[DeTomaso] "Dipsticks you can actually check" Final answer

[SOBill at aol.com]

Will do.
 
The main  thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Do the best you can with  what you have where you are.

Have fun today,

sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 3/18/2013 5:30:33 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
will.kooiman at gmail.com writes:

Look at  the bright side.

A new dipstick is a lot cheaper than buying a 15 qt  pan.

The measurements need to go into the Pantera_Information.xls  database.

--
Will





On 3/18/13 7:58 AM, "Rob  Dumoulin" <rob at dumoulins.net> wrote:

>First of all a big thank  you to all that offered assistance, especially
>Garth and Chuck. The  dipstick tube from the vendor had to be trimmed,
>bent,
>and  coaxed, but installed once I removed my valve cover. The  upper
>mounting
>bracket is not in the right place, but I'll fix  that later.
>
>If I had to do it all again, I would have made my  own and used the
>information from Garth and Chuck as reference. I  question why I pay a
>premium for  Pantera Parts from vendors that  are not even close to being
>correct.  If I were to install as  received and was reassured by the vendor
>that it was correct, I  estimate it would have taken 15 quarts of oil
>before
>it  registered on the dipstick which was over 5 inches too  short.
>
>If you buy from a vendor like I did, make sure they  check their
>measurements.  The only ones that matter if you are  replacing both
>dipstick
>and tube are the distances with the  dipstick fully installed in the tube
>from the flare that limits the  tube depth into the block to the low and
>high marks on the dipstick.  Make them measure before you buy and if they
>give you the answers they  gave me, run away.
>
>Stock Dimensions:
>Length of tube  below the ridge that bottoms out on the engine  block:
>9-15/16"
>Length of tube, above ridge: 25"
>Total  length of tube: 35"
>Tube diameter: 3/8"
>Full mark of dipstick:  11-9/16" below the ridge
>Add mark on dipstick: 12-3/8" below the  ridge
>End of dipstick: 13-1/4" below the ridge
>Ford TSB calls  for dipstick to be 38" - Measured from tip to the bottom of
>the handle  'cup'
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