Dipstick Hole

[henry davis]

>Every Tranni has a breather tube. If they didn't they would eject fluid out
>of the dipstick tube. I would be very cautious about drilling an extra hole
>in the dipstick tube. There is no reason to allow more road dirt to enter the
>tranni. Mods are great if they fix real problems, but I've seen many mods
>which do nothing or make things worse.

The hole in the dipstick is a "mod" to emulate the original dipstick which
had a breather hole molded into the rubber - no filters on the original
dipstick.

Henry

 

[david l greenberg]

> Every Tranni has a breather tube. If they didn't they would eject
> fluid out of the dipstick tube. I would be very cautious about
drilling an
> extra hole in the dipstick tube. There is no reason to allow more road
dirt to
> enter the tranni. Mods are great if they fix real problems, but I've
seen many
> mods which do nothing or make things worse.
> I know, I know, so many opinions-so little time,
> Mark A

Generally, I would agree but my experience was differant (Again-VBG)

After having Sirum's install the front mounted dip stick my tranny
belched 19 qts of fluid out of the vent and all over my mufflers . While
chatting with Chuck Stoddard of Caspro, he suggested I drill a couple of
small holes in the end of the tube on the underside (to keep out rain)

I haven't used a drop of oil since then and that was 3 years and 40k
miles ago!

David Lee Greenberg
GMC Motorhome Registry
200 MacFarlane Drive
Delray Beach, FL 33483-6829
http://www.gmcss.com/registry.htm