Re: Temperature gauge line to head???

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2018/9/6 13:45:23

Howard, you say 'with any luck' and, in this case, none was to be afforded me, as I went back, armed with the info you provided and tried to remove the collar nut, or what was left of it, from the head. I bought a good quality cold chisel and nicked the protrusion enough such that I could get a punch on it and tried tapping it around. Unfortunately it just kept breaking off. Now I have the sensor still in the head and any semblance of the collar nut sheared off flush with the head.
I think my only course of action now is to cut the line, drill out the hole as close to the threads as I can and either try an easy-out or, if that doesn't work, re-tap the hole. Any chance you (or anyone else) would know the thread size of that nut so I can at least tap it to the same threads to receive the new sender unit and nut that I will have to procure??? (you say through Wolfs??)