Dipstick on TH400 fbody swap
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Dipstick on TH400 fbody swap I was wondering what dipstick seems to work best on a 98-2002 f body TH400 install.Im sure Lokar is the way to go but was wondering if there is a standard style dipstick that works?
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This gets asked on this forum about once a month...and on LS f body facebook pages about twice a week.
-Lokar
-Madman
-Ebay Special
-Modified Stock
-No dipstick, just fill and plug
That's really the common list of options.
No matter which option you pick...you need to verify fluid level.
Get the trans in the car, mount the dipstick, then take the pan off and make sure the "full" mark is level with the pan rail or 1/8" above the pan rail.
I've seen every one of those aforementioned options be 2 qts low or 2 qts high...if you want to smoke a set of intermediate clutches...get the wrong fluid level.
-Lokar
-Madman
-Ebay Special
-Modified Stock
-No dipstick, just fill and plug
That's really the common list of options.
No matter which option you pick...you need to verify fluid level.
Get the trans in the car, mount the dipstick, then take the pan off and make sure the "full" mark is level with the pan rail or 1/8" above the pan rail.
I've seen every one of those aforementioned options be 2 qts low or 2 qts high...if you want to smoke a set of intermediate clutches...get the wrong fluid level.
^^^This is very important!!
I just used a generic th350 dip stick that comes right up under the cowl and use a lisle 90* funnel to fill it up, quick easy and after fixing the mark, accurate.
