustang/Torino with the 
front sump and baffle? My 70 Torino 351C 4V has a baffle that the sump sticks 
through. This baffle was not in all styles nor years.

FWIW- over the last 27 yrs I've found three (3) different oil pans for 
351-Cs. Our Pantera engine's (Sept '72 car build date) came with a Ford-blue-painted 
pan with rudimentary crank scrapers (Boss/HO?) in the sloping rearward part 
and a simple horizontal baffle around the pickup. This pan was stamped '06 06 
72' and and 'D2AEs 675 BA', on the central external part of the sump.
The next pan from a Feb '70-build junkyard engine had only the horizontal 
lower baffle around the pickup. No date stamp and no paint. 
The 3rd from a '74 wrecking yard engine, had no baffles at all; it is only a 
bucket and also had no date stamp nor paint. I've never seen another Ford pan 
with any sort of date or p/n stamp, including a couple of 351-W pans. 

All three stock pans used identical sheetmetal with identical volume within a 
few grams. None of the baffle spot-welds are visible externally so one pan 
cannot be told from another without removal. IMHO, no stock pan will prevent 
losing crank bearings like an Aviad or Armando pan thus are equally worthless 
except for history. Cheers- J DeRyke
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