Oil capacity clarification

[19Fordy]

Originally Posted by Heard

Thanks for this info but I'm curious as to why you would use an 8BA dipstick if you are checking an 8RT pan. The dipsticks are definitely different lengths.

I must be missing something.

4/11/24 Yes, I was surprised that the dip stick was stamped 8BA BUT, when I inserted it in the pan and filled it with 6 qts of water, the readings seem to make sense so I figured the 8BA dipstick was correct for that pan. I don't know if 8RT dipsticks are stamped 8RT. I do know that my 1950 Merc oil pan dipstick is marked with a "M".

Hope someone else with an 8RT pan and dipstick can chime in. I wonder what the measurements are for the 8BA dipstick with the sump in the middle of the stock pan.