Thread: I'm galled off.....

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Dammit!!!!!! I seemed to have overtightened the temp sensor into the radiator and it galled on the way out. Praying that the tap I buy tomorrow will be able to save my butt.......

ARGH.....

David

If it is an NPT pipe tap. You can go a little deeper. As long as is is not flush with the surface of the radiator. Then if the fitting bottoms out you can take a little off the top of the the weld bung.
Good Luck Bud
Creep

Sorry to hear about your little challenge,hope you win the battle easily and welcome back to the best little site on your computer.
Your pickup would be very rare down here but I like them.

if this is a tapered pipe thread.......DO NOT try to run it all the way in. With the tapered threads, as the taper goes in it will crack the fitting opening. Remember always to use "never seize" on any 2 different types of metal that are screwing into each other.

"Remember always to use "never seize""........

Yeah........unfortunately, I remembered that about the time I needed to use muscle to get the fitting out.

It is an aluminum radiator w/ NPT fitting.

Couldn't work on it tonight - but will be after it this weekend.

Thanks for the tips...... pray for me.

Just miffs me as if I had not screwed that up, I'd be driving it tonight.... DOH!

David

Well.... pulled the radiator. Looks like at least half of the threads bit it, not leaving me enough to be comfy with. ARGH!!!!! Will take to machine shop or radiator shop to see if they can get that bung off and weld in a new one.

DAMMIT!!!!!

I'll keep your idea in the background Evolvo and pose to them......

David

OK..... local hot rod shop saved my butt and was able to save the bung that I screwed up. Radiator is in. :-) Now, I don't think the t-stat is opening, or the temp sender is off as the temp gauge is climbing to 230 degrees, but the radiator is cool - no flow.

Think I'll pull the t-stat and leave it out for now to know for sure I am flowing coolant and put in the old sender and see what happens....then maybe I can get to timing it in and see about that high idle.....

David