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Re: Header Bungs

To: "Bill & Dee Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>,
Subject: Re: Header Bungs
From: "glen barrett" <speedtimer@charter.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:48:11 -0700
Bill
Funny thing I told Keith the same thing this morning on the phone.
Glen   Great minds think alike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Dee Bennett" <benettw@earthlink.net>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:55 PM
Subject: Fw: Header Bungs


> Here is another thought for header bungs. Find some 1/8" black pipe
> couplings, not the cast type or galvanized, and just cut them in half.
>
>  Bill
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:23 PM
> > Subject: Header Bungs
> >
> >
> > > Just a quick note to let you folks know how to make a cheap header
bung
> > for
> > > an EGT probe.....
> > >
> > > Seems Uncle Dave has come up with a surplus Edlebrock Quick Data
> > system.....
> > > ( truth be told he has been dilengently working on Them ) for the
> > > Camaro..... Well he needed 8 1/8th pipe fitting's in the headers so he
> > could
> > > log EGT's with this little Jewel...... okay fair enough.... it's
surplus
> > > stuff so Bung's weren't avalible on short notice without the price of
> > second
> > > day air and so on...... Quick answer..... I took a 7/8th's whole saw
to
> a
> > > plate of 3/16ths steel and cut myself out 8 little holes.... the Plugs
> of
> > > course is what I was after.... ya know the things you normally find
> under
> > > the Bench 6 yrs later..... well they make Great Bungs for EGT
> > > probes.....Very capable of being drilled and tapped for 1/8th inch
pipe
> > > fitting's after they are welded on....
> > >
> > > Just thought I would share it....
> > >
> > > Keith ( Yes Dave they are welded on and look like an amatuer did
it....
> > but
> > > what do you expect from an Amatuer....  Life is Still Good and dang
near
> > > groovy..... Dan your the only one old enough on the list to truely
> > remember
> > > that remark!!!...... oh stop it.... someone has to pick on Dan now and
> > > again.... how else would he know he was loved? )

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