[DeTomaso] really dumb question about oil

boyd casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 06:36:18 EDT 2012


How many quarts is a Cleveland (with a stock pan) supposed to take?
Boyd

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Garth Rodericks
<garth_rodericks at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Stock 351C dipstick tube measures...
>  - 26" from end of tube to where it enters the block (plus or minus a
> sixteenth as my steel tape didn't like bending around the radius, but it's
> close enough )
>
>  - 3.375" from end of tube to rear edge of support bracket that bolts to
> valve cover bolt
>
> Cheers!
> Garth
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> ________________________________
>  From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
> To: Mike Drew <mikeldrew at aol.com>; garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; Pantera
> List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] really dumb question about oil
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> No, I have a Cleveland block, it's been bored and stroked to 408 with a
> bunch of new stuff inside, but I remember the builder using my original
> dipstick and tube from the original Cleveland block.
>
> I had kind of a "D'oh" moment a minute ago--all someone has to do is
> measure from the tube opening (where the dipstick enters) to the front edge
> of the bar that is welded a few inches down the tube (the bar is bolted to
> the block and stabilizes the dipstick tube).  Since the end of my dipstick
> tube was shortened, all I have to know is the correct distance between the
> end of the tube and the leading edge of the bar, and it will reveal how
> short my tube is (this has now moved into the "how can anyone resiste that
> joke" territory...!)
>
> Anyone want to run out into their garage and take that measurement for me?
>
> Thanks a million,
>
> Chris
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> ________________________________
> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:36:40 -0400
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] really dumb question about oil
> To: chrisvkimball at msn.com; garth_rodericks at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
>
>
> In a message dated 4/10/12 17 24 24, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:
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> Do you know how long the dipstick tube should be from the top to the point
> where it enters the block?
> >
> >>>Don't forget you have a 408 Windsor (right?)--everything is different
> from a 351C....
>
> Mike
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