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Service personnel may confuse one dip stick for another in vehicles having a number of fluid reservoirs. When the reservoirs have air entrapped within them during filling, hydraulic lock can occur. Herein, a filler tube structure (20) and a dip stick tube structure (30) have their top ends held with

Service personnel may confuse one dip stick for another in vehicles having a number of fluid reservoirs. When the reservoirs have air entrapped within them during filling, hydraulic lock can occur. Herein, a filler tube structure (20) and a dip stick tube structure (30) have their top ends held within a tubular fitting (40) which is covered by a single cap (58). This eliminates any possible confusion as to the dip stick tube structure (30) which corresponds to a particular reservoir or chamber (12). In the preferred embodiment venting of the chamber (12) to which the fluid is being added is provided via an interior passage (32) of the dip stick tube structure (30), thus preventing hydraulic lock.

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An assembly (10) for adding liquid to a closed interior chamber (12) defined by a case (14), the chamber (12) having top (16) and bottom (18) portions, comprising: a filler tube structure (20) having input (22) and exit (24) portions, the exit portion (24) being in communication with the top portion

An assembly (10) for adding liquid to a closed interior chamber (12) defined by a case (14), the chamber (12) having top (16) and bottom (18) portions, comprising: a filler tube structure (20) having input (22) and exit (24) portions, the exit portion (24) being in communication with the top portion (16) and the input portion (22) being generally above the exit portion (24); a dip stick tube structure (30) having an interior passage (32) and having upper (36) and lower (38) end portions, the upper end portion (36) being positioned adjacent and generally parallel to the input portion (22); a tubular fitting (40) having first (42) and second (44) end portions, the first end portion (42) being circumferentially sealed to the upper end portion (36) and to the input portion (22); and a cap (58) removably attachable in a sealed covering relationship with the second end portion (44).