[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pans

[asajay at asajay.com]

And just to make it even -more- complicated, don't forget that some  
vendors sell a new dipstick TUBE that must be cut to length once  
installed.  Ask me how I know.

Asa Jay

Quoting Tomas Gunnarsson <guson at home.se>:

> 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
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   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
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