I have always hated checking the oil on my Spyder as the dipstick is down in the dark. It is easy to pull out but very hard to see/find the dipstick tube. I have a Vanagon dipstick and tube that I have rebent so it will come out at the front of the engine by the number two cylinder. Remember our Spyders have the engine in backwards! A Vanagon wasserboxer is type1 based, so the dipstick tube and length internally to the case is the same as a bug. So it should indicate oil fill level the same, which I'll check when I get the short one out.
The question is, do I just grab it with pliers and twist and pull? Or is there some other secret to it? Thanks.
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