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On 16 Apr 2002, at 13:41, Greg Merritt wrote: > Mine wasn't loose until I tried dropping the engine & tranny an > inch or two, and yanked the dipstick out after I realized I'd forgotten to > remove it and was about to bend it. (I was working on extracting the AT > shift lever that hits the trailing arm if you try to slide it out.) Oh, good. How is that project coming? > Isn't that the point of the stopper being there? To give you an > accurate measure of the oil level? Or does the dipstick bottom out on the > case, with the stopper actually just being a "plug" to keep oil from going > up the tube? No, the dipstick bottoms out at the bottom of the tube, where it meets with the cross tube that bends and mates to the case. That cross tube is even bulged out there to help center the dipstick. The "plug" isn't even a plug; it's a VERY loose fit in the dipstick tube. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/