[DeTomaso] Speaking of coolant tubes - what is this plug for?

[Thomas Tornblom]

2012-04-16 19:53, cengles at cox.net skrev:
> Dear Thomas,
>
> Ach du Lieber! I am glad that somebody knows exactly what the mysteriour
> port-plug is for. Unfortunately, I am so dumb I didn't know that a
> *temperature switch* for a vacuum advance even existed. It doesn't
> appear to be used very much at all. Was a vacuum advance temp sensor
> some sort of seventies&eighties era anti-smog ignition feature??

Probably.

I just checked the pantera spare parts catalog, and the tube shown there 
does not seem to have this bung, so it was probably only used on later cars.

Cheers,
Thomas

>
> Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
>
>
> ---- thomas <thomas at hax.se> wrote:
>  > It is used for a vacuum advance temp switch.
>  >
>  > I'm now using it for the coolant temp sensor for the EFI.
>  >
>  > Cheers,
>  > Thomas
>  >
>  > 16 apr 2012 kl. 19:15 skrev Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:
>  >
>  > > This is the stock coolant tube on my GT5-S. Please compare to a
>  > > replacement purchased in Stainless Steel that is missing the plug.
>  > >
>  > > What was the plug for? Is there any value in having it cut off and
>  > > welded onto the replacement tube?
>  > >
>  > > Please see this photo comparing the two:
>  > > http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36095
>  > >
>  > > anda blurry photo of the plug here:
>  > > http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=36098
>  > >
>  > > Thanks!
>  > > _______________________________________________
>
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