[DeTomaso] Oil dipsticks that can actually be checked!

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/14/13 16 30 4, rob at dumoulins.net writes:


> 
> That 5" is measured from where the tube enters the block to the end of the 
> dipstick. You guys said original was off,  but that far?  Does anybody 
> have the right answer to the following question:
>  How long should the dipstick extend into the block past where the fill 
> tube leaves the block? If I knew that answer I could tell if the vendor's 
> contraption is right.
> 

>>>Well, the distance that the tube enters the block is totally immaterial. 
  It would have no bearing on the location of the dipstick.   On my 
original it happens to be 9 5/8 inches, but again, it doesn't really matter.   It 
could be substantially shorter than that and still work just fine.   I would 
*prefer* that the dipstick is supported along its full length, to keep it 
from perhaps flexing and whipping around inside the engine, but if the tube 
was a bit shorter, it wouldn't affect the reading.

Now, if the tube is shorter on the other end (from the block to the 
handle), that dramatically changes the reading.

Mike