Drivetrain Auto trans dipstick tube is loose. How to tighten up?

[evintho]

'93 AOD. The tube is flopping around. I tried to pull it out but it's not coming. I don't believe it's the original trans judging by the July '13 date marked on the case.

Someone spread some silicone into the hole but it didn't hold very well.....

I pulled the pan and it looks like the metal bubbles on the end just a bit so I may have to tap it out? Is there an O-ring above the bubbled portion? Any ideas how to remedy this? I don't want it leaking from the tube after install.

 

[General karthief]

Dorman 65113 Dipstick Tube Rubber Grommet

 

[LX Dave]

Just an o-ring in there. Pull and twist to get the tube out. Sometimes the o-ring holds pretty tight. Clean it up and put a new one on. The tube will be loose until the bell housing bolt is tightened.

 

[evintho]

Twisted and pulled and got it out today. Went to NAPA and got a new O-ring. Thanks all!

 

[foxbodybill89]

Is it loose in the bottom hole or wobbling at the top? The tab that the bellhousing bolts through should keep it pretty tight. A bad grommet would mostly leak but not cause much looseness.