Thanks for the quick reply. I feel like a nusiance for having to ask for clarification. The tranny dipstick has what seems to be 3 markers. About an inch from the bottom there are 2 grooves ingraved into the dipstick, about 5 inches higher there is a twisted bend, about 8 inches higher than that there is another twist-bend. Between which markers should the fluid rest? It looks like the third bend rests higher than the tranny when put into the dipstick. But then again what is it there for? Bear with me folks, this is my first auto tranny, and my first MB.