305 heads plug
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305 heads plug
Does anyone know the official name of this plug and any lead to find a much more flat version of it
Whats the official name of this plug and do
Driver side went in smooth.
Does anyone know where i can find a flat version.
Its stopping me from putting on some headers
Whats the official name of this plug and do
Driver side went in smooth.
Does anyone know where i can find a flat version.
Its stopping me from putting on some headers
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Re: 305 heads plug
Hold on and sit down while I give you this hard memorization lesson.
Its official name is "plug".
You can pick one up at the hardware store. It'll be in the section of miscellaneous brass fittings. It's 3/8" pipe (NPT) which is a bit of an odd size at hardware stores, not as wide a variety of fitting styles in that size as 1/4" or 1/2", but they should have what you want. If all you can find is a square- or hex-head one, and you want "flat", cut the drive off, sand it nice and flat, and cut a wide deep screwdriver slot in it. Use about 6 wraps of Teflon tape on it when you put it in.
Problem you will have is, that SHOULD be where the switch for the electric fan goes, and rather than a plug, it SHOULD be a fan switch. You might want to notch the header flange out instead, if they're that poorly designed and executed, to where they don't fit the car properly.
Its official name is "plug".
You can pick one up at the hardware store. It'll be in the section of miscellaneous brass fittings. It's 3/8" pipe (NPT) which is a bit of an odd size at hardware stores, not as wide a variety of fitting styles in that size as 1/4" or 1/2", but they should have what you want. If all you can find is a square- or hex-head one, and you want "flat", cut the drive off, sand it nice and flat, and cut a wide deep screwdriver slot in it. Use about 6 wraps of Teflon tape on it when you put it in.
Problem you will have is, that SHOULD be where the switch for the electric fan goes, and rather than a plug, it SHOULD be a fan switch. You might want to notch the header flange out instead, if they're that poorly designed and executed, to where they don't fit the car properly.
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Re: 305 heads plug
Being that's a V-belt TPI car..... very similar to my 86, It should have a single electric fan that's run by the ECU..... and AFAIK there are no fan switches. There's a switch in the front of the TPI base for the cold start injector that looks similar to that. Or perhaps the orange engine came from the something else and this is left over from that?
Edit - could be an 87 with dual fans? And that's the secondary fan switch? Center bolt valve covers would seem to agree.
GD
Edit - could be an 87 with dual fans? And that's the secondary fan switch? Center bolt valve covers would seem to agree.
GD
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Re: 305 heads plug
Being that's a V-belt TPI car..... very similar to my 86, It should have a single electric fan that's run by the ECU..... and AFAIK there are no fan switches. There's a switch in the front of the TPI base for the cold start injector that looks similar to that. Or perhaps the orange engine came from the something else and this is left over from that?
Edit - could be an 87 with dual fans? And that's the secondary fan switch? Center bolt valve covers would seem to agree.
GD
Edit - could be an 87 with dual fans? And that's the secondary fan switch? Center bolt valve covers would seem to agree.
GD
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Re: 305 heads plug
Hold on and sit down while I give you this hard memorization lesson.
Its official name is "plug".
You can pick one up at the hardware store. It'll be in the section of miscellaneous brass fittings. It's 3/8" pipe (NPT) which is a bit of an odd size at hardware stores, not as wide a variety of fitting styles in that size as 1/4" or 1/2", but they should have what you want. If all you can find is a square- or hex-head one, and you want "flat", cut the drive off, sand it nice and flat, and cut a wide deep screwdriver slot in it. Use about 6 wraps of Teflon tape on it when you put it in.
Problem you will have is, that SHOULD be where the switch for the electric fan goes, and rather than a plug, it SHOULD be a fan switch. You might want to notch the header flange out instead, if they're that poorly designed and executed, to where they don't fit the car properly.
Its official name is "plug".
You can pick one up at the hardware store. It'll be in the section of miscellaneous brass fittings. It's 3/8" pipe (NPT) which is a bit of an odd size at hardware stores, not as wide a variety of fitting styles in that size as 1/4" or 1/2", but they should have what you want. If all you can find is a square- or hex-head one, and you want "flat", cut the drive off, sand it nice and flat, and cut a wide deep screwdriver slot in it. Use about 6 wraps of Teflon tape on it when you put it in.
Problem you will have is, that SHOULD be where the switch for the electric fan goes, and rather than a plug, it SHOULD be a fan switch. You might want to notch the header flange out instead, if they're that poorly designed and executed, to where they don't fit the car properly.
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