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RE: Checking tranny oil - trapped fingers

To: "'MGs@autox.team.net'" <MGs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Checking tranny oil - trapped fingers
From: Randy Rees <randyr@starwave.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:08:57 -0800
Hey! if this is true your pretty good at typing with one hand. BTW what
if its your right hand. Do you have to drive the car facing backward?

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>From:  Robert Allen[SMTP:boballen@sky.net]
>Sent:  Monday, December 02, 1996 7:21 AM
>To:    MGs@autox.team.net
>Subject:       Re: Checking tranny oil - trapped fingers
>
>> >oil (the ones with the dipstick).  When you reach in to grab the
>> >metal loop of the dipstick with your index finger, it is VERY EASY to
>> >get your finger caught in the loop.  Because of the tight quarters
>> >you are working in, the only way to get your finger free is to remove
>> >the dipstick (which is what you are trying to do, right?).  Well, if
>> >the O-rings on the dipstick are stuck in the tranny, you have just
>> >become an integral part of your MGB, hanging out the door with your
>> >finger trapped for eternity.
>> 
>> This happened to me.
>> 
>> Mike
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