Hello to all I am new to this forum I have an inquiry about the dipstick hitting the bottom of my 4L80E transmission pan before fully inserted into the tube. Anyone got an easy fix for this? I guess I'll just drain the fluid again pull the pan down with my reusable gasket and mark the point where it's fully inserted into the tube and even with the pan to casing plane. My thing is I'd like to ask is anybody ever cut the end of this dipstick off so it didn't hit the pan to try to get a good reading I realize the cold markings are down there at the bottom of the stick but I ain't doing any good unless the reading is from the pan up.

 

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