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Old 09-17-2014, 03:01 AM   #417
RockTonka
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Re: 1958 Apache 38 Dually Dump Project

Thanks again Kim!

My boy and I both like a tach up on the dash but the matching one to our gauges only came in a 3 1/8" OD. There's only one dash mount cup made for that size tach and it's plastic and expensive.

Soooo, we had a local exhaust shop stretch a section of 3" tubing out to 3 1/8" ID...nice, slight, press fit for the tach.

We pie cut the back side of the tubing, hammered it into shape over a ball hitch, welded it up, and smoothed it a bit.
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