INSTALL OIL FILL TUBE
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Looks like a bushing driver!
I use a 2×4 also with a bfh
Yea, right. The chrome tube edelbrock supplied can not be installed with "tapping". I even turned it down very slightly and used a BFH and I got it to go about 1/2" maybe. The end of the tube as it entered was even curling at the edge much like forming an inverted flare on a tube. I used a piece of 2x4 and a 1lb hand sledge and I was afraid to continue hitting it as I'm sure I would have bent it. Fortunately I decided I wanted the bracket for the carb spring so I ordered a black reproduction from Paragon. I haven't tried it but it felt like it might be a little looser fit in the manifold, again I'm convinced the thickness of the chrome plating is too blame. I didn't hate the chrome but i surely want the carb spring bracket as original. I'm betting the painted one goes much easier with my BFH and 2x4. I'm going to mic the two and see if there is a difference in diameter Thanks for the info.
Sounds like beat it on with a block of wood is the ticket.
I’m not sure what kind of manifold you’re working with....... but if it’s aluminum, you can easily massage the bore of that hole
I wipe the oil off the pump rods, and have tried heavy grease and for some reason it never works for me
Seems to work for everyone else though 
I always put the rod on the heel of the crank with the pressure off. Still slides in out like I purposely lubed it do so.
Take the manifold out to a bar and get it drunk. When you bring it home, it will slip right in with no resistance!!!Always worked well for me...
That's alcohol abuse....I'll drink it myself.
In a -2 degree freezer (home) that would reduce tube about .000001", that'll make it fall in
