gauge install
04-18-2005, 05:40 PM
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thanks doods! i will install it today. roundman, im gonna use the nylon tubing for the first few days than i will switch to copper. 42 dollars for some braided line, geez, thats more than i payed for my gauges. [8D]
04-18-2005, 08:17 PM
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so how do i get the oil pressure "mushroom" off? i tried twisting it but i keeps going and going and going... i feel a nut at the bottom of it do i have to loosen that?
04-18-2005, 11:46 PM
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ok. i got it. they are mounted and hooked up. i get 50 psi at idle and about 60 at 3000 rpm's. i think my oil is a little overfilled. tommorow i will clean up some wires they look good. thanks for the help everyone.
04-19-2005, 12:27 AM
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thanks doods! i will install it today. roundman, im gonna use the nylon tubing for the first few days than i will switch to copper. 42 dollars for some braided line, geez, thats more than i payed for my gauges. [8D]
thanks doods! i will install it today. roundman, im gonna use the nylon tubing for the first few days than i will switch to copper. 42 dollars for some braided line, geez, thats more than i payed for my gauges. [8D]
04-19-2005, 04:05 AM
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thanks doods! i will install it today. roundman, im gonna use the nylon tubing for the first few days than i will switch to copper. 42 dollars for some braided line, geez, thats more than i payed for my gauges. [8D]
thanks doods! i will install it today. roundman, im gonna use the nylon tubing for the first few days than i will switch to copper. 42 dollars for some braided line, geez, thats more than i payed for my gauges. [8D]
04-19-2005, 04:14 AM
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What about just using the electronic style oil pressure gauge? By the time you spend $ for the mech gauge, then $ for the braided hose, you might come out ahead, probably easier to intall too. Do you guys know something I don't? Are they less accurate?
04-19-2005, 06:28 AM
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What about just using the electronic style oil pressure gauge? By the time you spend $ for the mech gauge, then $ for the braided hose, you might come out ahead, probably easier to intall too. Do you guys know something I don't? Are they less accurate?
What about just using the electronic style oil pressure gauge? By the time you spend $ for the mech gauge, then $ for the braided hose, you might come out ahead, probably easier to intall too. Do you guys know something I don't? Are they less accurate?
i think electrical gauges are more expensive. id get them though.
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