It's hard to say how many of us have original dipsticks and more to
the point accurate dipstick markings.
You can always do the following to make any dipstick work for you.
Put 5 quarts in the engine, start the engine to fill the filter and let it
set. Pull the dipstick and mark the oil line, this is your new 5 quart
mark or full line Now you have a choice of removing one quart of oil and
marking that line or you could approximate 4 quarts by using the distance of
the original marks on the dipstick and mark that distance down from your new
5 quart mark.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Theodore Brown
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 9:17 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Dipstick Problems, Take Two
Hello All:
Today I received the new dipstick and tube from NPD for my 260 block and
discovered that it gives the same reading as the previous setup. I get a
full reading when I have 3.5 quarts in the sump, which is wrong, according
to the Wordshop Manual which gives 5.0 quarts as the capacity. Therefore,
taking the advice of Richard Feynman who said "You don't know anything until
you measure it", I would appreciate it if someone with an original 260 could
tell me the lengths of the dipstick tube and the dipstick. Maybe that will
give me an idea of how to proceed. Thanks in advance. Tod B382002384LRXFE
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