[Tigers] Tiger oil capacity w/non-stock filter

[Ron Fraser]

Dave
    It is very possible you do not have the original dip stick.  I'm not
sure I have the original in my engine either.
 
Parts List 6601334
1224808    Oil Level indicator    NOTE - this is a Rootes part # only
6100734    Oil Level indicator    NOTE - this is a Rootes part # for a Ford
part
C4JZ-6750-A seems to be the Ford part #
There is no indication about when this part change occurred.
 
Here is an email from David Franchi - 8/12/2004 with some measurements.
The original dip stick & tube measurements are:

Stick - 24 7/16" from the tip to the inside top of the "bell" cover/dust
guard. 

Oil "add" mark 1 1/8" from tip, oil "full" mark 2" from tip.

--

Tube - 15 15/16" overall. 14 3/4" from the top of the "stop/seating ring"
(were it goes into the timing gear cover) to the top of the tube. 7 5/16"
from the top of the tube to the center of the "mounting wing".

--

With the stick installed in the tube, the tip of the stick protrudes 9 1/2"
out of the end of the tube. (measured from the tip of the stick to the
bottom of the tube "stop/seating ring") 

David Franchi

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Barakat [mailto:dave.barakat at icloud.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 7:09 PM
To: rfraser at bluefrog.com
Cc: Andy Walker; tigers at Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger oil capacity w/non-stock filter


Ron...I have the stock filter set up (which fills and stays full whether the
engine is running or not, I think, based on its inverted position)) and with
4 quarts my dip stick shows almost full. My assumption is that when the
engine stops oil sits in the filter and doesn't drain down to the crankcase.
If I added a quart I am sure the dip stick would show way over full. I am
puzzled. 




On Oct 4, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

Dave
    I think most of us have this problem and I don't recall where the oil
line was with the original oil filter and hoses.   I never experimented with
how much oil the original filter and lines held to see if that was part of
the problem.
 
I have a right angle oil filter adaptor on my 260 now.
 
I marked my dipstick with 4 qt mark after running to fill the filter and
then letting it settle then a 5 qt mark for the right angle filter.
 
Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Barakat [mailto:dave.barakat at icloud.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 5:52 PM
To: rfraser at bluefrog.com
Cc: Andy Walker; tigers at Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger oil capacity w/non-stock filter


I have a little different problem. My 260 almost fills to the "full line" on
the dipstick with a little more than 4 quarts including the filter. Can't
figure out why it can't take the full five quarts? 



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