Stock oil dipstick leak fix

[71BRONCO71]

I know a lot of people know this but with forums closing and photobucket ruining the internet I figured I would drop some old knowledge here for others to find.

The stock oil pan dipstick was a terrible design. The press in fitting always leaked.
I decided to finally fix it.

First was cutting the rivets that held on the plate to the pan.
pan. I flipped the plate around and welded bolts to the inside plate and enlarged the opening. I tack welded the plate to the pan from the inside. That way I am able to unbolt it and not need to fish around the oil pan for it.

[71BRONCO71]

Grabbed some brake line tubing from the store and some brass fittings

I cut the flared end and shoved about 3 inches into the pan and welded the steel tube. With the flare fitting on one end, I used Female x Female brass flare coupling.

for a gasket I used some old cork I had.

Painted it Ford Blue.

[71BRONCO71]

Then I put the oilpan on my bench and leveled it off.
I added 5.5 quarts of water to it to get the depth that the dipstick needed to be.
Cut the other side of the brake line with the flare face down.

[71BRONCO71]

Bolted it to the motor to bend the tube and to weld a tab on the top that bolts to the header.

I have about 500 miles on it with no leaks.
Still have a leak on the bolts going through the crank.

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nice job....my dipstick tube needs some help...

[crawlin68]

Looks good man. I just redid mine on the Rock Rat, which is a 79 engine and pan. It was leaking too.