Well, the latest "right before the trip" saga is that I checked the oil in
my son's '87, and the end of the dipstick tube was broken off.  It appears
to be a two piece assembly, with the part that goes into the engine case
formerly attached to the flanged end of the rest of the tube by some
method-solder, weld, glue, or magic.

1.       Any ideas how to fix this? I've just inserted the dipstick to keep
it in place.

2.       Anyone have a tube lying around they would like to sell?  It's the
same length as the one piece tube on my 1.9, so I think either would work,
but it's possible that the hole in the case is larger on the 2.1, I didn't
check since we are both heading out tomorrow AM.

Thanks!

Stuart, bitten by the Vanagon gods that don't seem to like me.