dipstick

[Wendell_Gurley@notes.toyota.com]

Wendell Gurley
04/23/97 04:22 PM

You should see my 87 4kq dipstick.  Looks like a wire coathanger that's
been crimped with visegrips.
>Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 11:57:21 -0400
>From: "Sean Ford" <sean@nwh.org>
>Subject: Re: That damn dipstick...>
>
>I'm sorry, in my apparent rage, I have mislead you. The reason why I
cannot
>get a good reading is due to the portion of the dipstick that that is
>supposed to show the oil level... it's black. A little black plastic
>rectangular "plug" (can't think of a better word) with two little
>indentations on the side doesn't exactly lend itself to easy reading when
>the liquid being measured is also a dark color. I don't know, maybe it's
my
>colorblindness, but God help me if I ever have to check this thing in
>anything other than 1 million candle watt light!>
>
>Sean Ford
>sean@nwh.org
>Newton-Wellesley Hospital
>Newton, MA  02162 (USA)
>'92 Audi 100CS 5spd  19K miles (and counting)
>'89 Suzuki Katana 600 14K miles (out and about, and running strong)