Fluidyne Radiator - Help!!! Pluging up Temp. Sensor Hole

Hi,
If it's metric, you can use any temp sensor out of any Volkswagen Dasher, Rabbit and so on. I think you can find those on a junkyard anywhere.
Merry Chrismas,
Roland

[This message has been edited by pantera874 (edited 12-25-2002).]

thanks for the reply, is there any other ideas out there? i'm sure there's another idea as well, I want to see what other options I have.

Thanks!
Larry

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Originally posted by LittoDeViL:
thanks for the reply, is there any other ideas out there? i'm sure there's another idea as well, I want to see what other options I have.

Thanks!
Larry

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Do what I did, take the radiator down to NAPA or whoever and try out some plugs until you get the right ones. Do not forget to use thread sealer either.


[This message has been edited by madguy (edited 12-26-2002).]

I don't know hows expensive the sending units are from the vendors, but you could order a pair of them and just not hook them up. You might also look at the radiator that was in the car and see if the senders are the same size. I believe that when I bought my Phoenix radiator about 15 years ago, I took the old senders out of the stock radiator and used them as plugs. It might be worth a try.

Good luck
Gary #06984

Thanks for the reply! I'll check on monday when I take out the stock radiator to see if it had a sender unit in it, did it have a sender unit in it stock usually?

I'll also run down to NAPA or some auto shop with the radiator under my arm.. it's so much ligher then the stock one, and see if I can find the right plug.. is it just a plug or some kind of nut? I mean can i just tell them I want a radiator plug?

Thanks again!
Larry

By the way, you guys want to see the 1974 pantera converted to the 1985 GTS model? I took some pictures while at school since I got voted and won the nomination of the craziest driver at school, i'm not that crazy though. http://www.extremevelocity.net/littodevil/pantera/

Since all the Pantera vendors sell Fluidyne radiators, why not call one and ask them about plugs, or simply order the sensors and just not hook them up? On a $500 radiator, seems silly to not use the best available.

Guys

Its just a radiator. Go to a GOOD auto store or even better a radiator shop and get a couple of plugs. No problem.

Where did you get the radiator from?How much was it ?
Thanks,
Ron

Yea, I wish it was as simple as it seems, I called the vendor that sold me the pantera radiator and they don'te ven have the plugs for it nor do they even know the size of it. All they told me was that it was a metric sized thread and I measured it and it came out to be M22 and some kind of 1.5 pitch thread which is not the usual 2.5 pitch thread of M22 screws.

I got the radaitor from County Radiator, i think their website is http://www.countyradiator.com the radatior was $450 and shipping plus tax came out to be like $498 or something like that.

I'll drop by Napa Auto parts and see, my dad owns an autobody and auto mechanic shop and he said to drop by the auto parts store and they should have those plugs for the radiator. And you are right, it seems silly on a 500 dollar radiator not to get the right things to put it in. But weirdly it seems harder then I thought to put it in, and why didn't they just include them with the radiator? Like plugs to put it in, and those smaller venting plugs, they only included one instead of two.. well there is two holes but they only included one, I got an other one and plugged the other one up.

-Larry