Dipstick tube

currymunster

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• Oct 10, 2021

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Hi, in process of building a smoke machine. In testing it of would seem my dipstick tube is broken by the top mount. Anyone had this before and is it weldable. Ie is it steel.....
Cheers

 

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• Oct 10, 2021

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currymunster said:

Hi, in process of building a smoke machine. In testing it of would seem my dipstick tube is broken by the top mount. Anyone had this before and is it weldable. Ie is it steel.....
Cheers

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Put a magnet on it, if I snapped mine id weld it.

 

currymunster

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• Oct 11, 2021

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kevstar said:

Put a magnet on it, if I snapped mine id weld it.

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Yep, couldn't find a magnet at the time. I will find one!....lol

 

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currymunster said:

Yep, couldn't find a magnet at the time. I will find one!....lol

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Get one off yer fridge lol

 

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• Oct 11, 2021

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buy a new one, they are only £12 (ERR4697)

 

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• Oct 11, 2021

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miktdish said:

buy a new one, they are only £12 (ERR4697)

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What guns n chainsaws ye got.

 

currymunster

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• Oct 19, 2021

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New one is on order. A magnet is attracted to the tube but hardly at all. It must be some kind of alloy which probs won't weld
£15 delivered. Not bad. I think it's been spraying oil on the block but that could be a leaky manifold.
Both being done soon.