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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 11:31 AM
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Ok, I want to mig all of my EGT senders on my stainless steel OBX turbo manifold. The problem is the bungs for my my probes are brass. I have Argon gas and am using nonfluxed wire.

Will I be able to weld brass to stainless steel or will the welds burn straight through the brass?
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 11:49 AM
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you can't weld two unlike metals together with a mig welder especially stainless. the only way u can weld the two together is by brazing them together. go buy yorself some brass welding rods, some flux and use a cutting torch or welding torch to heat up the base metals so they're cherry red and fill with the brass rod. its not that hard.
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 02:05 PM
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youu could always get some steel bungs..
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 02:15 PM
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Brazing wouldn't hold up to the exhaust heat would it?
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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Yeah, I was questionable too but no where else has anything that will match the threads of the senders. I
will just have to go with one for now in the exhaust.

Is there any other way I can mount the rest of the senders on the manifold? If I hose clamp them to the manifold, will that work?

Old Aug 26, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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Yes, you can use that method. The autometer egt probe is chamfered and attached to a clamp. You just tighten it till it's sealed well enough.
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 06:30 PM
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It would be hard to braze them together couse brass has a lower melting piont than stainless.The brass would proabably melt away before the stainless got red.
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 11:29 PM
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Yeah, one of the probes came with the hose clamp mod; but I was talking about hose claming them on the outside of the runners. I know it won't be as accurate as with gas flowing on the probes but will it still give me a decent reading?
Old Aug 26, 2003 | 11:40 PM
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im sure someone makes ss bungs look harder and then tig them

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