NAG 1 Dipstick and Temperature Measuring - DIY

[TheFOSS]

Good info.. thanks for the write up!@

[Hemissary]

Why thank you...thank you to everybody who has commented...

[firetech]

Excellent write up on the trans level procedure. If you don't mind I'll add one more twist to make it even a little easier. We use an infrared Temperature gun to measure the temperature of the brake drums or rotors on our firetrucks. You can simply point the laser dot at the transmission pan and the reading you get will be within a dergree or so of the trans oil temp. As you had pointed out earlier, it's not an exact science and we aren't measuring the level with a dial gauge here!!! If the car is not perfectly level it would have a far greater effect on the reading than being a degree or two out on the trans temp. These guns can be found anywhere, even on e-bay for about $30-$50, then you can check all sorts of stuff, check your brake rotor temps, if one is cooler than the rest you know that is the one that isn't pulling it's weight and causing your brake pull, check coolant temp in and out of the rad, make sure the temp coming out of you catalytic converter is actually hotter than going in, check oil temps, tire temps etc and on and on. You can even point it at your forehead and do a check up on yourself!!! The main thing is the convenience, you can check temps on all these things without ever opening a cap or even getting dirty. Hope this adds to your already great write up.

[Hemissary]

Thanks firetech;

One word of caution though when utilizing infrared measuring equipment is that the emissivity of the surface you are aiming at will significantly change the measurement for a given temperature.