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Message: <blockquote data-quote="glittle75" data-source="post: 534780" data-attributes="member: 8675">if you can mange to get it out without tearing it up, you have very very light and small hands, and a lot a patience. it is a "hard" line, not flexible, old and brittle, and it runs between the manifold on the Cyl. head. you can't get it out while the manifold is attached to the head. it has to come off. and its in the block good, so you'll probly end up crimping it trying to get it out of the pan. its way to much of a pain in the *ss to get it out. its worth it to save your time and energy, literally rip it out, and buy a new one. mine was in there so good i had to take out the head bolts, stand in the valley of the block, grab the head and literally snatch the dipstick out of the pan, using the head w/ manifold on it to "grip" the tube. took a couple good snatches too. that thing was in there good. cleaned up the hole, grabbed the new Lokar flexible, put some sealant on it, and put it in, put vise grips on the "nut" thats on the end, and tapped it all the way in with a hammer, then put it out of the way until final assembly.</blockquote>