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Originally Posted by FLEET72

An electrical supply house will have what is called an "oil tight hole seal" http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT...59556&PMT4NO=0
looks like:


made from steel and can be painted to match.

Exactly what I am going to do ..I remembered from my construction days seeing these in electrical panels . You beat me to it as I was going to go today and try and get one of these Fleet72 and show all what I came up with..thanks for the pictures .
Rather than burn up my new paint with a patch and weld this works just fine with me .
I will do my Vinegar trick to galv. on the engine side of the cover and then under coat it and paint it the truck color ..

It will be my conversational cover up story about my truck..LOL thanks again all of you for the replies..gp