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my boost gauge is leaking and so i sniped off the cracked portion of the hose

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Old 01-27-2004, 08:54 PM
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Default my boost gauge is leaking and so i sniped off the cracked portion of the hose

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but now, i dont have this part...is there any substitute i can use? im thinking about wrapping it in a lot of electrical tape, and then screwing it in. would that work and hold it in?
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Default That works for a little bit, like a day or two

and then wrap the outside too, but it will eventually leak
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why you don't have those parts? You can reuse them.
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Go to Home Depot, they have them.
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you cant reuse them, they scrunch up onto the tubing,
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you know what time that hd closes in tustin?
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just cut the tubing up and recover them.
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Too late, they close at 9:00pm, open at 7:00am
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they deformed and the hose cant fit through them again.
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Default HD's should be open till 10pm.

The one here in Murrieta used to be open 24 hrs.


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