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Questions about installing a boost pressure gauge

Old Feb 20, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Questions about installing a boost pressure gauge

Hi all:
I got the complete boost pressure guage kit, but no diagram or instructions as to installation. There is an older thread with about 4 posts on the subject, but it does not answer my fundamental question: where do you plumb the "sensor" or whatever it's called. Being somewhat challenged by explanations, and pictures being worth a million words in my book, if any of y'all has a picture to show where to plumb, I'd be really grateful.
Thanks for your understanding, I might need some compassion, too, I guess...
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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Billut,

There is a plug in the area underneath where the intake horn goes into the manifold/head. Take that plug out and replace it the the brass fitting and ferule that came with your gauge. Try doing a search as I believe there were some pics on this subject.

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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 09:36 PM
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Billut,

I found a pic for you.

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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 10:26 PM
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man you beat me to it
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Old Feb 20, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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John,

Your's is a better pic.

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Matt
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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Man, this site is awesome! There's always someone out there to share their knowledge, and that's invaluable to those - like me - who miss it badly.

Matt and John, thanks so much for the pics and the explanation!
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 09:41 AM
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Ive got a 24v and I'v ebeen wanting a boost gauge. Is the same plug there on mine? That sure would be sweet if it were.
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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i dont think so, but im not up to snuff on 24v. you could tap your air horn and plumb it in there. you probably should check in the 24v forums, they would have a better answer for you
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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Questions about installing a boost pressure gauge-boost-port-001.jpg


just noticed this, will it work for my boost port?
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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It looks like somebody already installed a gauge there. Where's the line go?
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 06:49 PM
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in the cab by the fuse block, do you think that location will work on the intake housing
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Old Feb 21, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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Yes, that will be fine.
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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SO all you need is basically a pressure gauge between the turbo and the intake.
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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 03:14 PM
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Kind of interesting they went to all the work of tapping the intake horn when there are two empty plugs in the intake already. Must have been a 24v guy install it.

The 24v does not have an easy to use place in the head. There is a large tapped hole towards the rear by the MAP sensor but IIRC it is a harder to find metric size. Most with the 24v trucks drill and tap the intake horn like in the pic above.

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Old Feb 22, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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I HAVE MY BOOST GAUGE INSTALLED IN THE AIR HORN GOING INTO THE INTAKE. WORKS GREAT FOR ME.
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YES, THAT IS A BEER KEG. I MADE ME A COOLANT PUKE TANK OUT OF IT.
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