hey thanks a lot for the help....

ok i understand the setup... thats the nut and copper element from the 95 saturn pushed through into the 97 engine.... right... my question here is that does the copper element on the nut have to touch the coolant in the head or not??
I was thinking of cutting through the 'Z' shaped rubber coolant pipe coming out of the radiator on the drivers side and adding a metal section to the Z pipe and then screwing this temperature sensor copper nut thingy from the 95 saturn into the metal section.... and this way it would be in touch with the coolant.... my only doubt here is if theres coolant present in this Z pipe at all times or not?! would this work???