I just started on my exercise-in-futility last Sat. Bought a 3/8" fuel line. Put 2 single flare clamps on it facing each other about a 1/4" apart. Put 2 C-clamps on them & created a little hump to catch the block. All it needs is a tiny swell.

Needed a nasty first bend to clear the Schumacher bolt for a socket to fit. (made a socket wrench weld-ment to clear the TTI's 2&1/8" #1 primary if needed) The dip stick gets real tuff at the last bend, ... but choking up on it gets it past that then she's fine. I figured that tight bend might wipe the oil but so far its fine.

The shinny spot is where my 80's bought flaring clamp/vise kept sliding. The other one was my dad ~60's clamp, ...that bit like it's supposed to.