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When I put a newer oil cooler on a '97, I put a hose on the bleeder outlet of the cooler and plugged it with an appropriate sized bolt and hose clamp. I connected the tube from the oil pump housing to the tube on the tank.
In your case, if you want to eliminate the connection on the oil pump housing all together, why don't you take the housing off the bad '98 engine and put it on the '97 engine?
...meanwhile, I'll pull the oil pump housing off my dead '97 engine and get a look at that tube. It shouldn't take long and I'm curious.
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