I hate checking tranny fluid level. What really drives me nuts is the way one side of the stick will be wet way past the marks and the other side dry.

My thought is no way does a round tube wipe the stick clean. The fluid on the other side is fluid skimmed off the side of the tube, and as you just poured some down, more than likely, there is fluid to be had.

Somebody Effed up way back when in this design. There ought to be a way to check it w/o the engine running. Gives more reliable reading.

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