Air duct "nozzle" broke off

[Olli Rita]

So while changing the alternator I had to remove the air duct, the piece after the filter box, and the vacuum nozzle on the side broke off. I thought it would be an easy fix, so when I went to pick up the alternator I asked the parts buy, and he told me it comes as ONE part.... I guess I could have used RTV or something else to temp fix it, but I live on a dirt road and the temps usually don't last that long.

Designed the part in Fusion 360 and 3d printed it, with threads and a nut.... worked out pretty nicely.

 

[Houm_WA]

...purple though?

 

[Olli Rita]

Leftovers from the kids fidget days.... it was supposed to be a prototype but came out perfect the first time, nobody will ever say it was a store bought

 

[Houm_WA]

Sorry...I live in the land of the University of Washington Huskies and it's a knee-**** reaction to barf when I see purple!

 

[Olli Rita]

Have no idea who Huskies are, so no problem for me.

 

[Houm_WA]

You're lucky....

 

[Olli Rita]

You should have seen the other left over color choices, hot pink, neon green and yellow.... you understand why I didn't bother changing the spool

 

[joey]

I love fusion 360... is this PLA? If so it may not hold up well under the heat of the engine. I would recommend ABS or Poly-carbonate

 

[Olli Rita]

PETG should hold up fine, I was supposed to do final print out of Abs....