On my race car, the dipstick is definitely a piece of pit equipment. It
does not get to ride around in the car anymore, for this reason. I use
one of those idiotic rubber drain plugs with a wing nut on it to plug
the hole in the block. See? Even the most absurd piece of junk may have
some useful application. ;=)
You know, there is still a market for chain mail gloves outside of the
S&M crowd. Most of them are sold to people who shuck oysters for a
living. I think the reason most people were standing back was so they
wouldn't get hit in the face by flying fingers...
Charles Christ wrote:
>
... but all things considered we kept
> peter running all weekend in spite of the stupid dip stick vibrating up out
> of the tube and oiling the headers looking like it was leaking seriously.
> fixed that! plugged the tube and stowed the dipstick!
...
> btw. hope i didn't scare anyone shucking those yummy oysters with my
> (oversized) pocket knife!
> i looked around and saw evryone else using the provided impliments
> and decided"bigger was better", untill i looked around and noticed i was
> being watched very carefully and had lots more room where i was standing
> than evryone else. oops! it was just a case of improvise and overcome!
> ................C.
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