Boost Gauge install question

[mtbjedi]

Hey I did some searches to get info on my upcoming install of my boost gauge..but I have one answer I can't find..I am not very mechanically experienced (yet) so please bear with me.

I have a autometer 4301 mech gauge, and the instructions say to use a 1/8" connector to a T fitting to run the nylon tube to the vacuum hose. Neither the T or the 1/8" connector came with the gauge..can I can pick these up at the auto parts store? Anything specific to the MSP I should be aware of (best location to run to tube to, etc)?

TIA

 

[MemphisRacer]

hey dude, all you need to install your gauge is an 1/8in T-fitting, about 4-5 feet of small, rubber, windshield washer tubing, about 3-4 inches of the plastic tubing that comes with the gauge or you can buy 6ft of it in a package (white nylon tubing for installing oil pressure gauges) at autozone. What you'll do is, cut a vacume line under the hood, best place i could find was the line running along the back of the head, insert the t fitting snuggly, good idea to apply some silicone. after pusing the T into place, insert about 1 1/2 inches of the white nylon tubung into the t (you might need a rubber vacume line reducer going from the t-fitting to the nylon to make it fit tightly) and when you have the nylon snugly in the t-fitting, push the rubber tubing over the nylon and make sure its snug or use silicone. run the rubber line into car through the grommet below the brake booster, and up to the gauge. coming out of the gauge in the back, you should have 3 brass pieces (the big part that threads onto the gauge, the little oval crimp piece that holds the plastic, and the part that goes over the crimp and the plastic. have about an inch of the plastic tubing coming from the gauge and slip the rubber line over that and your done. the reason i used the rubber tubing is that after breaking my 3rd pack of the plastic tubing, i got fedup. ir works just as well and its alot easier to work with. hope this helps.

 

[Ryan]

hey dude, all you need to install your gauge is an 1/8in T-fitting, about 4-5 feet of small, rubber, windshield washer tubing, about 3-4 inches of the plastic tubing that comes with the gauge or you can buy 6ft of it in a package (white nylon tubing for installing oil pressure gauges) at autozone. What you'll do is, cut a vacume line under the hood, best place i could find was the line running along the back of the head, insert the t fitting snuggly, good idea to apply some silicone. after pusing the T into place, insert about 1 1/2 inches of the white nylon tubung into the t (you might need a rubber vacume line reducer going from the t-fitting to the nylon to make it fit tightly) and when you have the nylon snugly in the t-fitting, push the rubber tubing over the nylon and make sure its snug or use silicone. run the rubber line into car through the grommet below the brake booster, and up to the gauge. coming out of the gauge in the back, you should have 3 brass pieces (the big part that threads onto the gauge, the little oval crimp piece that holds the plastic, and the part that goes over the crimp and the plastic. have about an inch of the plastic tubing coming from the gauge and slip the rubber line over that and your done. the reason i used the rubber tubing is that after breaking my 3rd pack of the plastic tubing, i got fedup. ir works just as well and its alot easier to work with. hope this helps.

you dont need 4 - 5 feet of small rubber tubing check this out
http://r-gfx.net click on how to, click on boost guage install.
that tells ya basically how to do it quick and easy.

 

[Ryan]

wait i may have misunderstood you do you take the nylon tubing that came with the guage and slip it through the 4 - 5 feet of rubber tubing as a protector sort of? if so thats a good idea, but i thought u were gonna use that for something else. my bad if i misunderstood.

 

[MemphisRacer]

ryan, i only used the nylon tubing coming out of the gauge and coming out of the t. the 4-5ft of rubber line was the only thing connecting the t-fitting to the gauge. its much easier to snake the rubber tubbing into the cabin and up to the gauge than it is to use that hard plastic tubing without breaking or crimping it. so, theres only really about 2inches of the white plastic tubing used, the rest is rubber tubing.

 

[mtbjedi]

Thats the best thing about this group, I post a question and two hours later I have all the info I need.

Thanks much MemphisRacer and Ryan for your help.

 

[Ryan]

ahh, nice idea. oh well, i used it without problems no crimping or anything. but it'd be a good idea to put it inside the rubber tubing as a protectant form the heat.