33 Coupe Transmission 6
12/30/03
The dip-stick for the transmission
needed to be installed so I could fill it with trans fluid and
Lokar got
the call again like the engine (dip-stick) has. Lokar makes a nice piece and it's
easy to work with.
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This is the dip-stick rod which is
made out of plastic and has the "Add" and "Fill"
marks molded in on the end. I needed to shorten the stick by about five
inches so the first thing that I did was measure how much stick was
sticking out of the tube before I cut anything. This way I could cut the
tube to length, slide the stick back in, see how much was sticking out
and the cut off the needed amount that was measured earlier.
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As you can see, the stick has three
parts to it, the stick, sleeve (white) and handle. There is a set
screw on the side of the handle that holds the sleeve in place. The
sleeve has a slot that the stick goes in and when the screw is
tightened, the sleeve acts like a clamp to hold the stick in place. By
cutting the end that goes in the sleeve, you can achieve any length you
need.
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Moving over to the tube, I needed to
take off the end, which is
threaded together. After unscrewing the two, I slid the top coupling out of the way and made a
mark on the tube where I needed to cut it.
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