2 oil dipsticks?
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2 oil dipsticks?
I apologize to the senior users for this dumb question but my 73 f100 4x4 360 4 spd has two oil dip sticks . I changed oil and 6 addded 6 quarts of oul and the back dipstick reads good but the front one barley registers,does anyone have any ideas?
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The dipstick for a 4X4 oil pan goes directly into the side of the pan toward the rear of the engine.The dipstick for a 4X2 or car oil pan goes thru the lower edge of the block at the front corner of the engine.Chances are the engine has been changed and the replacement came from a 4X2 truck or you might get lucky and your 360 is in reality a 390.Hope this helps.
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Great hearing from the Kansas chapter! This truck is un-molested. It only has 68k . I used to work at a ford,dodge, jeep salvage yard 20 years ago but I never seen this. I remember two chamber oil pans on some of the ford v8's with two oil plugs but never two dip sticks!Maybe number dummy {# genius } knows something.I don't even know if 6 qts is enough oil seems how only one dip stick is reading full.
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When I installed my 400, it came from a 2wd, and had the stick in the block, installed the 4wd pan with the dipstick in it and plugged the 2wd hole.
Replacement engine all the way. The stock 4x4 motor would have the 2wd hole plugged. Double sticks is just someone getting lazy and leaving them both in.
Replacement engine all the way. The stock 4x4 motor would have the 2wd hole plugged. Double sticks is just someone getting lazy and leaving them both in.
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From your past experience, what is the oil capacity! Napa said I would have refer to my manual for my application seems how thier sofware cannot get specificon vehihicles that are 34 years old? No manual andlocal ford dealer doesn't show any interest in digging in paper manuals.I believe the are paper cateloge illeterate.
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I onced owned a 67 with a 360 and then I intalled a 390. According to the manual they both took 6 quarts with the filter. I think Ford had a thing for installing a 1 quart larger pan on their trucks then on their cars.
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i just put an engine in a pickup that way. the front one is for a front sump pan used in 2wd pickups or cars. the rear one goes into the side of the pan for a rear sump in a 4wd. check level on the rear one. the engine i put in came out of a 2wd pickup but i switched oil pans. the engine i took the pan off had 2 dipsticks also so i left it that way.
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Glad to hear from you mil1in! I just chekced my oilpan and it is a single resivior. I will check the DP # and post them first thing before work in the morning before work and will include pics. First one is located behind the p/s pump and the other is about 10" behind the other one. As I said though , everything looks original.Factory air still works , motor still has factory air breather, stickers ,vacuum hoses and wiring is still factory correct. I promise to post those # tommorrow. Thanks for everyones input so far.
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I have two oil sticks on my 360 2V 2WD. Rear stick is for the automatic transmission oil / fluid. Front stick is for the engine oil.
I do figure in this case, it is a 2WD engine block with a 4X4 pan on it. So, I'm in agreement with lasthighboy. It's easy to switch motors in these without any noticable damage etc... It's just a matter of bolting everything up. The motor might even look like it has 68K on the motor. Or, I guess it could be a Ford production line mix up.
Mine has 220,000 miles on it and the motor was rebuilt @ 138K. This motor is even better than the first. Doesn't burn any oil and I expect it to run another 50-75K before I have to rebuild it. However, next year I'm dropping a 390 in there I think. Or, 428? Not sure yet.
I do figure in this case, it is a 2WD engine block with a 4X4 pan on it. So, I'm in agreement with lasthighboy. It's easy to switch motors in these without any noticable damage etc... It's just a matter of bolting everything up. The motor might even look like it has 68K on the motor. Or, I guess it could be a Ford production line mix up.
Mine has 220,000 miles on it and the motor was rebuilt @ 138K. This motor is even better than the first. Doesn't burn any oil and I expect it to run another 50-75K before I have to rebuild it. However, next year I'm dropping a 390 in there I think. Or, 428? Not sure yet.
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Originally Posted by lasthighboy
i just put an engine in a pickup that way. the front one is for a front sump pan used in 2wd pickups or cars. the rear one goes into the side of the pan for a rear sump in a 4wd. check level on the rear one. the engine i put in came out of a 2wd pickup but i switched oil pans. the engine i took the pan off had 2 dipsticks also so i left it that way.
Last edited by NumberDummy; Apr 21, 2007 at 03:37 AM.