ford dealer Cary them right now , I had to order one since i cracked mine up trying to install it back in . ...

 

Looks like I am 10 plus years late when it comes to the dipstick tube replacement party. I have a '93 7.3idi non turbo with a dipstick tube that is broken in two. I believe the previous owner used heat shrink tape to mend the two sections (no joke). Anyways, I would like to replace it but can not find the e8tz-6754-d part anywhere. These trucks have been picked clean at the junk yards here in San Jose, CA area and I'm coming up empty online but I am new to the 7.3idi world so don't know the nooks and crannies. Any thoughts or suggestions? Make my own? Any modern designs use the same o-ring and same diameter? Thanks.

 

Probably make your own. Maybe the green coated fuel / brake line tubing they sell at Advance. Never looked at one but it must be standard diameter. If it's metric (some of the stuff with Navistar is), then foreign car tubing instead. If it has a groove for oring, chuck it in drill and use chainsaw file to make one. Sleeve it if it's in decent shape but maybe end of dipstick will hang up on joint?
As for the starter, cut a long stainless bolt to make a stud and JB Weld it into engine. Super easy to hang starter on it when installing.
Stainless so it will never corrode enough to make JB come loose.
Viton oring will not get gummy over time and really snaps well into place.
Do Not use orings from plumbing dept.
To sleeve it clean coating / galvanization to bare shiny metal. Use acid flux on both surfaces. Heat up with propane torch and flow solder into joint
Probably not enough clearance to do it, but maybe you can tin pieces first, then sweat solder it. That would actually be better.
Take tube to a plumber and he'll fix it for you!

 

Thanks for the info. I was able to find one about an hour south of me off Faceboook Marketplace. Next steps are replacing steering components. Man I got some bad death wobble.