On 1/16/05 11:56 PM, "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:

On a side note to this.. I trimmed 1/2" from the oil dipstick standpipe to account for the engine mount thickness across the oil pan, so that the stock dipstick reads true.
 
Dave Staten

Did you extend the oil pickup tube 1/2"?  I originally left mine the stock length, so I had to leave the dipstick stock as well.  That kept the relationship between the pickup, and the dipstick markings the same.   Now that I have the pan off, I'm going to make a 1/2" spacer to lower the pickup, as I should have done originally.  Then of course I'll have to cut off the dipstick tube 1/2".  Just one of the little good things that will come out of this mess.  

Rusty

Hi Rusty. I made 1/2” spacer for the oil pickup and than cut 1/2” off the dipstic tube too. Before assembly of the pan make a “dry run” assembly. My oil pickup was hitting the bottom of the pan, I had silicone all over, and it was drying fast. You get the picture.
Buly