A dispenser for a safety throw rope is made from a rigid hollow body that defines a cavity having a bung hole at one end and a looped hollow handle portion at another end spaced from the bung hole. The seal includes a front base and a separate rear base, both of which are attached to a bottom surface of the sunroof. The contamination cover includes a two part body formed of an inner soft durometer material layer and a second, outer, harder durometer material layer which is joined to the inner layer and which mounts the inner layer and the entire contamination cover on the fluid quick connect housing. Then the flexible member is axially expanded until the annular members are separated. The processor compares the first and second digitized representations to yield a set of parameters.