I have this type of exhaust - the one with out the EGR port. How does one put an EGT probe on one like these? Drill?

Yup. Drill and tap the manifold.

I drilled and tapped mine. I was a bit bothered about the swarf getting into the turbo but drilled the hole in an area where there the pipwork was horizontal then used a magnetised screwdriver to pull the debris out - there was a surprising amount too!

Grease on the drill helps as well. I don't like using the EGR plate on a 300tdi as you have to bend the thermocouple to fit it in. Mine is between nos 1 and 2 cylinders.

Out of interest is there a common thread size that most of the EGT kits use?

I will probably fit one to my vapour build (rolling two year project ) and as I am reassembling the engine at present it would be prudent to drill and tap the correct size hole in the right place and then fit a plug till needed.

Sorry if this minijacked the thread......

Cheers

Grant

That all looks nicely accessible.
Personally I'd drop the turbo off just so I could see up the exhaust manifold, looking for a vertical web, situated to direct the exhaust gasses down towards the turbo, rather than towards the cylinders at the other end of the engine.
If there is a web (as there is on BMW engines) it makes inserting the probe a little more difficult, if you happen to drill into the web.

Try to position the tip of the probe where it will be wiped by all the slugs of hot gas from the cylinders. IE, just below the end of any web. This gives a more accurate reading, and a faster response. Don't worry about bending (curving) the probe to achieve this placement. The small diameter probes are designed to accept this, for the reason just stated, 'ideal' placement where ALL the hot gasses flow.

Have fun.

Billybob, I think you need to take your Defender back to the dealership as it looks like the steering wheel has been put on the wrong side of the vehicle. They should be able to sort it out under warranty
Mo

Thanks all! I figured it needed to be drilled out... That's not my engine bay, just representative of mine. I was being lazy and didn't want to take a pic. My steering wheel is like the one on the picture...on the wrong side ;-)