RB20 water temp sender thread pitch?

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dtowngoalie
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Does anybody know the thread type for the water temp sender that is for the gauge in the cluster, I'm trying to source an adapter for my gauge. Thanks


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maryjane
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the single wire sensor or the sensor that has two wires and a plastic clip? for the one wire sender i ran a 1/8npt tap into the old threads, worked well for me

gawdzilla
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1/8 bspt. NOT 1/8 npt. but if you want to and you force the npt tap in to widen the hole it will work, but it's kind of janky

dtowngoalie
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So are the one wire sender's threads 1/8 bspt?

dtowngoalie
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Found, for anyone wondering, its a M12 x 1.25 thread pitch.

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Carl H
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werd, its a weird size fo sho.

dtowngoalie
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Also nobody carries an adapter for 1/8 npt to M12x1.25. I've opted to get a 1/8 npt to 1/4 npt adapter and tap the threads to 1/4 npt. Hopefully this help someones in the future.

gawdzilla
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oops sorry about the misinfo earlier.

just leave the factory sender there and drill/tap a new hole to whatever the size is for your aftermarket sender in the water neck.


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