[DeTomaso] Apology to Mike Drew --- was Oil question at last resolved (I think)

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Fri Apr 13 18:08:24 EDT 2012


Are you boys comparing your dipsticks again?

MICHAEL
On Apr 13, 2012 6:03 PM, "Julian Kift" <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Of course you can put the dipstick in the tube, measure how much it
> protrudes at the bottom and then remove the dipstick and measure the length
> to supper stop. It is then foillowing the internal track of the tube it
> naturally follows i.e. the effective length of the tube.
>
> Julian
>
>
> > From: will.kooiman at gmail.com
> > To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
> > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:56:42 -0500
> > CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Apology to Mike Drew --- was  Oil question at
> last resolved (I think)
> >
> > How could you measure the tube on the inside? The hole is much smaller
> than
> > my tape measure. ;-)
> >
> > Actually, I think your method is about as accurate as you can get - i.e.
> > measure with masking tape, and then measure the tape.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:44 PM
> > To: b.hower3400 at yahoo.com
> > Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Apology to Mike Drew --- was  Oil question at
> last
> > resolved (I think)
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 4/13/12 12 20 48, b.hower3400 at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > > I owe you an apology. How could I have even questioned your figures on
> > > the dipstick and tube in your Pantera? How naive can one be? I was in
> > error
> > > -- my steel tape must have gotten wet and shrunk!
> > >
> > > Bud #3400 ( red faced but not drunk)
> > >
> > >
> >
> > No apology necessary!? I thought I made it clear that my measurement was
> > only approximate--it's difficult to do it properly. What I did was
> measure
> >
> > the outside radius of the tube. If you measured along the inside, the
> > figure would likely be an inch shorter?
> >
> > So, different people may come up with different figures based upon the
> > particularly methodology used. I need to pull the crank out of my spare
> > block
> > on Monday, so while I'm at it I'm going to set up a camera and shoot
> photos
> > to accompany measurements, so we'll all be on the same page at last. :>)
> >
> > Mike
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