Re: Ultramatic Hard Shifting into Reverse

Posted by HH56 On 2017/5/15 9:04:18

If you use the cap approach you would drill out the rivet and remove the original dipstick. Make a hole and mount the new dipstick tube in the cap. Once that is done and dipstick is inserted and seated in what will be its normal position then take the old dipstick and lay it along side like it was originally positioned in the cap. Use the marks on the old dipstick to make corresponding marks on the new dipstick. The Jegs item has some marks but the instructions say new marks can be custom made as needed. Advantage to keeping the cap in the conversion is with a flexible tube the cap could still be removed per usual if you ever wanted to take advantage of the large fill opening.

In the event you ever wanted to revert to original, by removing the tube and covering the hole with a sheetmetal plate between the gasket and cap bottom the old dipstick could be riveted back on the plate and cap reused per original.