I need a new dip stick for my 1963 292 truck Y-Block. Obsolete has one in their catalog, Page 59, but the description of what it fits is confusing.

Link: http://www.classicautopartsonlinecatalog.com

Is there a difference in the dip stick length of the 54-56 truck Y-Block engines vs the 61-64's? In other words, will a dip stick for a 57 Y truck engine fit properly a 63 Y truck engine?

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

Dont know about diff in length, but there is a marked diff in width.  The earlier stick wont come close to fitting in the later dipstick housring. 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Thanks Mike. Hadn't even considered that the width could be different.

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

FWIW,,, I have a '59 F250 with a 14" tube straight into the block, it has a 21 1/2" x1/4 stick measured tip to top of cap.,,,,my '63 block has more tube and a 26+ stick,,,that HD motor may have more sump,,

the h.d. base held an extra quart.