Engine Dauntless V6 Dipstick Tube

[fjseymour]

I just got a 1968 CJ5 with the Dauntless Buick 225 V6 V6. Somewhere along the line the dipstick tube got bent & the dipstick won't go in. I've looked everywhere and I can find the dipstick, but not the tube. Is there any kind of "universal" dipstick tube I can install?

 

[TSB8C]

Some earlier Dauntless Buick 225 V6 engines didn't have a tube. The stick went straight into the block. The part # for that dip stick is 1374247. Then there's the later ones that used a tube. That part # is 1352847. The lengths of these dip sticks are different. The tube rises roughly an inch above the nearby left valve cover and the dip-stick measures 22-5/8" from the tip to the bottom of the stopper. As for the tube itself,

Here's a dip stick with tube on eBay that is already gone unfortunately.



Dorman makes a number of different ones. Perhaps one would work.