strange measurement request

[recordsj]

that would be fine, but I was wondering if it would be possible my engine had a shallower oil sump pan which would so happen make the oil level higher than it should be....

 

[jlaird]

Would not think so, but all things are possible.

 

[JPSmit]

too late to take a picture now but basically "B" has been added and the dipstick you are showing looks nothing like the original - I'll post mine tomorrow.

 

[Hap Waldrop]

I'm not sure about all of the 1098 engine, but for sure on the Spridget 948, and the early 948s, had a metal dipstick tube, like the MGBs, and the dipstick on the early A-series engines did not have the dipstick stop ring on them like the 948 and early 1098 did, they rest on a factory indention in the oil pan, you can't interchange the 948 dipsticks with the 1275, in a 1275 the 948 dipsticck will rest on the pan floor and the level mark will be well low.
Hope this helps, I'm sure someone will fill in some of the blanks I left.

 

[JPSmit]

Ok, I got the pictures

https://tinyurl.com/5eas6p

dipstick

https://tinyurl.com/6ffsea

another view

https://tinyurl.com/5vakz4

(sorry this one isn't brighter but you should be able to zoom)

let me know if you need anything else - BTW, seems like a lot of work to accomodate an easy part to find or cut.

 

[jlaird]

Never saw a 948 dipstick with an O ring on it or what ever that part is?

Yep 948 stick rests on the bottom of the pan.

 

[healeyboz]

The reason that all of this started was because I am getting a reading that is WAY above the full notch.

 

[Trevor Jessie]

OK Barry how much oil are you putting in? Are you prefilling the filter?

 

[healeyboz]

Just under 4 quarts. I am not prefilling the filter.

??

 

[jlaird]

7.8 pints to be exact.