Dipstick tube installation

[04expySC]

Either I'm an idiot or I'm looking at this all wrong. 2004 expy, 5.4L, 4WD. My old tube broke at the mount flange, seems to be a common occurrence, after a couple doses of sea foam deep creep I got the lower part out with ease. Now the problem, and hoping y'all have a solid, semi easy, solution for me, how in the actual hell do you get the tube in place without pulling the, apparently impossible to do without some wizardry, exhaust manifold?!!?

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[Hamfisted]

Just have to twist it as you shove it between the block and manifold from the top. It may help if you have a buddy also pull at it from below and guide it in the hole. It's Ok to bend the tube a little till it's the right shape too. I do it with the dip stick removed from the tube too. Get a bright light in there so you can see it good too. Put a little oil on the O-ring seal to help it slide in the hole too. Tap it with a mallet to drive it in to the proper depth so the support bolt lines up with the hole on the head too.

 

[Alwaysthinkin]

Just have to twist it as you shove it between the block and manifold from the top. It may help if you have a buddy also pull at it from below and guide it in the hole. It's Ok to bend the tube a little till it's the right shape too. I do it with the dip stick removed from the tube too. Get a bright light in there so you can see it good too. Put a little oil on the O-ring seal to help it slide in the hole too. Tap it with a mallet to drive it in to the proper depth so the support bolt lines up with the hole on the head too.

That's what she said! LOL!!!

 

[04expySC]

Got it.....surprisingly, once I got it through the manifold it slid into the block with little effort from my helper....

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