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It's all getting blurry. After owning and seeing more than a few Novas with an inline 6, I don't know what an original dipstick is for a first generation car. I bet it changes year by year and certainly by displacement. With oil pans being different across the Chevrolet line, I'm sure there are differences model to model. Engines are often replaced with ones from other donor cars, but is there a more easily swiped, swapped or changed part than a dipstick?
I have three, and I don't think any are right for '62. I have a '62 car, but I will be running a 194 from a '63 with '63 carb, intake, pcv, etc.
First picture shows the 3 I have. The one with the yellow handle is from some other car, severed at the end with a home made hash mark where full 'ought to be'. It has a collar. The second one with a collar comes from a known '69 Nova with 230 CID 6 cylinder. And the final one just seems to be stamped from flat stock and, rather than a collar, has just a captured washer for the stop and is wider than the other two. It's hard to see, but as measured from where the dipstick would stop on the tube, 'full' is at about 9 3/4 inches and 'add' is at about 10 1/4 inches. With the correct amount of oil in the engine, this one marks the correct amount for 'full' and 'add'.
Anyone know the correct one for '62, or '63 and have a picture or measurement?
I have three, and I don't think any are right for '62. I have a '62 car, but I will be running a 194 from a '63 with '63 carb, intake, pcv, etc.
First picture shows the 3 I have. The one with the yellow handle is from some other car, severed at the end with a home made hash mark where full 'ought to be'. It has a collar. The second one with a collar comes from a known '69 Nova with 230 CID 6 cylinder. And the final one just seems to be stamped from flat stock and, rather than a collar, has just a captured washer for the stop and is wider than the other two. It's hard to see, but as measured from where the dipstick would stop on the tube, 'full' is at about 9 3/4 inches and 'add' is at about 10 1/4 inches. With the correct amount of oil in the engine, this one marks the correct amount for 'full' and 'add'.
Anyone know the correct one for '62, or '63 and have a picture or measurement?
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