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Old 05-06-2003, 08:16 AM
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Default Still don't know how to connect nylon tube with vacuum hose on boost gauge...

Guys, check out the pic in the link. Is that how all of you have your nylon tube and vacuum hose connected? If so, I just don't get how that would not leak. If not, how do you guys have it? Is there some type of connector that allows you to connect the two hoses properly? TIA! (Man, when I'm through with this, I should write a tech article so that any noob can do this without fear...)<ul><li><a href="http://www.funkadelic.org/gallery/boostgauge-awe/aah">Nylon Tube Connected to Vacuum Hose</a></li></ul>
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Default Yep that's it.

The hard line just needs to be snug inside the soft vacuum line, then put a zip tie around it. Never had any issues with leaking. Good luck

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Mine looks the same
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Default I actually found a fitting

If memory serves me right, there are two compression fittings that come with the hardware kit I bought. One was used to attach to the gauge itself and at the other end the compression fitting had male 1/8" NPT threads.

I found a fitting at the local hardware store that had female 1/8" NPT threads on one end to mate with the above fitting and a 3/16" hose barb at the other end.

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Default You can also buy an adapter that accepts the 1/8" nylon tube on one end and the vac tube at

the other. The one I picked up has a rubber end for the 1/8th and a barbed nylon end for the vac line.
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