never underestimate the stupidity of the American public. if you build it, they will come. if you sell it, they'll buy it. somebody already making aftermarket dipsticks will fill the need, you could help speed it along by informing them of the void. Lokar? Transdapt? Sonnax? let'em fight over it.

 

Actually you are wrong about the oil pans. Transdapt & Spectre sell them for 110$ & 96$ respectively. They are chrome units but you can still get them new.
Milodon Also sells theirs for 300$ but it has extra capacity and baffling.

Dipsticks are the only hard thing to come by. But to be honest its not all that had to make one with 3/8 steel fuel line. Cut it extra long insert it into the pan Fill pan with proper amount of oil and cut it down until you have it at the proper depth. No big deal. I have to do this to newer ford "small block" trucks that had the same type of oil dip stick tube.

 

Yes, I was wrong. Milodon sells an 8 qt rear sump oil pan for $300.00. The Transdapt and Spectre oil pans are front sump oil pans. Spectre also sells a dipstick for a front sump oil pan. Moroso makes an engine swap oil pan for installing a 351C in a Fox body Mustang.

The reason that used rear sump oil pans get so much money is people don't want to pay $300.00 for a new oil pan.

You can make a dipstick tube easily, but you will spend a lot of time making the dipstick itself.

 

Are you sure about the dipstick? I just bought a new dipstick for my 1978 F250 400 last month.

 

Did you get it from Ford? I bought one from Ford in 1998, but have been told that they are now obsolete. Ford has a limit on the number of years back that they stock parts. Of course it could have been in the dealer's stock for a while.

 

I went to a Ford dealership and they had to order it in for me. It took 2 days to arrive and is marked Ford Motor Company. Cost was around $15. This dealer has other branches so they could have brought it in from one of them.

 

anybody try Green Sales?