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Mon, 21 June 2021 09:22   |
James Hupy
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One trick I learned, IF you have access to a bead blaster, is to bead blast
the business end of the dipstick. The fluid does a better job of showing up
on that surface. But the long narrow snaky tubes don't help one bit. But,
if a long, conviently placed dipstick is not accurate, does it matter if it
is easy to use? I think not.
In realistic terms, it does not hurt to open that hatch up once in a
while, if nothing else to check for critter nests built under your air
cleaner, packed against the exhaust crossover passage that you were going
to block off soon. Nothing like the aroma of roasted baby critters wafting
gently through your cab.
Plus, that straight in dipstick is a whole lot more accurate than that
long snake is.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 6:47 AM Matt Colie wrote:
> RF_Burns wrote on Mon, 21 June 2021 07:48
>> I agree with you Larry. We can put a man on the moon, but we can't
> design an accurate way to read transmission fluid!
>>
>> Not only is it hard to see the contrast of the fluid against the stick,
> but the curve in the tube assures the fluid will get smeared along the
>> stick! Then if you need to add some fluid, you have now covered the
> inside of the dipstick tube with fluid, so good luck reading that!
>>
>> I drilled a couple of small holes at the Add and Full marks. If there
> is fluid in the Add hole, but not in the Full hole, then it is somewhere
>> between Add and Full.
>>
>> The usual response I get from Engineers is "works as designed!" To
> which I reply "But not designed to work"
>>
>> Don't get me started on grease nipples (zerks).
>
> Bruce,
> A man last walked on the moon 40 years ago......
>
> I can tell you why the OE engineers all say things like that....
> They drive lease cars that they don't service.
> When they do work on something like a "Level Indicator" (aka dipstick),
> they do it in a clean quiet lab with all new stuff. The best one (and you
> will like this) a lot of the test and mule vehicle are drive between
> heated garages and never with the driver wearing snow boots.
>
> I found it helps if you make the surface of the stick rough by sanding
> it. Then the level is where it is shiny and it us usually pretty clear.
>
> Matt - has to go out and put wheels on his 50yo Gravely.
>
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