Hi blind handymen and handywomen. I am a relatively new member to this list and this is my first post to the group. My vision has gotten progressively worse for all of my life, and I am now totally blind. During my lifetime I have had to check the engine oil on a regular basis in agricultural equipment, excavating equipment, trucks and small engines that I have owned at various times. Every time that I have checked the oil in any of these units, I have had to depend on a sighted person to read the dip stick. Sometimes this can create problems. its not always a popular suggestion to invite your wife to interrupt her Saturday morning cake baking to step out to the storage shed, in the poring rain to look at the dip stick in the generator, or what do you do when your 5 year old twin grand children disagree whether the oil in the tractor is on the full line or the add line. Finally my question is, has anyone come up with any ideas for checking engine oil without sighted help? I enjoy this list vary much and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions or ideas from list members.
Paul Franklin
