There are new "sleeves?" available from speedo/guage shops. The threads are
5/8 X 18. G get some. Usually the tough part is separating the bulb part
from the spacer sleeve, but it sounds like your sleeves are stuck in the
block.
Pa
----- Original Message -----
From <John.Deikis at med.va.gov>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Cc: <deikis@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Temp Sensor Bulb Thing
> Here's the situation:
>
> Motor from Car B put into Car A
> Temp sensor attached to Car A screwed into head on Car B motor.
> Drippity-drip.
> Teflon tape....drippity-drip.
> Took a look at temp sensor attached to Car B and noticed the threaded
> compression sleeve has a longer threaded portion than the one attached to
> Car A.
> I figure the B sleeve in the A car is not long enough to make a good seal
on
> the taper at the base of the sensor bulb.
>
> Both motors are 1968. Both heads are emission port heads.
> Are there really TWO different compression sleeves???
>
> Temp sensor "bung" in the head won't come out of one of the heads, so an
> easy swap is not so easy.
>
> What to do?
>
> Can I use some sort of packing to increase the "reach" of of the shorter
> compression sleeve?
>
> Do not suggest that I smear everything with JBWeld as I hope this motor
swap
> is just temporary and I don't want to permanently attach it to my temp
> gauge. ;-).
>
> Thanks for the guidance and advice.
>
> JohnD
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