5/8 x 16 UNF or 5/8 x 18 UNF
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
To: <BCAH@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: waster temp guage
>
> Bob,
> I do not recall needing an adapter to do the bulb
> relo, and I had a plug in my hardware bin. Nothing
> unusual, just a pipe plug. Don't recall size,
> although I just reassembled my head not even an hour
> ago (car works, goes like hell for those who care).
> Pretty large, 1/2 inch maybe?
>
> Ron
>
>
> --- BCAH@aol.com wrote:
> > I am still researching the "948-to-1275" switch for
> > my Bugeye. As I
> > understand it, the mech water temp bulb (which
> > normally screws into the
> > radiator) just simply screws into the engine cyl
> > head. Is this true? Someone
> > said there was an adaptor involved to do
> > this,-----11K2846--------as the bulb
> > itself was too long. Am I on the right track? If I
> > did this , what blocks up
> > the new hole in the radiator? Of course, an old
> > bulb from the trash bin
> > would work,----but what thread bolt would be used to
> > plug the hole? Somehow I
> > get a feeling you can not just go down to the
> > hardware store and buy a brass
> > plug fitting. There was thread some time ago about
> > British screwthreads
> > being different from USA stuff . The difference
> > being very small. I think
> > this is why why people are just forcing stuff
> > together and getting away with
> > it. What do you people think? Bob C
> >
>
>
>
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