rear sump oil pan

[scruffyb]

my engine dosen't currently have any provision for checking the oil. I've been told that I have to find an original pan in which the dipstick goes directly into, others have told me that I can just get a dipstick that goes through the timeing cover. Can anyone give me a definative answer?

 

[73azbronco]

roller blocks have the hole in the side of block for oil dipstick tube. Or, you could use the pan or timing cover versions for older blocks.

 

[patterdale]

You will need one or the other, a pan with dipstick provision or timng chain cover with a dipstick provision. If you have neither you will have to evaluate which is the least pain for you to install and just do it. After a few months on this forum I am no longer amazed at the number of cover combinations/possibilities on these engines, especially with all of the possibilties with swaps.

 

[scruffyb]

I know there is no place for a tube in the pan, where do I look on the block or the timeing cover?

 

[G's Baja Bronco]

5.0l HO's have it about 2/3 back from front of engine on driver side, about .5" up from the oil pan to block mounting surface.