| [GMCnet] Dip Stick Cable (thanks KenH) [message #80511] |
Wed, 14 April 2010 03:52  |
Mr ERFisher
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My friend GaryB used to call me (DIPSTICK) or was it (LUGNUT)?
Stuck , because the flat dip-stick would not go down the tube on the
replacement engine,
and Inspired by Ken Henderson's Cable Dip-stick,
and in a hurry to get something to see where the current oil level was,
and being a little cheap
I built this Cable Dip-Stick
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=33122&title=cable-dip-stick&cat=5438
or*
http://tinyurl.com/y22wz8g*
I put knife nicks in the vinyl covering at the 6Q and 5Q marks, so I would
be able to run my finger nail down to find the calibration points when they
were covered by oil (that seemed to work).
I calibrated the dip-stick by laying it beside the flat (original) dip-stick
and cutting it to length, and marking the 5 and 6 quart marks. ( I am not
much of a purist on this oil level thing)
and --Wally -- it is all done , and it slides down the tube slicker than
snot (as we used to say in Orgn.)
Thanks Ken
gene
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dip Stick Cable (thanks KenH) [message #80524 is a reply to message #80511] |
Wed, 14 April 2010 08:31  |
Mr ERFisher
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oops forgot the link to Ken's (dip stick)
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=10817&cat=3942
Emery says there may be a long term problem with vinyl in hot oil, ;>(
at a buck each, may have to make another one -- will keep an eye on it.
gene
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Mr.erf ERFisher <mr.erfisher@gmail.com>wrote:
> My friend GaryB used to call me (DIPSTICK) or was it (LUGNUT)?
>
> Stuck , because the flat dip-stick would not go down the tube on the
> replacement engine,
> and Inspired by Ken Henderson's Cable Dip-stick,
> and in a hurry to get something to see where the current oil level was,
> and being a little cheap
>
> I built this Cable Dip-Stick
>
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=33122&title=cable-dip-stick&cat=5438
> or*
> http://tinyurl.com/y22wz8g*
>
>
> I put knife nicks in the vinyl covering at the 6Q and 5Q marks, so I would
> be able to run my finger nail down to find the calibration points when they
> were covered by oil (that seemed to work).
>
> I calibrated the dip-stick by laying it beside the flat (original)
> dip-stick and cutting it to length, and marking the 5 and 6 quart marks. (
> I am not much of a purist on this oil level thing)
>
> and --Wally -- it is all done , and it slides down the tube slicker than
> snot (as we used to say in Orgn.)
>
> Thanks Ken
> gene
> --
> Gene Fisher -- 74-23,77PB/ore/ca
> “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today --- give him a URL and
> -------
> http://gmcmotorhome.info/
> Alternator Protection Cable
> http://gmcmotorhome.info/APC.html
>
--
Gene Fisher -- 74-23,77PB/ore/ca
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today --- give him a URL and
-------
http://gmcmotorhome.info/
Alternator Protection Cable
http://gmcmotorhome.info/APC.html
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| Re: [GMCnet] Dip Stick Cable (thanks KenH) [message #80541 is a reply to message #80524] |
Wed, 14 April 2010 12:16 |
fred v
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[quote
Emery says there may be a long term problem with vinyl in hot oil, ;>(
[/quote]
what about the vinyl where it passes by the exhaust manifold? won't that melt the plastic and gum up the tube?
Fred V
'77 Royale RB 455
P'cola, Fl
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