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TechHeavy
08-27-2005, 04:15 PM
Hi guys,

What different or modded transmission dip-stick is everyone using after the Trilogy install? The stock one is too hard to get to.

Thanks
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 04:19 PM
The stock one works, it is just a b!tch to reach. There is a trick to it. I had to watch someone else do it before I could figure it out. guess im a dummy.
TechHeavy
08-27-2005, 04:24 PM
The stock one works, it is just a b!tch to reach. There is a trick to it. I had to watch someone else do it before I could figure it out. guess im a dummy.
Guess that makes two of us...:confused:
Petrograde
08-27-2005, 04:27 PM
:confused: I've never had much of a problem with my stock trans. dipstick...
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 04:31 PM
Guess that makes two of us...:confused:
I just went out and snapped off a few pics. Give me a minute to get them up...;)
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 04:41 PM
Insert your dip stick into the dip stick tube below the EGR tube:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/DCP_1479.jpg

Push your dipstick down into the tube until the yellow handle will clear the cowl ledge:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/DCP_1480.jpg

Rotate your dipstick in the tube around the EGR tube:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/DCP_1481.jpg

Then just push you dipstick alittle further and your in :D :

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/Defyant/DCP_1482.jpg
Joe Walsh
08-27-2005, 05:34 PM
So you just:

Push
In
Turn
Around

:D
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 05:50 PM
I thought I was a goof when I couldnt get it. I see Im not the only one.

Your right though, at first it was a PITA:rolleyes:
Smokie
08-27-2005, 06:06 PM
I thought I was a goof when I couldnt get it. I see Im not the only one.

Your right though, at first it was a PITA:rolleyes:Since the proper way to check transmission fluid is when the car is hot, is also a great way to burn your hand....you can use it as an excuse not to go to work the next day... :fire:
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 06:15 PM
Anytime you check anything on a hot engine, you must be cautions. I never burned myself.

I simply turn my hand palm up and hook it w/ my middle finger.

:( *rant deleted*
Smokie
08-27-2005, 06:34 PM
. I never burned myself.
I admire your manual dexterity, I did burn myself....I guess I'm just very clumsy.
TechHeavy
08-27-2005, 06:36 PM
Anytime you check anything on a hot engine, you must be cautions. I never burned myself.

I simply turn my hand palm up and hook it w/ my middle finger.

Look, this is ridiculous.

Can someone lock this thread. The question was answered and the problem solved.
That was awesome Defyant. Thank you. I just tried it and it worked great! :D
I thought I was going to have to get my fabrication skills on and get busy. lol. Good deal. Thanks again, you rock.
ik04
08-27-2005, 08:12 PM
Why don't we come up with a nice extended dipstick handle mod for the poor Trilogy folks? I wouldn't want anyone burning their fingers....

It could be as simple as welding on six inches of tubing to extend the loop above the EGR...

Kevin
DEFYANT
08-27-2005, 08:15 PM
It just has to be put in as described. This lil trick should be a sticky, I know there were other who had a similar problem.
Smokie
08-28-2005, 08:32 AM
Charlie, I looked very carefully at your pictures trying to determine why you are able to push the stick back in with one hand without burning yourself.

The routing of your hoses is different than mine, the distance from the EGR tube to cowling is greater in your car than mine, my engine seems to sit closer to firewall than yours.

I don't have a problem removing the dipstick at all, reseating correctly to take accurate reading on a hot car while engine is running will require the use of 2 hands, the only choice I have is deciding which hand to burn.:)
Tallboy
08-28-2005, 08:34 AM
Charlie, I looked very carefully at your pictures trying to determine why you are able to push the stick back in with one hand without burning yourself.

The routing of your hoses is different than mine, the distance from the EGR tube to cowling is greater in your car than mine, my engine seems to sit closer to firewall than yours.

I don't have a problem removing the dipstick at all, reseating correctly to take accurate reading on a hot car while engine is running will require the use of 2 hands, the only choice I have is deciding which hand to burn.:)

Do what I do. Make Carfixer check the trans fluid... :D
Smokie
08-28-2005, 08:59 AM
Do what I do. Make Carfixer check the trans fluid... :DNow that's what I call a solution.:lol:
DEFYANT
08-28-2005, 09:05 AM
Do what I do. Make Carfixer check the trans fluid... :D

Hahaha!! hmmm.... Send him over to Smokies once in a while :D