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LTZ C20
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New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 02:20:06 pm »
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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LTZ C20
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New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 02:24:37 pm »
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.
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LTZ C20
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New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 02:45:03 pm »
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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LTZ C20
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 02:48:34 pm »
Will post the final installed pic tonight when done.
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bake74
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 09:21:21 pm »
Engravers are hard to keep steady, it takes patience and practice. Both of which I have not mastered yet.
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74 k10, 77k10 Tom
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May 06, 2014, 10:00:29 pm »
Lol me either. Here's the final product.
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LTZ C20
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 06, 2014, 10:01:28 pm »
Installed.
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bake74
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 07, 2014, 09:28:55 am »
Did you paint over the etching ?
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LTZ C20
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 07, 2014, 01:48:16 pm »
No I did not. I etched into the dipstick itself, which was chrome
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bake74
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 07, 2014, 07:50:22 pm »
Quote from: LTZ C20 on May 07, 2014, 01:48:16 pm
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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#1: The easiest and most obvious solution to any problem is 99% of the time correct.
#2: There is no such thing as impossible, it just takes longer.
74 k10, 77k10 Tom
LTZ C20
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Re: New Dip Stick Tube
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May 07, 2014, 08:20:01 pm »
Oh ok. Yea. I had the etcher on about medium cuz high felt like it was gonna grind a hole thru my workbench.
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