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Does anybody know what color of yellow to paint a c6 dipstick tube ?
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may69 on Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:39 pm
Does anybody know what color of yellow to paint a c6 dipstick tube ?
Never seen one painted yellow before...:hmm:
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may69 on Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:39 pm
Does anybody know what color of yellow to paint a c6 dipstick tube ?
Never seen one painted yellow before...:hmm:
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Yep, the one on the C6 I pulled from my truck was yellow. :D
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Just the dipstick handle-or the entire tube? I'd painted my old EB bright orange to help with the aging eyes. :oops:
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basketcase0302 wrote:
may69 on Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:39 pm
Does anybody know what color of yellow to paint a c6 dipstick tube ?
Never seen one painted yellow before...:hmm:
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Have owned thousands of C6s. Never seen a painted dipstick in any of them.
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If you are just wanting to be able to see it, I would paint it any bright yellow...I am fooled also, as I can't recall any C6 dipsticks painted, Donnie
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Donnie you might be right it need to be a bright yellow to stand out. My truck is a 69 and it wound be nice to know the factory color
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Mine was yellow, but I painted it black. Though painting it yellow makes sense now that I think about it.
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Mine was yellow and when I repainted everything under the hood I grabbed a can of ace hardware brand sunshine yellow spray paint from ace hardware and repainted it with that. It came out pretty close.
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My truck did not have a yeller one either... :hmm:
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Mine is not painted any color. It's from a '76 Lincoln
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