converting the block

F-250 restorer · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:57 AM

I have '78 300 with the dip stick just above the motor mount. I am in the process of a rebuild, but the new block has the dip stick in the pan. I would like to convert this block and put the dipstick back by the mount. It looks like the factory just put a plug in the hole.

Does anyone have experience with this? Does it need to be drilled?

Ranger GT2 · #2 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 02:43 PM

I have done it they other way around. Plugged the dip stick hole begind the motor mount and put the one in the oil pan on mine.

I suppose you could you would have to be carefully if you have to drill the hole for the tube. It is kinda like a press fit.

F-250 restorer · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 06:04 PM

I'm wondering if the factory plug, at the motor mount location, can be tapped out from inside the block?

I'd love to hear from someone regarding this.

F-250 restorer · #4 (**permalink**) 11-10-2009, 12:39 AM

I checked the book for the block numbers of the one I pulled to replace my current '78 engine. The one I pulled was from a 75 van. According to the book, the same numbers of blocks could have either the dipstick just above the driver side motor mount, or in the oil pan.

However, they are, as I found out, interchangable. If the stick is in the pan, the factory just put a little plug in the motor mount hole, which is easily tapped out with a punch and hammer.