FW: [C320-list] Yanmar dipstick

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From: "T. Scott Thompson" <sthompson at toad.net>
> Has anyone else found it almost impossible to see whether the oil is at 
> or above this mark when the oil is clean?  Are there any secret tricks 
> for those of us with poor eyes and dim lighting?  I wish they would make 
> that dipstick more like a conventional one.  I also seem to have a 
> propensity to lose that little O-ring seal into the bilge when I check.
> 
> Scott Thompson
> 
> John Van Vessem wrote:
> 
> >Karl is correct.  
> >   
> >  I also found it strange that the ring on the bottom of the dip stick should 
> be the full mark.  I wasn't sure if that mark was the low mark or the high mark 
> so I went to Yanmar, they said the oil should not be past the mark with the dip 
> stick inserted at the start of the thread.
> >
> >  John (Sojourn645)
> >  
> >"Karl Mielenhausen _/) " <kmielen at iwon.com> wrote:
> >  
> >I've got the Kanzaki KM2P transmission, 2.21 gear ratio.
> >
> >My (exposed) dipstick shaft is 3 11/16" in length with a fill mark (notched 
> ring) at 3 1/2". On the orange threaded portion, there is about a 1/8" beveled 
> section of plastic before the threads begin. Therefore the notched ring is about 
> 3 5/8" from the start (bottom) of the threads.
> >
> >
> >
> >I'm told that the correct way to read is to unscrew and rest the dipstick in 
> the hole on the first thread. The mark represents maximum desired oil level and 
> the end of the stick represents minimum.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Karl Mielenhausen
> >
> >2000 C320 Hull#690 "Silver Lining"
> >
> >New Bern, NC
> >
> >
> >
> >From: Dave White [mailto: dwhite at punahou.edu]
> >
> >To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> >
> >Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:41:30 -1000
> >
> >Subject: [C320-list] Yanmar dipstick
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi guys: Could one of you check the dimension on your transmission 
> >dipstick down to the "full" line? It's the orange handled one. Just 
> >measure from the underside of the plastic, down to the mark. Mine is 
> >smooth, all sides, not a mark, a dent or anything to indicate the 
> >full fluid level. By the way, I have written up an account of our 
> >voyage last June from San Francisco to Honolulu, and sent it to Rod 
> >Boer for possible inclusion into Mainsheet. I haven't yet heard back 
> >from him. The 320 proved to be offshore capable, tougher than its 
> >owner! Dave
> >
> >'99 C320 no. 624, Tradewind
> >
> >
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When my boat was new, I put clear nail polish on the bottom of the dipstick.  This makes it much easier to see the oil level when you remove it.  This was suggested at a diesel class held by the marina that commissioned the boat.
Herb Creech
Cloud Chaser #606