How to remove dip stick tube

Take a 3/8ths shouldered bolt, meaning long enuff to have an unthreaded section of bolt, usually 1 1/4 or longer. Insert the bolt all the way into the tube, use a pair of vise-grips to firmly clamp onto the tube very near the top (on the shoulder), the bolt prevents the tube from collapsing, then twist back and forth, while pulling. Clamp onto the tube firmly enuff so the vise-grips dont slip.. Use a file or wire brush to dress any vice-grip damage to the tube..

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