kevko dipstick question

[wizzo]

for the guys running these pans what are you doing for a dipstick. the one kevko sends seems like junk. are you guys using the kevko, factory, something else? the fbody pickup runs right in front of the dipstick tube, it looked like maybe bending the dipstick tube backwards may work???

just like to know what works for others running this pan, i'm not trying to reinvent the wheel here.

 

[InDaShop]

I left the Kevco plug in the dipstick hole, and ran the factory stick through the factory hole in the block.
I clearanced the baffle pan and slightly bent the tip of the stock dipstick. So when you shoved it in it would hit the PickupTube and bow under it.

I heard from the current owner about a month ago, and he said that the factory dipstick opening had started leaking on him so he JBwelded the stock tube into the block. Not sure if that had to do with the bending forces of the dipstick or not.

 

[rock mafia]

Of the 4 I've used, I think they all use the factory dipstick.

 

[wizzo]

thanks for the feedback. i'll stick with the stock dipstick setup and modify it to work

 

[wizzo]

for anybody else swaping to a kevko pan, all i did was cut the stock dipstick tube off where it starts to kneck down once inside the block. i didn't have to do anything with the dipstick or kevko pan itself. the dipstick hits the pickup inside the pan and goes strait down into the opening for the baffle in the pan.

 

[BamaTJ]

I needed a locking one, so I got one from Lokar. It is a pretty cool unit. It is a universal one that has a NPT fitting on the end. It just screwed right into the kevko pan and I bolted it to the header flange. The one Kevko supplies is junk, trash it. I lost my factory one or it got chunked in the swap process, so that was not an option

 

[onetoncrawler]

I needed a locking one, so I got one from Lokar. It is a pretty cool unit. It is a universal one that has a NPT fitting on the end. It just screwed right into the kevko pan and I bolted it to the header flange. The one Kevko supplies is junk, trash it. I lost my factory one or it got chunked in the swap process, so that was not an option

i know this is an old post, but I have a dumb question

I just ordered the locking dipsticks for the trans and motor. On the motor, when I screw in the dipstick to the kevco pan, what will determine the depth that the dipstick will need to go into the pan to read correctly? Or is this set at some common dimension for all dipsticks?

the kevco dipstick was indeed junk and my factory dipstick hit the pan and I wanted the locking feature for sure. Jegs has them at $20 off right now

thanks

 

[wizzo]

i know this is an old post, but I have a dumb question

I just ordered the locking dipsticks for the trans and motor. On the motor, when I screw in the dipstick to the kevco pan, what will determine the depth that the dipstick will need to go into the pan to read correctly? Or is this set at some common dimension for all dipsticks?

the kevco dipstick was indeed junk and my factory dipstick hit the pan and I wanted the locking feature for sure. Jegs has them at $20 off right now

thanks

whats the part # of the dipstick your using?

 

[onetoncrawler]

Lokar 1220174 - Lokar Anchor-Tight Locking Flexible Engine Oil Dipsticks

 

[BamaTJ]

It tells you in the instructions how to measure and cut. It is made to be trimmed, just don't remember what I did to mine.

 

[InDaShop]

and I ran the stock dipstick in the stock block location so I didnt worry about it.

 

[onetoncrawler]

ok, thanks Matt - as long as its a cut to fit I'll be fine

 

[KILLERB468]

my 5.3 didn't have the factory provision in the block it was in the pan. I used the kevko por and bent it around my motor mount. Then I cut the factory dip stick tube at the bracket and used a comression fitting to couple the 2. And measured the dipstick and popped the roll pin out of the factory dipstick handle. Cut the stick to length drilled a 1/8" hole and put it back together. The flex tip goes thru all the bends really smooth.