Oil dipstick rattling, hitting crank?

slantsixdan said
I agree there shouldn't be blowby. Check and find out if there is, though.

Errrr...no. In '64 you have two chimneys on the valve cover. The front chimney gets a combination oil cap/breather. It contains mesh and has a ring of holes on its underside. Air comes in those holes, through the mesh and into the crankcase (on California models starting in '64, the holes were replaced by a hose nipple connected to a similar nipple on the air cleaner body). The rear chimney gets a smaller stamped steel cup with a PCV valve in it, connected to the carburetor base by a hose. There is not supposed to be a "can with mesh" on the rear chimney. If your PCV valve and hose are missing or incorrectly put together, that's probably where all this is comin from

Correct. My mistake. Everything is clean and functional. I think the stick was too far inward and the crank kicked it up under certain conditions. I feel better checking it though. Ignore the glass filter, just ysed that for awhile to monitor gas flow. Replaced with stock style metal canister.