The Ford Barn

BILL WILLIAMSON · 07-23-2017, 08:36 AM

If you jack the car to 18 degrees, from the side, it will drain the dipper tray COMPLETELY & then you can use 5 quarts of oil.
Bill W.

Scottio57 · 07-23-2017, 02:26 PM

SUCCESS!!!!! Set a stop on the cap so it cant go down all the way and bottom out. Tightened up the dip stick ( it was all the way down ) oil level is between high and low, not topped off. Drove it around about 15 miles got home and let it set a while and no big leaks.

Always had a few small drips but that's ok. Either the cap was down to far and not venting or the level was too high or a combination of both. All is good now. Thanks for the help. I just knew I was going to have to replace the main seal. What a relief.

RawhideKid · 07-23-2017, 04:03 PM

WOOHOO Scottio !!! WTG, Glad all is fixed, good news.

Scottio57 · 07-23-2017, 04:28 PM

Yep. "A" okay.

Mike V. Florida · 07-23-2017, 10:53 PM

Way to go!!!

Synchro909 · 07-24-2017, 01:36 AM

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Much easier to put that stop on the cap than to pull the engine. GOOD NEWS!!

07-23-2017, 08:36 AM	#21
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Little help here. If you jack the car to 18 degrees, from the side, it will drain the dipper tray COMPLETELY & then you can use 5 quarts of oil. Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

07-23-2017, 02:26 PM	#22
Scottio57 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: lancaster Ca. Posts: 107	Re: Little help here. SUCCESS!!!!! Set a stop on the cap so it cant go down all the way and bottom out. Tightened up the dip stick ( it was all the way down ) oil level is between high and low, not topped off. Drove it around about 15 miles got home and let it set a while and no big leaks. Always had a few small drips but that's ok. Either the cap was down to far and not venting or the level was too high or a combination of both. All is good now. Thanks for the help. I just knew I was going to have to replace the main seal. What a relief.

07-23-2017, 04:03 PM	#23
RawhideKid BANNED Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Lower Left Coast Posts: 469	Re: Little help here. WOOHOO Scottio !!! WTG, Glad all is fixed, good news. __________________ Before Walmart you had to buy a ticket to the fair to see a bearded lady!

07-23-2017, 04:28 PM	#24
Scottio57 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: lancaster Ca. Posts: 107	Re: Little help here. Yep. "A" okay.

07-23-2017, 10:53 PM	#25
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Little help here. Way to go!!! __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

07-24-2017, 01:36 AM	#26
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Little help here. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Much easier to put that stop on the cap than to pull the engine. GOOD NEWS!! __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.