Ummm, the bulb shot off yesterday when i was heating it up to see if the gauge worked.
Luckily, i had just pointed it away from body.
UPDATE: For some reason the temp gauge is working without the probe attached. There is a pocket of air where the wire sits inside the threaded fitting in the intake and i suppose that the air pocket is being filled with gases from the hot
antifreeze and that is making the gauge work. I checked the reading on the engine with my infrared gun and compared it to the gauge and it's accurate. Go figure. I dont know if i will trust it, but its working