Bob,
I do not recall needing an adapter to do the bulb
relo, and I had a plug in my hardware bin. Nothing
unusual, just a pipe plug. Don't recall size,
although I just reassembled my head not even an hour
ago (car works, goes like hell for those who care).
Pretty large, 1/2 inch maybe?
Ron
--- BCAH@aol.com wrote:
> I am still researching the "948-to-1275" switch for
> my Bugeye. As I
> understand it, the mech water temp bulb (which
> normally screws into the
> radiator) just simply screws into the engine cyl
> head. Is this true? Someone
> said there was an adaptor involved to do
> this,-----11K2846--------as the bulb
> itself was too long. Am I on the right track? If I
> did this , what blocks up
> the new hole in the radiator? Of course, an old
> bulb from the trash bin
> would work,----but what thread bolt would be used to
> plug the hole? Somehow I
> get a feeling you can not just go down to the
> hardware store and buy a brass
> plug fitting. There was thread some time ago about
> British screwthreads
> being different from USA stuff . The difference
> being very small. I think
> this is why why people are just forcing stuff
> together and getting away with
> it. What do you people think? Bob C
>
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