Re: my dipstick is too short

[Schuyler Wrobel <schuyler62@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul, I have 2 Poly dip sticks both measure  just over 18".
One with a bell cap is close to 18 1/4" from the lower tip to where the 
tube stop will hit
the top of the tube and is 16 and almost 3/4" from the "FULL" line, 
that one is from my 62 motor.
*note (the 62 dip stick cap broke off and had to be re welded on once).
And the other is 18 1/8" from the lower tip to where the tube stop will 
hit
the top of the tube and is 16 5/8" from the "FULL" line. That's in the 
64 motor,
it has a plug style cap and is easier to measure.
I also have a dip stick from a 360 motor it is 4 1/2" longer.

hope this helps in some way
Schuyler

Schuyler 62 Dodge Dart 440 wagon w/ Poly 318
 <http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-wrobel62.html>

On Jan 30, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Skagdrager@xxxxxxx wrote:
> OK U guys, get your minds out of the gutter.
> I've got 2 62 poly 318 cars and I just discovered that the dipstick is 
> 1 1/2"
> shorter on one (I think this stick is from the later type 318).
> I stumbled over this when I changed oil; this time rather than going 
> by the
> dipstick, I checked the service manual specs: 4 quarts for the engine 
> plus one
> more for the filter. So I put 5 in and it wasn't even registering on 
> the
> dipstick at all. (No wonder it has been smoking so badly. I must have 
> been running
> about 60% too much oil in it. And now even though I've got the right 
> amount of
> oil in, it's still smoking most of the time, except warmed up at idle 
> speed.)
> If I'm correct the length from the lower tip to where the tube stop 
> will hit
> the top of the tube is about 18 1/4" and from the "FULL" line to the 
> tube stop
> is about 16 3/4".
> You guys with polys, can you verify lengths for me?
> And, does anyone have a spare for sale?
> Thanks.
> Paul