Okay I've seen posts about this in the past & today I got to deal with it... The new reproduction oil dipstick tube is considerably larger O/D than the original... But Original unbroken dipstick tubes are getting hard to find soooo....
First I taper the end that goes into the block, a belt sander is mighty handy for that step...
Next I use the clamp from a tube flaring tool to slightly squeeze the diameter of the tube...
This is the diameter of the tube where I didn't squeeze it..
And here it is after squeezing, .011 smaller...
But still a tight fit, I use a 3/8" wrench & a hammer to tap the tube into the block...
Hopefully it helps someone....
First I taper the end that goes into the block, a belt sander is mighty handy for that step...
Next I use the clamp from a tube flaring tool to slightly squeeze the diameter of the tube...
This is the diameter of the tube where I didn't squeeze it..
And here it is after squeezing, .011 smaller...
But still a tight fit, I use a 3/8" wrench & a hammer to tap the tube into the block...
Hopefully it helps someone....