Well lots of us would think that, and plenty of young ones plan on being past that foolish stage in their life by this point, but too often there seems to be an opportunity to say "Why did I do that?"

The good news is the tube can be replaced by just pulling it out of the part that attaches to the dip stick. The tube is held in by an o-ring and the bolt that gave you trouble. A new tube will just snap into place, tighten up the nut and you're done.