DIPSTICK

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:32 am

It was a good day to change oil on Sunday. Got to studying the dipstick and noticed the graduations and markings seem to be hand cut/stamped. Were they all like this or am I victim of a motor pool monkey with time on his hands and a sense of humor?? I got a chuckle over the "MT" marking at the bottom of the stick.

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 1:25 pm

Hi Rick!
Mine looks the same. The .....

Sorry, the Air Force just stormed over at high speed headed south with
a wing full of ordnance! Awesome!

The striations appear to have been machined.

Take care,
Brian

Ps. Burning kerosene is still roaring into the distance. God bless
our Armed Forces!

Bretto · Post by **Bretto** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:08 pm

You have to change the oil in these things? Thought you just kept adding as it leaked out.

Mine doesn't look like that but then again mine is a civy engine. Seems odd a factory stamping would abbreviate 'empty' as MT but since Brian shows the same, I guess it could be so. That is rather funny though.

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:19 pm

I know.. Imagine a guy inspecting his (Jeeps) dipstick!!

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 2:39 pm

All those stripes.....

Must have been a motor pool Sarge thing...

DJ · Post by DJ » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:38 pm

Mine has the same "striations" lines ,except, EMPTY is spelled out.Gonna look that word up.

skyjeep50 · Post by **skyjeep50** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:03 am

I couldn't remember what my dipsticks looked like so I checked 'em (I have two - a little strange but that is the way I swing). They both had striations and EMPTY and FULL marks.

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:23 pm

It's kind of funny that MT or EMPTY are marked on the sticks at all. I guess they didn't trust GI Joe to figure out that no oil on the dip stick meant that the engine was low on oil. And what about the guy who's brain hurt when he tried reconciling oil showing on the EMPTY mark with the meaning of the word?