Looking for a 1/8" BSPT weld-in stainless boss

[dnb]

I have decided I ought to not have a bodged toegther EGT system now the car is together nicely, so I want to weld a couple of 1/8" BSPT "holes" in my manifolds.  (They are too thin to tap on their own)

I'd prefer to buy something ready made (and cheap!) as I am short of time, but I do have a 1/8" BSP tap if I can find a bit of stainless bar or thick wall tube, or even a fitting I could drill out and retap.  The root diameter of 1/8" BSPT is approx 8mm.  (sorry for mixing units)

Thanks

[Agriv8]

have you tried local pirtek depot (hydraulic hose co ).

Got quite a few ods and sods fitting from them, thinking that they may have a nice adapter fitting that you could Bast*rdise and weld in,

Regards

Agriv8 

[dnb]

The problem with living on the Isle of Wight is that my local suppliers are limited
ie no Pirtek depot.  The local independant hydraulic place is very good (they did a load of PAS stuff for me last year), but they don't carry stock of stainless fittings.

[cliffb75]

Do you just have a thermocouple with no fitting?

How about...

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searchBrowseAction.do?D=thermocouple%20fitting&Nr=AND%28avl%3auk%2csearchDiscon_uk%3aN%29&Ntk=I18NAll&Nty=1&Ntt=thermocouple%20fitting&Dx=mode%20matchpartial&Ntx=mode%20matchpartial&N=0&name=SiteStandard&forwardingPage=line&R=3817340&callingPage=/jsp/search/search.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1394867413.1179770713@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccchaddkmjilmfecefeceeldgondhgk.0&cacheID=ukie

Then simply weld the fitting directly into the exhaust (what we do at work). You can get blanking caps if you ever need to take the thermocouple out.

[dnb]

Problem solved.  I spent 20p on a length of thick wall stainless tube from the local scrappy.  I can generate the required bosses from this very easily.