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Old 09-25-2004, 06:43 PM
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where are some good places to check locally before ordering online? i've checked home depot, lowes, and menards with no luck. i have searched the archives and i know that it is 1/8" npt 27 pitch thread, but i cant seem to find it locally. any advice? lemme know, thanks in advance.
Old 09-25-2004, 06:46 PM
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Default Re: where to find egt bung plug locally? (cornhusker)

your local mechanic...
Old 09-25-2004, 08:09 PM
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Hope I didn't miss anything here, but 1/8 NPT 27 is a plain old 1/8 in pipe thread...

Or do you want something special like a stainless pipe plug?
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Default Re: where to find egt bung plug locally? (BigMoose)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BigMoose &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hope I didn't miss anything here, but 1/8 NPT 27 is a plain old 1/8 in pipe thread...

Or do you want something special like a stainless pipe plug?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i am having problems finding a plug also. i went to the plumbing section at home depot and there is nothing smaller than 1/4". the weird thing is that the 1/4" stuff looks too small to plug the egt bung.
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Is that what you guys are after?

1/8 inch NPT (National Pipe Thread)
Tap drill 21/64 (0.328) with reamer
Tap drill Q (0.3320) with no tapered reamer post drill treatment

Nominal OD of the thread 0.405 keep in mind it is a tapered thread
Typical thread engagement 0.264 inch

If thats it, its plain ol 1/8 in NPT. Grainer and McMasterCarr has these fittings for sure. Locally a good plumbing or autoparts jobber should stock 1/8 in parts. Your right they are not "common"... Home depot probably starts stocking at 1/4 inch NPT, IIRC.
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Default Re: where to find egt bung plug locally? (BigMoose)

i found one at home depot, but it is a brass plug.

is this alright? will the brass fitting stand up to the heat of the downpipe? thanks.
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Brass is fully liquid at 1750 oF, Bronze is fully liquid at 1850 oF. Dull red steel/cast iron is around 1250 oF.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BigMoose &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Brass is fully liquid at 1750 oF, Bronze is fully liquid at 1850 oF. Dull red steel/cast iron is around 1250 oF.</TD></TR></TABLE>

sorry, but this doesnt sound right. cast iron becoming fully liquid at 1250*F. i have heard on people getting egt readings in this range and their manifolds werent melting.

anyone else know if a brass cap is a suitable egt plug? thanks in advance.
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Default Re: where to find egt bung plug locally? (ID_ten_T)

Re read it again, I think you might have missed my change of verbage. For the cast iron, I listed what would be a dull red heat temperataure, NOT the liquidus temp of cast iron...

I sort of snuck in the change to compare where melting the brass/bronze would be with the dull red we usually see on turbo housings...
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