identification · FF-0552

How can you spot the 1938 Flathead oil pan by its dipstick hole?

Ed says this pan is the only one that has a square hole for the dipstick; the other ones are all round.

Expert

Ed Smith

Evidence

expert attributed

Component

oil pan dipstick hole

Applicable scope

1938 Ford Flathead V8, 21-stud, 221 cubic inch, as Ed describes it; the same engine as FF-0420 to FF-0431 at an earlier stage