My "custom" coolant crossover cap

That looks awesome

don't forget the sensor's in the tube are grounded through the tube
so you will need to sand somewhere to ground it to the motor
 
slowmkviii said:
That looks awesome

don't forget the sensor's in the tube are grounded through the tube
so you will need to sand somewhere to ground it to the motor
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That is a good point. I was planning on removing some of the powdercoat around the bottom, but not for that reason. I'll admit, I hadn't thought about that one....

Thanks!
 
Machinists

I did a four year apprenticeship for the Navy '82-'86 and spent lots of time doing metal removal at the Navy yard in Norfolk (13 years). Our first exam was buliding our own tool holder for a lathe- nobody had even heard of CNC back then and we made proprellor shafts for aircraft carriers, 21" diameter and 30 feet long. We had milling machines that had a 10 foot diameter platform mounted in the floor- ya bolted the work piece to the table and the cutting heads were stationary and the table in the floor rotated.
I spent 6 months in a tool crib where we did nothing but sharpen cutting tools manuallly and checking angles with optical comparitors.

I'd like to make a set of flanges and plumb it all in with a valve for bleed purposes and using braided stainless lines in between.
 
So, these things have taken off ever since I posted these on a few Mustang/Cobra forums. I've sold somewhere around 30 of them now. One of my friends at work has been making them and selling them on a couple other Mustang/Cobra forums as well. He's probably sold somewhere between 10 and 15 of them now. I've been really surprised at how popular they've been. I even got an offer from one company to sell them on their website.
Here's a couple caps I made recently for some Cobra owners. They were looking to add an additional water temp sensor to their coolant system so that they could add an external water temp guage. I drilled completely through and then threaded the hole to 1/8" NPT.

Let me know what you think...

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of course they are selling they are the perfect price
I figure for me to make one at work it would cost me
$50 off the clock and government work is kind of frowned
upon at the shop i work at so i try to keep it to simple fast jobs
also you did a great job on them
 
slowmkviii said:
of course they are selling they are the perfect price
I figure for me to make one at work it would cost me
$50 off the clock and government work is kind of frowned
upon at the shop i work at so i try to keep it to simple fast jobs
also you did a great job on them
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Thanks man, yours is on the way through USPS priority mail, BTW.

They don't really care what I do/use at work as long as there's nothing else work-related for me to do. I'm not looking forward to the day when I'm not stationed here anymore....:(
 
Yeah wish I had thought of this cause it woulda been nice to have a bit of extra income during my unemployment time :(
 
I actually have a horizontal rotary table with a lathe chuck mounted on it....
 
Those are looking sweet.
Awesome job!
Perfect chamfer's, nice craftsmanship.
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yeah, one thing I've started doing lately is grinding the top flat with a precision grinder before doing the top chamfer. I think it's a nice touch.
 
Have you considered putting in a vent valve (schrader) to bleed air without loosening cap?
 
It is a great idea... bit it would look ugly imo... I would rather sacrifice convenience any day for looks.
 
There is enough room that you could counter bore it, then thread in the schrader valve so the top of the valve is close to being flush, I think it would be sweet.
 
Plug

I agree on the plug with the flush Schraeder valve- I'd be in for two! Hex is not needed for me- polished would be better!
 
ford nut said:
There is enough room that you could counter bore it, then thread in the schrader valve so the top of the valve is close to being flush, I think it would be sweet.
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Ok, but how would you thread it into the counterbored hole tight enough to keep it from leaking? Seems like the hole would have to be pretty big and then you'd collect dirt all up inside it.....
I like this one because it's somewhat low profile, and you can just push it with your finger....
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Kevin O'Connell said:
I agree on the plug with the flush Schraeder valve- I'd be in for two! Hex is not needed for me- polished would be better!
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I'm gonna try and find the smallest schrader valve that I can and see what I can do with it, but getting it anywhere near flush is gonna be just about impossible. We'll see..
 
You could just take the center of the Schroeder valve
And use that. just tap pipe threads in the cap
 
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