74 Duster/ 5.7 swap questions

Ok, I’ll pull the column back out and take that square coupler off, and trim that tube as well. Weird tho, the tube isn’t contacting the valve cover? I’ll trim it either way, cuz soon as I say that, it’ll hit it hahaha. Thanks for the info guys! I was curious if I’d have to use that style of coupler to make it work