LM7 5.3L to F-body oil pan

[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by 19SIKtySix

I'm swapping to an LM4 and have a F body oil pan, but stumped on what to do with the new dipstick. From what I can tell, the new pan doesn't have any place for the dipstick.

Can anybody clarify this issue for me?

Dipstick doesn't go in the pan on an F body. Your engine should have a place for the dipstick in the block, that may or may not be drilled for it. If it's drilled for it, it will have a tiny freeze plug looking thing in it that you can knock out, but since your other thread you make it sound like it's an older engine, they sometimes aren't drilled for it. Drilling it isn't hard if the engine isn't in the vehicle though.