About the oil pan gasket, this,
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FEL-OS34510T/
Those babys are the winner winner chicken dinner when it comes to sealing an oil pan!
The dip stick is a pain... Out of the truck i have taken a large framing nail and pounded it between the remainder of dipstick and the block to fold it away from the block. Then i was able to pull it out with a set of pliers. I would hate to do it in the truck tho...