Boost Guage Question

[No Crust Racing]

Just got a boost guage and noted that during shipping the vacuum pipe that goes through the nut on the back to the guage, was damaged. I removed the nut and found the little seal inside that the vacuum hose goes through and removed the severed piece of pipe from within this seal. I need to now thread the vacuum tube back through that little seal but the seal has a larger hole on one side than it does the other and I'll be stuffed if I know how to get it through, with it being so tiny it's hard to get a good hold of it to force it.

Any ideas?

[Craved]

thread the hose throught the large nut ..

then from the threaded side of the larger nut, fit the smaller seal.

the action of doing up the larger fitting forces the smaller part into the seal area on the back of the guage..

there should be instruction for how to do this on the sheet supplied.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

so your saying the hard clear vaccuum hose is larger than the metal piece? thats strange...

but use something to heat it up and force it through.. should do the trick i.e. a lighter.. if not just shave down the hose till it fits

[Craved]

right reading it twice would have helped lol

yeah what brand guage is it? what brand hose did you buy to replace it? or did you just cut the original hose down?

[No Crust Racing]

It's an autometer guage and the hose is factory. I I can press the hose into the little seal up to being flush with the end of the smaller end of that little seal but not any further, given the way the seal is shaped I need to push the hose through the large end and out the small end then thread the whole tube through as the tighter end is the end that faces the outside of the nut, get me?

[No Crust Racing]

I theaded it in s far as it would go then but the small seal part in backwards to test it, sucked on the hose to create some vacuum then sealed it with my tongue and it didn't drop so it's sealing, crisis averted. Now the question becomes where to mount it. I can't use a pillar mount as I wanna put it right down low on the pillar near the vent, Otherwise I was thinking on the steering column blocking the factory guage,

thoughts?

[Craved]

i placed mine WITHIN the dash where the mirror controls are normally location .. totally legal

takes a bit of work though, need to fibreglass up a cup, then fibreglass that to the dash ..

havent finished mine yet, should have a pic somewhere if your interested

[sinistaGTR]

hey mate,

if you go to enzed or pirtek you can get a brass connector that goes onto the back of your boost gaude (threads on) lets you use you normal 6mm silicon vacuum hose thats what i did and its heaps easier to T into a vac line than the thin stuff and seals no worries as its a normal vac nipple on the end.

[No Crust Racing]

I'm not that hardcore but pix would be good

[Craved]

hmm only have one here... not the best view of it, but it shows the location

making the cup was easy, as mine was the larger type guages ..60mm and i just fibreglassed around a coke can, then cut it square

[No Crust Racing]

That's pretty fancy, bit skilled for me though

[Craved]

yeah got sick of getting defected for the guages on the pillar, so i got into it, just located the mirror control underneath were it is normally..

need to get it sprayed now though .

[No Crust Racing]

You can get defected for a guage on the pillar? y?

[Craved]

You can get defected for a guage on the pillar? y?

well in NSW they are a visual obstruction and within the "Crash zone", so they pin you alot for it.

easy $75 fine is why i think they do it.

[No Crust Racing]

Ahh, I'm on the VIC/NSW border so that matters but I was gonna mount mine right down low near the vent. Where the pillar meets the dash area.

[sinistaGTR]

you in albury dude.....

[sinistaGTR]

see your loc now derr i will be there in 3 weeks for 2 1/2 months bringin my car with me

[MsG_ChRiS]

its aparently dangerous ...

i'll vouch that at night my 2 gauges make it hard to see the drivers side mirror ... because of the reflection ...

but in the day its fine ... i think its safer in a way because you dont have to look down ...

anyway its the law so thats the risk you take putting them there ...

[No Crust Racing]

Cool, let us know when you're here and I'll introduce you to some other skyline owners, might make the stay less boring

If I go the pillar option, I want it right down the bottom near that vent, surely that should be OK?

[Craved]

doubt it, but you can only try..

have a look there was a thread about a guy making a little pd for his down there from fibreglass.. doubt you'll want to