Actually, it's three pieces.  There's the part that mounts to the engine
block and then the tube itself, which fits over the part that mounts to the
block.  The extension pulls out from inside of this piece.  You gotta grab
the very end, which is kinda knurled, and pull it out from the main tube.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Cirulnick" <techrat@VM.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: really stupid oil filler question

> Okay... Maybe I'm just *really* stupid, but how to you get the oil filler
> tube to extend? I've tried giving it a tug, but mine appears to be stuck.
Is
> there some trick to this? I don't want to rip it off the engine, but I
want
> the thing to pull out so I'm not always scrambling to find a longer
funnel.
>
> I've seen a picture of it extended, so it should work. And, looking into
the
> engine bay from the top, I see the tube is two pieces, one over the other.
> But it won't budge.
>
> Help me Obi-Wan...
>
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