Author Topic: boost indicator? (Read 9912 times)

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #15 on:** August 11, 2004, 10:33:21 am »

i can get the hard line in 1/8" but thats like double the size (or about 4 times the interior area) of the line that came with the gauge (the original lines and fittings i left in the corrado).

the bigger problem is finding a compression fitting and tee that will mate it all up to the vac line to the LDA and to the boost gauge.

i can get standard OEM vac line from the dealer at an okay price, and i'm sure partsource would have a tee for me... but then i can't attach the line to the gauge... can't find a compression fitting that will work... and i don't even know if you can use a compression fitting with the cloth/rubber OEM line......

i still havent contacted autometer about getting the line/fitting that would come with their boost gauges... maybe its time to just order something from them. :?

QuickTD · « **Reply #16 on:** August 11, 2004, 05:50:46 pm »

Are you sure you're getting the proper stuff? All my mechanical autometer guages I have take standard 1/8 nylon "air brake" type hose and fittings. Try your local heavy truck supply. Harmon heavy vehicle specialists on Franklin drive in Cambridge should have it. Most carquest auto parts stores have a "weatherhead" brass fitting assortment and also keep this tubing. I joined mine to the LDA boost hose using a vacuum "T". I just heated up the 1/8 nylon tubing with a lighter and mashed the end into a makeshift barb. Secured it to a short peice of vacuum hose with a zip tie and plugged it onto the "T", no leaks to this day.

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #17 on:** August 12, 2004, 08:22:24 am »

thanks for the tips quickTD. i'm down franklin now and then (used to work nights down there actually), i'll check it out.

QuickTD · « **Reply #18 on:** August 12, 2004, 07:49:58 pm »

Been a while since I worked in Cambridge (7 years?), hopefully harmon is still there... I worked at RED/CAM manufacturing on Eagle for 5 years, building CNC milling machines and lathes. Every time I go back the city is completely different. If Harmon is gone, there is a new Mack truck dealer at the corner of Sheldon and Franklin. They should have something. I'm sure Kitchener/Waterloo is also full of heavy truck dealers. The 1/8" line and compression fittings are often used for the hi/lo range selection valves located on the gear shift on heavy trucks.

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #19 on:** August 13, 2004, 10:46:04 am »

pure gold. thanks quickTD. will have a look around in the coming weeks..

was down there last night but it was well after closing.

farkman · « **Reply #20 on:** August 13, 2004, 02:26:07 pm »

Lanny

Does your turbo have a line going to the wastegate chamber thing (I have no idea what it's called) that has the spring inside to actuate the wastegate. You can just cut into that and put in a t-fitting. That's what I did on my car a few weeks ago and it works fine. Now I have to turn up the boost, it's only goes up to 9psi.

Peter