Thanks, Jason - I agree with both of those measurements.
It looks like the problem is not the tube, but the screen: my screen is "dished in" at the top, so there's not enough room for the filter:
It looks like the top of the screen has had the h3ll beat out of it. (Maybe related to a PO installing it upside down!)
It should be flat, or maybe "dished up" a little, shouldn't it? In it's present condition, there's a good 3/8" gap between the top of the screen and the screen cover.
I'm going to do a little "field modification" on it - nuthin' to lose.
And regarding the rope/rag stuff: I looked more carefully, and it didn't come out of one of the oil pan bolt holes, but a different hole on the right rear of the block, in the same area as the oil pan bolt holes. I probed it, and it's a couple of inches deep, and doesn't turn, as near as I can tell. I just going to shove the stuff back up there.
Finally, I successfully extracted the twisted-off oil pan bolt. (New bolts tomorrow!)
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