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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Projects Posts (NOT VEHICLES) => Topic started by: LTZ C20 on May 06, 2014, 02:20:06 pm
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Hey all. Thought I would share this small side project I did last night.
I put new headers on my truck and in doing so I had to remove my dipstick tube. In doing that I bent and put a small hole in the tube. So I decided to build a new one using my old stock dipstick tube.
I have a chrome stick and tube from Mr. Gasket, nothing special. Turns out the metal the tube is made out of is not that great.
Here is both sticks and tubes.
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Now here is the chrome tube damaged.
You can see here, I measured to two tubes, making sure they had the same arc, then using a tubing cutter, cut the stock tube to the same length as the chrome.
The two stick handles.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/07/besysaju.jpg)
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I'm sorry the pics are out of order, I'm still learning how to post pics from my phone lol.
So then I primered the tube with engine enamel.
Then painted with low gloss black engine enamel.
Finally, I tried to stamp with a steel punch set, "SAE ROYAL PURPLE ONLY" into the opposite side of the dipstick. It didn't work, so I used an engraver instead. Doesn't look as good as I hoped but it's ok. That was kind of a stupid idea anyway. Haha.
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Will post the final installed pic tonight when done.
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Engravers are hard to keep steady, it takes patience and practice. Both of which I have not mastered yet. ;D
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Lol me either. Here's the final product.
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Installed.
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Did you paint over the etching ?
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No I did not. I etched into the dipstick itself, which was chrome
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No I did not. I etched into the dipstick itself, which was chrome
Couldn't tell from the pic, but that makes since.
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Oh ok. Yea. I had the etcher on about medium cuz high felt like it was gonna grind a hole thru my workbench.