Has anyone tapped the hole for the water temp sender?
07-08-2007, 09:09 PM
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Has anyone tapped the hole for the water temp sender? I really don't want to pay $10 in shipping on a $5 adapter to run my water temp gauge sender in the passenger's head, because no one locally can get that M12 to 1/8" NPT adapter.
Has anyone tapped the hole for 1/4" NPT? It looks to be just slightly larger than the M12 hole, and even if a few chips get in the block while tapping it, I doubt they'll hurt anything...
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Has anyone tapped the hole for 1/4" NPT? It looks to be just slightly larger than the M12 hole, and even if a few chips get in the block while tapping it, I doubt they'll hurt anything...
Just wondering...
07-09-2007, 12:56 AM
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I removed that passenger side plug and drilled it, followed by tapping it to 1/4" NPT.. work find... Many have stated that it runs/reads hotter there than at the drive side front. But Mine seem about normal.. with lower T-stat and fans coming on at about 200.. I run between 180 to 200 all day long on my VDO gauge.
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Originally Posted by bczee
I removed that passenger side plug and drilled it, followed by tapping it to 1/4" NPT.. work find... Many have stated that it runs/reads hotter there than at the drive side front. But Mine seem about normal.. with lower T-stat and fans coming on at about 200.. I run between 180 to 200 all day long on my VDO gauge.
