If you are about to install your probe, I have always had better luck going with the 1/4" NPT size and then using a brass fitting to reduce to the 1/8" NPT size of the probe. The manifold is cast and the probe is steel, after they have been run and gotten heated they do not want to separate, even if anti-seize is applied. So the brass fitting separates the two, and makes re-placement it it is ever needed, much easier. Also for the 1/4" tap you will need to drill a 7/16" hole. Good luck