need help with autometer egt gauge install

[P8ntBalla]

ok im 99% positive that the bolt you tap into the manifold is a 1/8 npt. i cant find the tap anywhere!!!!!!if anyone has done the install please help!o yeah and its the ultralight if it matters.

 

[CBgst]

I'm not sure what your question is but yes that is the tap you. I have two of them. If you want to drive to Louisiana I'll give you one. Really though there has got to be some place that sells that tap. If not I'll mail you one if you really can't find one. Check all parts and hardware stores. It took me a few stores but I found one. I'm not sure if ya'll have a Dimmicks auto part store but that's where I got mine.

 

[Mirage]

got mine from sears, couldn't imagine them not having it.

 

[P8ntBalla]

Originally posted by CBgst
I'm not sure what your question is but yes that is the tap you. I have two of them. If you want to drive to Louisiana I'll give you one. Really though there has got to be some place that sells that tap. If not I'll mail you one if you really can't find one. Check all parts and hardware stores. It took me a few stores but I found one. I'm not sure if ya'll have a Dimmicks auto part store but that's where I got mine.

so youre positive it is a 1/8th npt tap that i need right? just dont want to make a $300 mistake

there is a place here called daytona nut and bolt that im sure will have it but their hours dont work with my school and all because they close at 3. looks like no phys. science for me tomorrow

 

[RamenPride]

the thread for most probes is 1/8" NPT. i think VDO uses 1/4" NPT. what probe are you using?

 

[P8ntBalla]

the one that came w/ the autometer. i just figured out that it is a 18/ npt because all the hoses on my paintball gun are and it fit right in there. thanks for all the help guys.

 

[CBgst]

Originally posted by P8ntBalla


so youre positive it is a 1/8th npt tap that i need right? just dont want to make a $300 mistake

there is a place here called daytona nut and bolt that im sure will have it but their hours dont work with my school and all because they close at 3. looks like no phys. science for me tomorrow

I'm positive that's what I used on my autometer ultralight. If your scared it might be the wrong one just test it out on a peice of scrap metal or something. That way it'll be a 5$(price of tap) mistake and not a 300$ one

 

[P8ntBalla]

didnt get to go to the nut and bolt store today. skipped science but this girl that also skipped her 4th block class needed a ride so....

but anyhoo how do you get the heat shield off if you drill a hole in it? you have to angle it foward then like up and it just doesnt look like it would come off if the probe is in there. i am planning to drill the hole in the raised part where the screw that holds the heat shield on goes.

 

[CBgst]

you have to put the probe in after the heat sheild is back on. I'm not sure of the question though.

 

[P8ntBalla]

no like once i have the probe installed and the heat sheild on, how do i get the heat shield back off? i just doesnt look like it would come off

 

[P8ntBalla]

o yea and where did you tap it in to the mani?

 

[RamenPride]

Originally posted by P8ntBalla
no like once i have the probe installed and the heat sheild on, how do i get the heat shield back off? i just doesnt look like it would come off

make the hole in the heat shield larger than the diameter of the probe.... what you do is mark and drill the hole on heat shield, thread the probe through it, and then install the probe onto the manifold. then put your heat shield back on..