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Does anyone have a 1/8" NPT tap I could borrow for a weekend?

I need to mount a PLX oil pressure sensor which has a 1/8" NPT fitting into a GREDDY oil filter relocation block:



Unfortunately the official GREDDY adapter for the plug (the gold one on the bottom) uses a 1/8" PTfitting and NOT a 1/8" NPT fitting so I can't just purchase the adapter - see http://www.frsport.com/Greddy-16400720-M18-Thread-1-8-NPT-Sensor-Gauge-Adapter_p_16528.html.

I plan to drill a hole into the existing gold aluminium plug and tap it with the 1/8" NPT tap so it shouldn't take long.

- Gladly willing to discuss payment in terms of alcoholic beverages if required.

Probably got one, will check when I get home.

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Thanks sailaholic.

I read that some tapping kits throw in a 1/8" NPT (US National Pipe Taper) 27 tap (Kincrome do apparently) so I checked my metric kit (not a Kincrome) when I got home and it includes a 1/8" BSP (British Standard Pipe) 28 fitting for some reason - don't know what the logic of this is (ie. why throw in a random tap into a kit? Maybe it depends on the target audience, British vs US and is considered a commonly used thread?).

Yah, mine was part of a metric kit. Not too many metric tapered fittings though I guess.

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How much is a new switch to suit?

I once tried to track down a bolt to plug a coolant temp sensor hole only to find some sensors about 80c each that solved my problem. Sometimes we spend so much time and effort trying to engineer a solution when there is an off the shelf solution available.

enzed / pirtek might also be able to help.

^ FYI:

The sensor I need to add is an oil pressure sensor:



On it's own it costs US$50.99 from PLX (it's a Bosch sensor) and the associated PLX sensor module was designed/calibrated specifically for this sensor.

ie. It's not simply a matter of swapping in another cheap sensor unfortunately

sailaholic has confirmed he has a 1/8"-27 NPT tap in his metric tap&die set that he can lend me to tap the plug - this is one of the great things about this forum, members ARE willing to help each other out.

Make sure to take lots of photos

Yeah, apparently there's not enough photos in my build thread