Do it the right way and buy a deleted pedestal. It will be more $ but worth it in the end. Did you see my mod, if you plan on keeping your turbo for ever i highly recommend you doing it. All you need is a super duty turbo center cartridge and a e99 pedestal, they sell deleted e99 pedestals on ebay for cheap.

 

that would be the one. NPT - National Pipe Thread

 

Yes, 1/4"-18 NPT is the right tap. Sorry I said I thought it was 1/4"-27 earlier, that would be for a 1/8" pipe tap which is 1/8"-27.

 

I purchased a deleted one, and that was how it was done. For a couple of bucks for the pipe plugs, I'll go with this.

 

Your missing the point of what I was trying to say, why do this when he can go the route I took and for what ever reason he has to remove the turbo, it will only take him 10 minutes instead of a whole day if not more.

 

So I taped the pedestal with 1/4 NPT tap but the 1/4 plug I have is too small.... What size plug do I need?

 

I'm good, got is sorted. The guy gave me the wrong plug

 

Done and Done... It sucked.... 4 hours to break 2 bolts free. Everything else was pretty easy. Im sore, cut to hell, but feel good about it. haha.

 

so you tap and plug the bottom and press in a brass plug on top?

 

For the EBPV housing all you need to do is remove the rivets and it all slides out the bottom hole. You need to press out the seal that is in there then you can hammer in a 3/4" steel plug.


For the pedestal, you need to remove the actuator arm, then you tap the hole with a 1/4" NPT tap and use a pipe plug to close it off.

 

Oh I figured you had to cut the housing open weld up the holes.


Does the other part with the flap take 2 brass plugs? or is there only 1 hole??? I thought it was 2 holes.