Thanks BJ, not much room under my bonnet, I had to bend the dip stick to fit it under the bonnet as it is.
Thanks Phil. I thought of that too, unfortunately the drainage plug points on a downward angle under the sump

so the first speed hump would take it out.
Thanks Shelb, a friend told me about soldering but he felt that it might not stand the heat and might be too risky on something as important as the sump. Can anybody confirm or deny that?
Does anybody have another way? Did anybody actually put a hole in the sump as I am contemplating? I assume most of us have
oil temp sensors!
Hey BJ, nice pick of your engine bay. Is that a fuel pump on the firewall?