Yanmar F18 3cyl diesel - help needed

[rmacAU]

In clearing some scrub during the summer a branch has hooked the dipstick and pulled it from the casing. My tractor now has no dipstick - it is somewhere in the sixty acres I cleaned up. :-(

Tried to get a replacement from Hoyes without success. Is there a Yanmar F18 Super Forte out there who could tell me the length of the dipstick and where the markings are please?

If someone has a spare dipstick they would spare please let me know.

Thanks from the southern hemisphere!
Ross

 

[Wagtail]

Try this site, Mate: Yanmar tractor owner's new website

You know that after you get your replacement dip-stick, you'll look down and find your old one.

 

[rmacAU]

Thanks for the pointer. Most of the links are to Hoyes unfortunately - I've already asked them and they can't help.

Might need to find someone in Japan, speaking the language, to see if they can locate one for me.

 

[Neat 1500]

Might need to find someone in Japan, speaking the language, to see if they can locate one for me.

Try contacting Len Schaeffer, I reckon he can find one.

 

[California]

Assuming your oil level is satisfactory now, just run a stiff wire in there and mark it. Later if the level is below that mark, top it up. Next time you change oil, mark your wire with the Full level.

Better than nothing while you wait for a real dipstick to be found.

 

[FleetMan]

Another thought on making your own dipstick. If you change your own oil, do an early oil change, do not change the filter. Add half the crank case capacity, let it sit till it drains down, mark the level on your new dip stick. Add to 3/4 capacity, mark again and finally put in the full amount and do the same. Then replace the filter and top off if required.

 

[rmacAU]

Thanks California and Fleetman - I'd half expected that would be what I'd end up doing. What the level is at the moment is anyones guess. Not knowing what the length of the dipstick is concerns me. If I use a dipstick from another engine and it is too long what are the risks of some mechanical clash? I realise that I'd have to 'calibrate' it with an oil change.

 

[treedawg]

Modified dipstick from another tractor or car..???

Easy enough to modify/calibrate if it's to long.

This looks like it could be easily modified to work on my Yanmar.

3641857M1 New Massey Ferguson MF Tractor Dip Stick 135 15 23 235 24 245 25 + | eBay

This guy might have what you need.

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