Alright that idea of just making a dip stick from the left fork leg didn't work because with the spring and tube still in I can't see the oil level. I watched the two videos on doing the forks on youtube, one was the ulysses and the other the SCG. Anyway my fork seems to be different because there isn't a snap ring on/under the blue top adjuster, can't figure how to separate that... when I pull down the spacer tube to slip in a 17mm it must be a smaller size than that because it isn't catching on any keyed section. When I peer into the two holes for the special tool it looks like a 14 or 15mm 6 sided nut and not just a keyed shaft like the videos state. So stuck with blue adjuster knob on the silver cap portion of disassembly.
No snap ring on these, that "washer" goes all the way around...
When I try and back off the blue portion from the silver cap it just spins when loosening but it will stop if I tighten it up never rising like it is threaded though.