yes it's an OEM pan... but the dipstick tube goes into the block, not the pan. There isn't a horizontal surface where I can drill the pan... I can try to if that's safe to do, though I think there won't be enough material to safely mount a tube... with it's potential leverage and all that, I'm afraid of cracking the pan.

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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project