LONG DIESEL ENGINE DIPSTICKS A CHALLENGE FOR SHORT-ARMED PEOPLE

A group of short-armed people is demanding that manufacturers of diesel engines find a solution to what they complain are overly long oil dipsticks.  "I have short arms.  But does that mean I shouldn't be able to own a diesel pickup and check the oil like everybody else?" asked 37-year old Cleo Wenceslaus, the owner of a late-model Chevy Silverado equipped with a 6.6 liter Duramax engine.  He demonstrated for Parksplug how he is forced to lie on the ground and wrestle with the 11-foot long dipstick in order to check the oil.  "It's like a damned anaconda," said Wenceslaus.  

He and other short-armed oil checkers have sent a letter to diesel engine makers asking for a solution to the problem. "I should have bought a gas truck, I guess," Wenceslaus lamented before asking Parksplug reporter Yehudi "Bob" Chippendale for help in inserting the dipstick back in its hole.   

Cleo Wenceslaus demonstrates his dipstick-removal technique.
"Sometimes I have to hire someone to help me put it back in again," he complained.