BROKEN OIL DIP STICK
That is freaking genius! I wish I would have asked now lol. I'll keep thst one in my memory bank
It's actually a Ford thing. The T-birds and Lincolns that were big as land yachts had the dipstick near the left fender. Anyone who knew to stand by the left fender could pull the stick without issue. Those who reached from in front of the car would break the tube. Just too far and too much angle.
My previous post didn't mention magnetizing the tap to better retain the chips (3rd grade science) but yep... we did that too. The 8 inch long piece of 1 inch schd 80 black pipe came from my time in the textile mill. Other techs would borrow this homemade slide hammer/dipstick removal tool and my magnetized tap. Every customer choose the less expensive.
What took time away was explaining two different procedures and the vast difference in the cost to the owner at the service counter.
When the 1st 88 Ranger or Bronco 2 (I forget, both the same) with a broken automatic shifter string came by me, I took a lot of stuff apart to get all the little pieces of that beaded plastic string out of the shifter (dang thing looks like a butt toy, forgive me for that). Anyway... a Fellow tech says all I need is the fat straw from MacDonald's. Sure enough, keep poking that straw down the shifter tube until all the pieces removed are equal length as the replacement part. Drop new string in, handle back on, and out the door. That guys name was Tim. I really enjoyed working with him. We taught each other a lot of things.