picture came through great. Thanks.

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 4:57 PM Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>  I bought the Small Car plastic oil dipstick for Subie 2.2; my issue was
> that it was sometimes hard to discern the 2 scribe lines indicating upper
> and lower levels.  I did this:  found some stranded copper wire, stripped
> off an appropriate length, just using 1 strand.  Enough to make 3 turns.
> Cinched tightly around the plastic tube, twisted to insure hoop tension.
> Got out soldering iron; just a little solder on the copper to form a
> "band".  This action causes copper to heat up, imbedding itself on the
> plastic OD.  Trimmed off, and filed smooth.  Works great, easy to see
> proper marks in all light conditions.  Some folks were apprehensive of me
> doing this, for fear of copper band sliding off.  But after 4 years, the
> copper bands are very snug and secure and nicely imbedded.  And makes life
> easier.
>
>     On Sunday, September 3, 2023 at 10:50:26 AM PDT, John Rodgers <
> jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Anyone who has a Small Car plastic oil dipstick knows they can be fiddly,
> but it is nice to be able to check the oil level without having to move
> everything out of the rear hatch area just to get to the stock dipstick.
> But that plastic tube is a major PITA!
>
> There are two oil level rings marked on the plastic tube. You definitely
> want to add oil when the oil is at the low level mark. Trying to check
> oil and get that tube back in, I managed to break that tube right at the
> lower ring. That is a weak spot. Turned out to be good fortune. I put it in
> the oil tube and it went in easily. No more fiddly. As long as there was
> oil  anywhere in that plastic tube up to the top mark I was good. IF oil
> didn't show, add oil until it showed up the tube again. If oil just barely
> showed, it would take one quart.
>
> That little adjustment made having a Small Cars oil tube worth it.
>
>