[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pans

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

How does this contradict what I wrote? You say that the contractor made them one inch too long, I said they had to be shortened one inch (because they were made too long). Mike wrote that they had to be lenghtened by one inch.

Tomas
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  From: JDeRyke at aol.com 
  To: guson at home.se ; detomaso at realbig.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pans


  In a message dated 8/19/09 11:00:22 AM, guson at home.se writes:


    I always thought that the dipstick was too long, giving you too little oil in the pan. I have a description where an inch is to be cut out of the dipstick close to the handle.



  Not exactly; what you're remembering is TSB Bulletin 5, article 34, in which the actual length needed is 38 inches from the bottom of the grommet on the stick to its tip. A stock Mustang dipstick was radically lengthened by Ford to be more accessible than on the very first pushbuttons which used a very short stick suitable for front engined cars. This early stick required removal of the engine screen and air cleaner to access it, so few ever checked oil. One of Ford's contractors that did the dipstick mod, screwed it up by making the sticks 1" or so too long. 
  I've also seen a Pantera in which the braze modification broke and someone who didn't realize the length requirement simply rebrazed the pieces back together. That car had a stick 2" too SHORT, and with a stock pan being overfilled to the line with about 11 quarts, blew oil from every seal in the engine! Caused one engine builder to be threatened with a lawsuit for 'a defective engine' until the non-stock dipstick problem got sorted out- to the enbarrassment of all concerned.... FWIW- J Deryke