Reply to "Dip Stick Length and Oil Capacity"

bosswrenchMember

Roger that! In spite of Ford recommending 6 qts in the pan, I always used 5 plus one for the new oil filter. No problems since 1980. I have all 3 possible stock pans & they all hold the same volume. The OEM pan on this car was a HO with the pump baffle and crank scraper and is date-stamped Mar '72, with a part #. But I've run a 10-qt Aviaid since the last century.

BTW, I modified a spare Aviaid pan for a mid-sump stick that reaches up to the hole in the right side engine cover like DeTomaso provided for radiator tank overflow cap assess in '74, the stick reached thru the missing rear quarter glass. So I had to modify a stick but no longer have to even open the trunk to check oil. Even more convenient!

11/11/2310:57 AM

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