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So my wife was kind enough to purchase a 3d printer for me for my birthday last week and it has been a blast making trinkets and what not on this thing. I am starting to work on building and recreating hard to find plastic or custom pieces for our beloved C-4's. At this moment I have a vanity plate for the throttle body designed but the materials I have aren't holding up well to the direct heat and oils from the PCV system under it. I also am currently building a new set of the cargo shade retainers so tomorrow we will see how they turn out. If anyone has a part they want me to try I am looking for ideas. I currently have a 1990 so if the part is interchangeable I can try to pull mine and replicate it. If anyone has an idea of an existing part or what would be a nice custom part I am all ears and looking for new projects.
You'll have a blast with the printer. I've been making parts for a while now, made the same shade retainers and also spark plug looms. Regarding your engine parts, what materials are you using? PLA or ABS?
Currently testing and learning on PLA. Will be buying some ABS soon but expect to need nylon for anything touching the engine. Might try to build a new ecm cradle as I broke a piece of the lower mount a few months ago. My dad made the joke when he found out what it was that I would print a C5 with it, I just might try.
These are the connectors for the air pumps for the sport seats 86-89 I believe. I repaired my pumps diaphragm with a bicycle intertube. Of course the connectors aren't available. I made some from some nylon bar stock that seem to be working out for now. If I can find them I could mail them to you if you want to try to make some. I'm sure I'm not the only one that could use them. My you could make a couple of dollars to cover the cost of you time.
These are the connectors for the air pumps for the sport seats 86-89 I believe. I repaired my pumps diaphragm with a bicycle intertube. Of course the connectors aren't available. I made some from some nylon bar stock that seem to be working out for now. If I can find them I could mail them to you if you want to try to make some. I'm sure I'm not the only one that could use them. My you could make a couple of dollars to cover the cost of you time.
PM me about sending the broken ones. As long as they are whole I can try to recreate them
I have a Gunsmith making me a part on his 3D printer, cause my Precision rifle magazine release needs to length-in a few inches longer, and when he sent me the finished product looked like the original but little longer, and works great!
So I was trying to repair the tilt steering in my 90 coupe and guess what broke, the rear cover. so I have spent the last few hours trying to recreate it. If I can get the part completed I'll post the finished result
My cousin in law is also getting into 3D printing, so I tasked him with making me a hard to find part, the center console cubby for manual seat cars. You can see it in this pic below in the square. So far, he's only made me a rectangular tray out of the low end plastic to loosely set in there. If you want something else to try as a passion project, go for this!
My cousin in law is also getting into 3D printing, so I tasked him with making me a hard to find part, the center console cubby for manual seat cars. You can see it in this pic below in the square. So far, he's only made me a rectangular tray out of the low end plastic to loosely set in there. If you want something else to try as a passion project, go for this!
I will look into making a part for this. I have to test if my 90 shares the same mounting spot as a later year console.
But on the topic of the steering colum part here is how it's going. My initial drawing last night The print at 9am this morning (8 hrs 30 mins of print time) 13 hours down 4 to go
To print ABS and nylon you need to enclose the printer to keep the print environment temperature up or risk layer adhesion problems. But for most parts exposed to sunlight and heat PLA won't work. Over time it will warp.
I've also done some work with TPU for semi-flexible parts.
her eis one I did of the insulator that goes under the coolant pressure tank. It is NLA and the few remaining NOS ones are pricey
Unlike PLA or ABS, TPU filament is flexible coming off the spool. That in turn means it can't bridge the gap from the extruder tube to the hot end nozzle. You have to modify the extruder with a longer tube to eliminate the gap.
I am actually printing in PET-G for the part in red. Form what I can find it is a good compromise between abs and pla for qualities and heat resistance.
The finished product. Sanded and painted Some small changes for strength
Can you print a part from plans? Another member (slvrshrk) designed a replacement for the C4 seat track transmission shaft ends (which have a tendency of breaking in our cars). He posted a link to the the plans/files for anyone to use. If it's possible you can do this, I need 4 of these and I would be happy to pay you for your service, etc...
The files he created for the plans are located here:
Can you print a part from plans? Another member (slvrshrk) designed a replacement for the C4 seat track transmission shaft ends (which have a tendency of breaking in our cars). He posted a link to the the plans/files for anyone to use. If it's possible you can do this, I need 4 of these and I would be happy to pay you for your service, etc...
The files he created for the plans are located here:
you need 4 of each or 4 of a particular one listed? There are 4 different versions listed in the file.
I believe to do both seats I would need 2 of each of the modified designs...2-front, 2-rear, and 2-lower. I think that top file labeled "factory" are exact replicas of the ones the transmissions came with, and ultimately failed with.
If I remember correctly, the second set of parts was a corrected version that fit the cavity much better and therefore would ultimately have less stress on the domes.
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