can anyone help out an N/A guy???
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can anyone help out an N/A guy??? as you can see from my sig, i don't have a blower or turbo, but i'm trying to run a vacuum gauge and i need some help....
i've done a search and it seems the easiest vacuum/boost source is the brake booster line. my problem is the brake booster line looks to be about a 3/4 inch hose and the vacuum line to the gauge is a 1/8" plastic tube (i think it's 1/8" anyhow.)
anyway, im betting there's NO tee-fitting made that'll reduce that small. i'm hoping somebody can show me a picture of your setup for tapping the brake booster line for your boost gauge. my idea is hopefully to use some kind of manifold-type block fitting large enough for the booster line and thread a compression fitting type deal into the third port. (the same one that seals the back of the gauge.)
any input would be appreciated because i'm trying to figure out a non-rube goldberg solution to this.
--Mike
i've done a search and it seems the easiest vacuum/boost source is the brake booster line. my problem is the brake booster line looks to be about a 3/4 inch hose and the vacuum line to the gauge is a 1/8" plastic tube (i think it's 1/8" anyhow.)
anyway, im betting there's NO tee-fitting made that'll reduce that small. i'm hoping somebody can show me a picture of your setup for tapping the brake booster line for your boost gauge. my idea is hopefully to use some kind of manifold-type block fitting large enough for the booster line and thread a compression fitting type deal into the third port. (the same one that seals the back of the gauge.)
any input would be appreciated because i'm trying to figure out a non-rube goldberg solution to this.
--Mike
Mike feel further back on the intake where the brake booster connects and you will feel a smaller vacum line that leads towards the pasenger side of the car and it will accept a small T like you are looking for etc... you can pic one up at any local auto parts store for sure. That is the vacum source for the A/C system etc. Good luck it is hard to feel but you can get it just take your time.
Jeff
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Originally Posted by Inspector12
Mike feel further back on the intake where the brake booster connects and you will feel a smaller vacum line that leads towards the pasenger side of the car and it will accept a small T like you are looking for etc... you can pic one up at any local auto parts store for sure. That is the vacum source for the A/C system etc. Good luck it is hard to feel but you can get it just take your time.
Jeff
Jeff
where does that line end up just in case i can't get in there to cut the line and get the T in?. maybe i can trace it around to somwhere with a little room to work??. i've been told i can forget about getting to those lines back there without taking a WHOLE LOT of stuff apart which i'd like to avoid for a simple little gauge connection. thanx again, and anyone else with any other ideas, i'd appreciate those too.
Last edited by DeepBlueZ; Dec 13, 2004 at 01:55 AM.
