Anyone besides me have trouble checking oil with the screw in dip stick? Well after cross threading and damaging the threads on the plastic dip stick I came up with a solution. I took a piece of 3/8" wood dowel and glued it into a small block of wood, cut it off slightly longer than stock dip stick, measured the distance from cap to fill and full lines on stock dip stick and filed a groove in wooden dowel at these lengths. So now to check the oil, and add oil if necessary, remove the plastic dip stick put my wooden dip stick in oil tank until the block of wood is flush with top of oil tank. If its okay replace the stock dip stick, if not now I don't have to screw dip stick in and out a number of times until oil level is right. FYI I carry this dip stick and a small rag in a plastic bag so I have it when on trips.