Oil And Water Temp Gauge Help

[KummaZ]

Hi guys,

I've got some new oil and water temp gauges that I want to fit. Now I had some HKS ones that I was using but they looked like crap so I bought some nice white faced Greddy's to replace them. Now I have dropped the coolant out to take out the temp probe.

I've pulled out the hks one and the damn thread size is probably 2-3mm larger in width than the greddy one (if you were to hold them side by side). Am I stuck here with the damn hks ones as the probe doesn't fit or is there another way around it?. I don't think thread tape/sealant is going to cut it

See picture below for where the probe screws into.

Edited January 29, 2007 by KummaZ

[matthew0786]

i had a similar problem, except i was trying to fit a Oil temp sender into a existing hole that was smaller than the sender. I made the hole bigger and tried to seal it with sealant (big mistake) but it couldnt withstand the pressure and oil seeked through.

luckily, i had a oil sandwich plate, so i just took it off and got the hole patched up by a mechanic

[KummaZ]

Looks like I am stuck with these ugly hks gauges...

Another thought I had was to cut the wires from that plug and join them to the other plug that the greddy gauges use. Only problem is what wire is what?

[markimak]

trial and error.

it may work.. prob different values on and or voltage.. but 12v is 12v