After closer inspection, its not broken, but the bracket is bent. I could not get the dipstick out, and on my last mighty tug, i pulled the whole thing out of the tranny, bending the bracket. I tried to bend the bracket back, but if its not perfect the tube doesn't make a good seal,m even with a new O-ring. Like the oil stick ,the the bracket is responsible for most of the security of the tube. I ordered one from Tasca.

In the meantime, it only drips a little when braking hard, the fluid sloshes against the O-ring and drips out a bit.
Pain in the but.
By the way, I flushed the fluid. but decided to drain the pan, refill, drive a few miles, drain again, refill etc, until i had flushed out 12 Qts. I am, reluctant to bugger with the fittings at the radiator for the proper flush.