II Oil Pan on an H.O. Block -- Dipstick Location?

I,m thinking maybe a flexable dipstick tube from lokar in the stock location in the timing cover.

I put an '84 HO motor in a '77 once.....

and had two dipsticks.
You can drill the HO cover, but it's thick right there. Fortunately, it's aluminum.

What's the diff between a 302 timing cover and a 5.0 cover? Other than a place to mount a mech fuel pump what's different? If your going with an electric fuel pump they make b-off plates for the 302 cover?

i drilled a hole in the oil pan, welded a fitting for 3/8 brake line..
i will pull some pics i have shot and resize tonight.
95 5.0.HO...95 timing cover and serp system.

Most 302/5.0 and 351W timming covers are similar and interchangable. There are two notable exceptions to this which would be the explorer and 94-95 mustang 5.0 covers.

The late model timming covers (escluding the two mentioned above) can be drilled (do so with care) to accept a dipstick if they have a thick flat surface where the distick should go (90% do).

Most late model timming covers even have a provision for a mechanical fuel pump that was never opened up after casting. As for cam eccentrics I know that until as late as 1989, and possibly later, many EFI motors still had a cheap cam eccentic installed.

Now for the subject of the water pump, they will interchange. I had a rebuilt mustang II water pump that had a reverse rotation impellered accidently installed when it was rebuilt. Fortunately I noticed this when I pulled the pump to figure out why the engine kept wanting to run warm (to put it nicely). The impeller is in fact the only significant difference between a standard and reverse rotation watter pump. Right now I have a reverse rotation pump installed on a timming cover pulled from a 1971 302, its been there for two years.