vinyl hose on boost gauge

[theycallmebruce]

i bought an autometer ultralite used and it came with the gauge with tubing attached.

how do you T the vinyl hose into the vac hose?
is there supposed to be another brass fitting at the end of it?

 

[TurBoGs-T]

go to pepboys or whatever, get you a 7/32 T Fitting and just t it between the bov and the intake mani.

 

[psychlow]

I'm kinda having the same problem with this, Bruce.

A 7/32'' fitting? How do you adapt that to the vinyl hose?

 

[kpt4321]

You can get a little rubber adaptor that has a hole on one end that will fit over one side of a plastic T, and a much smaller hole in the other side that the vinyl hose will fit into. Then SECURELY zip tie both sides down and check for leaks. It should work fine.

It's a little black rubber thing, about one inch long, and one side is slightly smaller than the other.

 

[Defiant]

They make Ts with various sizes, including different sizes in the same T.

 

[TurBoGs-T]

In referance to my previous post...

I was thinking about a boost controller. I think the boost gauge line is 7/32 also but not totally sure.

 

[dave99gst]

you need a "tee" with 2 barbed ends (for the rubber hose) and 1 threaded end for a compretion fitting (for the vinyl hose).
( to do it right )

 

[bosljeff]

I PMd you some info.

 

[theycallmebruce]

thanks for all the input.
i'm gonna go to home depot and see if i can find a fitting for the end of the vinyl hose. if that works, i can just attach a short bit of rubber vac hose to the fitting and then T off 3 vac lines.
sounds like it would look kinda ghetto =P

either that or i'll look into the plumbing stuff and see if i can get the correct T and fitting combination for the job.

and this is one of the easier gauges to install.....

 

[FASTSPOOLINGST]

Man, i'm having the exact same problem. Did you solve it yet? How did you fix it? I was looking for a compression fitting to go on the end of the white tubing at Lowes, but they didn't have one there. Does anyone know where I can get the rubber adapter at? Or the correct compression fitting that adapts to the vac hose?

Does the vac lines have to be 7/32nd size?

 

[dave99gst]

im sure ya can get one from autometer. ( or somone that sells a/m) lie summit etc.