New Dipstick

[OldWrench]

Received the my new dip stick and installed it, few things I really don't like, and a couple I do.

First of all the mounting instructions are wrong, says to attach the tube to the water pump bolt, it won't attach there but will attach to frame if you make a bracket for it.

Secondly, to drain the oil takes forever, and obviously will not drain all the oil, it leaves almost a quart in the engine, not good.

I filled with oil, ran the back and made sure the oil showed full in the sight glass, then marked the dip stick by filing a small grove at the full mark, drained a half a quart of oil then marked dip stick again.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this dip stick or not because of the issue of draining the oil.

 

[dan filipi]

Would drilling and tapping in a larger drain plug help?

 

[OldWrench]

It might but the adapter only has small hole going through it, so that would need to be changed. I do have an idea to do just that then increasing the drain hole to the same as stock. I'll experiment on my old engine the post the results. Also need a much neater mounting bracket.

 

[brianinpa]

Where did that come from?

 

[OldWrench]

The person selling this is Gary Breeze, his email is [email protected]

Someone posted it on this forum a while back, don't remember who. Hope this helps.