Re: Temperature gauge line to head???

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2018/9/6 11:37:06

Thanks Howard - that gives me a super-clear vision of what it SHOULD be. For what it's worth, the pic I posted is without my touching it. After examining your photos and going back and forth to my picture, it would appear someone has tried to remove it in the past and only managed to round off the nut and distort the collar of the sensing tube in the process. As you can see, there is a relatively new head gasket in place and the head and engine have been painted, so maybe whoever did that, tried, failed and decided to just leave it attached for the Head R&R. It looks like the painting job was less-than and there is a 'bald spot' around the sensor, so my guess is it has never been out. I definitely want to give the rebuilders the head as they want to magnaflux it,(not sure if that is the right term/spelling) and the block, for cracks and return the engine to me as a long block, which is my preference. I don't mind doing the re-torque after it is up and running but feel better about the thing coming back to me complete. So, one way or another, it will have to come out. Hopefully without wrecking it. Thanks again for the tutorial Howard.