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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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hey guys got my gauges put in and now cant get the boost to read ... the instructions with the gauge said tap into a vacumm line and thats wat i did but im reading nothing and dont understand
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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I would assume thats a Glow shift guage???

You need to drill and tap the intake manifold or use the 1/8" pipe plug on the side of the head. Youll need the 1/8" fitting (and probably a new ferrule). And of course youll need to fix the vacume line that you incorrectly teed into.

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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 10:08 PM
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wow im glad the directions said to do that ... crap ... fail ... ... thanx ... will do that when i drill my exh to put the prob in
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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Its hard to see in the pic but the plug is under one leg of the intake manifold. Easy to find once you know where to look.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 10:51 PM
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tapping into the vaccum line will only measure vaccum not boost.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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Yeah, the guage needs to go the other way if youre measuring Vacuume.
 
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Old Nov 6, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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glow sht
 
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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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ok took out the plug that was there and put in the plug with the fitting that came with the gauges but still no boost ? i sure i put it in the right place

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its right were the picture shows ... and i dont get it

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never mind ... got it working ... lame the hose that came with the gauge was craked so replaced it with some line i had at the house and we golden ... thanx for the help guys
 

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Old Nov 7, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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Glad you got it fixed.
 
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