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Title: 1960 Dip stick Removal
Post by: 60eldo on August 21, 2020, 08:52:11 AM
  Can anyone tell me how the 1960 dip stick tube comes out of the engine
Title: Re: 1960 Dip stick Removal
Post by: Omarine on August 21, 2020, 12:04:27 PM
I think those are pushed through with oil pan off...

Even if the dipstick is bent incorrectly, even only slightly, it will give you a mis read on the oil level.

That caused previous owner to fill car with 8 quarts till i got it and emptied it...
Title: Re: 1960 Dip stick Removal
Post by: TomJudd on August 21, 2020, 12:19:30 PM
Should be same as my 58 365 engine. Mine was snapped off flush w block. Wanted to avoid at all cost removing oil pan. A few hours of finesse ,I got it out. I used a sheet metal type screw and tightened until stub of DS moved. Then was just a matter of pulling screw and stub out together. New DS was $60 ???
Title: Re: 1960 Dip stick Removal
Post by: 76eldo on August 23, 2020, 08:49:45 AM
It’s a press fit.
You have to pull it out without bending it and snap it it off.