3D Printed Engine Bay Parts

[CRMcC]

Thought I'd post a thread on 3D Printed Parts I've designed and used in my S550's engine bay.

I thought the bright yellow washer fluid cap in my engine bay was a little distracting, so I designed a new plain black one by measuring the original caps dimensions and creating a CAD file using tinkercad. Link to .stl download:

S550 Washer Fluid Cap

I printed in black Hatchbox ABS (Do NOT use PLA, it will melt.) on my Creality Ender 3: 0.2mm resolution, no supports, 80mm/s printing speed. After it was printed I sanded it down until it was smooth.

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[dirtwarrior]

very nice.

 

[plc268]

New to 3d printing?

Tinkercad is a good first step into modelling, but I highly recommend learning an actual modelling software. Fusion360 is still pretty decent and free for what you need to do. Tinkercad is just extremely limited in what you can do, and doing basic things like chamfering edges is rather difficult.

Also, if you're printing in ABS. and you're looking for smooth prints... look up acetone vapor polishing. It's fairly easy to set up, and your abs printed part is going to look shiny and completely smooth when it's done.

 

[CRMcC]

New to 3d printing?

Tinkercad is a good first step into modelling, but I highly recommend learning an actual modelling software. Fusion360 is still pretty decent and free for what you need to do. Tinkercad is just extremely limited in what you can do, and doing basic things like chamfering edges is rather difficult.

Also, if you're printing in ABS. and you're looking for smooth prints... look up acetone vapor polishing. It's fairly easy to set up, and your abs printed part is going to look shiny and completely smooth when it's done.

Haha, yes I'm not very experienced with CAD software, I mainly use Tinkercad because it's simple and easy to use and the part was pretty simple to design. I'll definitely look into Fusion360 if I decide to do this more often, this was just a quick project I did on a whim.

I've done a good amount of 3D printing and honed in my Ender 3 pretty well (typically not my own designs). I've heard of the acetone vapor trick with ABS, I just didn't have the materials on hand, and like I said it was a quick process.

Thank you for your comments though. I'll definitely take this into account when I expand this thread!

 

[engineermike]

Creality cr-10 mini and solidworks here. Slice with cura. I’m building a humidity sensor bracket and umbrella, since it needs exposure to outside air but not liquid water.

 

[Cobra Jet]

Creality cr-10 mini and solidworks here. Slice with cura. I’m building a humidity sensor bracket and umbrella, since it needs exposure to outside air but not liquid water.

What exactly does that sensor do, like for a vehicle application?

 

[engineermike]

What exactly does that sensor do, like for a vehicle application?

We developed a humidity sensing device that offsets the mct signal, which in turn creates a borderline timing adjustment. Apparently gm has been doing this for some time, but ford doesn’t. I’ve detailed it here:

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/borderline-spark-tuning-humidity-effects.185976/

 

[Cobra Jet]

We developed a humidity sensing device that offsets the mct signal, which in turn creates a borderline timing adjustment. Apparently gm has been doing this for some time, but ford doesn’t. I’ve detailed it here:

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/borderline-spark-tuning-humidity-effects.185976/

Damn - how did I miss THAT thread!!?? LOL!

Very cool - thanks for the share too!!!

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