Timing chain cover
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Timing chain cover
Is there a difference in a 70's truck timing chain cover vs. a car chain cover? This is comparing between a 2wd truck and a car so that the stick is still in the front and going through the cover. Specifically the hole size and height out of the cover itself. I am swaping an engine and want to make sure a car cover will work on a truck or vise versa and that the stick won't go to far down in the pan or not enough. Thanks for any info.
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Up to '79 the front truck cover had the dipstick. The clearance under the engine was sufficient to allow a front sump oil pan, and therefore a front dipstick.
In '80, the frame changed, and they went to a pan mounted dipstick in the rear of the oil pan. This rear sump oil pan had to have the rear dip stick, as the sump was no longer in the front.
I am putting this later oil pan/dipstick setup in my '66 F-100, which has the same front frame as a '79 or earlier. The oil drain plug will be in the clear, instead of over the crossmember.
Therefore, I would assume the car 460s used the same setup as the trucks. (Car 460s were phased out in '78 or '79.)
In summary, you can use either oil pan and dipstick in a '65 to '79, but you must use the rear sump (and rear dipstick) in an '80 or later.
In '80, the frame changed, and they went to a pan mounted dipstick in the rear of the oil pan. This rear sump oil pan had to have the rear dip stick, as the sump was no longer in the front.
I am putting this later oil pan/dipstick setup in my '66 F-100, which has the same front frame as a '79 or earlier. The oil drain plug will be in the clear, instead of over the crossmember.
Therefore, I would assume the car 460s used the same setup as the trucks. (Car 460s were phased out in '78 or '79.)
In summary, you can use either oil pan and dipstick in a '65 to '79, but you must use the rear sump (and rear dipstick) in an '80 or later.
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