I've got a 1980 d250 with a 360 and I'm trying to put an aftermarket temp guage on it. The problem is that I can't figure out what size either of the two little plugs on the front part of the intake manifold are. 1/4 drive is too small and 3/8 is two big. Do a need a square 5/16 drive or is there a special tool for this?
Speed Dragon
07-25-2007, 11:15 PM
They make pipe plug sockets to fit those, you may have to buy a whole set though. I have a set of S&K's, like these : http://www.skhandtool.com/Default.aspx?fusemode=10&pid=41450
bherder
07-25-2007, 11:31 PM
Yow!!! $11.00 each??
I think I'd just buy a .99 cent 3/8" 'Made in China' 3" extension and grind it down ... ;)
Speed Dragon
07-26-2007, 08:41 AM
Yow!!! $11.00 each??
I think I'd just buy a .99 cent 3/8" 'Made in China' 3" extension and grind it down ... ;)Gotta pay to play :) I think you can buy the cheaper at tool stores, I got a set of 10 for 70 bucks.
Parson4
07-26-2007, 10:27 AM
These HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3-8-Drive-Male-Female-Pipe-Plug-Socket-Set_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43993QQihZ006QQitem Z160139631612QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW) are cheaper, but you gets what you pay for. Ifn you gots da $$, S & K's is NICE :D
bherder
07-26-2007, 08:31 PM
Gotta pay to play :) I think you can buy the cheaper at tool stores, I got a set of 10 for 70 bucks.
I guess so, but... If it's a tool I'm gonna use all the time, I'll pay the $$ for a 'good' one..... Something like this, how often do you pull plugs from an intake manifold? I'd still grind down a 'cheap-o' socket extension... ;)
Parson4
07-26-2007, 08:33 PM
I guess so, but... If it's a tool I'm gonna use all the time, I'll pay the $$ for a 'good' one..... Something like this, how often do you pull plugs from an intake manifold? I'd still grind down a 'cheap-o' socket extension... ;)
Pedro, Pedro, Pedro :D
Speed Dragon
07-26-2007, 11:43 PM
Lol, yeah well I mechanic/junkyard for a living, or at least half my living. The other half is made at the horse farm :) And no, I don't have to pull or install no plugs there, unless it's on one of the tractors or farm trucks :D
bherder
07-26-2007, 11:58 PM
Pedro, Pedro, Pedro :D
It's only 'Pedro' if you 'fix' it like 'Pedro'....(Like a sheetmetal screw in an oil pan) ... Forming a tool, to fix/do something you may only do once every ten years.....
THAT's called "Good ol' AMERICAN Ingenuity and Knowhow"....
Pedro knows nothing about this. That's why THEY are coming here, and not vice-versa....
Then and also again, they love Chebby's. THAT says it all.....
bherder
07-27-2007, 12:00 AM
Lol, yeah well I mechanic/junkyard for a living, or at least half my living. The other half is made at the horse farm :) And no, I don't have to pull or install no plugs there, unless it's on one of the tractors or farm trucks :D
Hey, wait a minute.... I know something about horses too.. :D
