Kevko oil pickup tube tab, run it or cut it?

Yeah no kidding right?! Would have been a nightmare had it happened later on.

I put the new bolt in yesterday and it went in smooth as butter. It even placed the pickup tube perfectly without any washers as checked with some silly putty.

For anyone reading this thread with the same problem in the future, don’t mess around and just get the Mopar bolt from kevko, it’s about $18 and will save you some potential head aches.