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| tkidd916 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 25/04/2014 | | Posts | : | 2 | | Location | : | Sacramento, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Sep 2014 - 23:29 Post title : Oil Dip Stick Heads Up | | | Went to check my oil yesterday and discovered the actual stick had fallen out of the fancy crome knob and was down inside the case! !!
I don't check the oil often so I reckon it had been like that for some time without causing any damage...
I first tried to fish it out with a magnet; no luck, it's not magnetic.
The orifice is too tight for mechanical fingers so. ..get a load of this. ..I chewed a piece of gum until all the sugar was gone, crammed it inside the end of a drinking straw and then pushed it down over the dip stick. Pulled it out on the first try proud of my self.
Put thread lock on and reinstalled...Bob's your uncle
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| woody | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 874 | | Location | : | goulburn, nsw, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Sep 2014 - 02:07 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: tkidd916) | | | Great save I'm glad it worked out for you It's amazing how you can come up with a simple solution to a problem sometimes when required.
| Woody
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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| tkidd916 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 25/04/2014 | | Posts | : | 2 | | Location | : | Sacramento, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Sep 2014 - 03:00 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: woody) | | | Kinda makes up for some of the failed improvised tools I've tried in the past
G'day Woody
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| Rachael7 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | Greenfield, MA, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Sep 2014 - 03:07 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: tkidd916) | | | Way to go! Are you going to change your screen name to McGyver now? Btw, I once bypassed a clogged fuel filter by the side of the road with nothing but a ballpoint pen and a pocket knife, although in my opinion, drinking straw with chewing gum is far more clever!
| 2012 Thunderbird 1600, Short TORS, Triumph performance filter, TORs tune, Longhaul solo seat, Highway Hawk tubular solo rack, Dart flyscreen, engine bars, highway pegs, Clearwater Darla driving lights, custom flash-to-pass switch, Hagon 2810 rears, Thunderbike fork caps, Custom rear sets
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| PapaSmurfMC | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 03/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 871 | | Location | : | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 Sep 2014 - 03:11 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: tkidd916) | | | If I'd have done that, I'd have a dipstick and a wad of gum in my sump.
Nice job! 
| 2013 Blue Marble Haze Thunderbird 1600 ABS
2009 Black Bonneville A1 ("Mag")
Buncha farkles
| | Post edited by PapaSmurfMC on 08 Sep 2014 - 03:12 |
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| SmokinLoon | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/06/2012 | | Posts | : | 154 | | Location | : | South Dakota, United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Sep 2014 - 22:56 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: tkidd916) | | | Jolly good, I say! Well done!
| I notice when I arrive at a typical rally all of the HD riders bow down down out of respect. My friend (an HD rider) says that I'm mistaken and that the HD guys are bending over to pick up rocks to throw at me. Thankfully, I have yet to be hit by a rock and if need be I can out run them all. 
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| Linkdog | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/02/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,973 | | Location | : | Groveland, FL., United States |
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| | Posted : 11 Sep 2014 - 23:11 Post title : Re: Oil Dip Stick Heads Up (Re: SmokinLoon) | | | I love it when a plan comes together
| Never drink from a cow with one udder! 2010 1600 Blue&White ( of course ) Long TORS and HP filter.
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