Hi Jim, Yes, twisting and pushing and jiggling the dipstick is the only way I can get it to go in that last two inches. It feels like I am trying to get the tip to clear some obstruction that is at the bottom end of the tube. I wonder if I put a slight bend or radius curve at the last inch of the dipstick if that would help? I don't use the dipstick to check the fluid level (I use the shift console's electronic code display feature per the manual). But when doing a transmission fluid change I of course need to remove the dipstick to put in the new fluid. By the way, I just changed the fluid to Transynd and put in new filters. I'll do that again next year and then I'll be 100% changed over to Transynd.