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Posted by: drewvw Apr 27 2006, 07:55 PM

Read some of the threads in the archives and decided to take a trip to Home Depot tonight. One water pressure gauge, a couple of brass couplers and 20 bones later
I got myself a homemade contraption.

Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a piece of crap.

Posted by: Mueller Apr 27 2006, 08:07 PM

QUOTE(drewvw @ Apr 27 2006, 06:55 PM)

Hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a piece of crap.

I'd hope the seals inside the gauge are tolerant of the fuel and you don't burn the car to the ground

Posted by: drewvw Apr 27 2006, 08:15 PM

ummmmm what! Talk to me here.....

Its all brass...I concluded that it would handle fuel for a short period of time. I'm not mounting it in there permanently.

Posted by: Demick Apr 27 2006, 08:28 PM

It will work fine for installing it temporarily for checking your fuel pressure. But I wouldn't mount it permanently due to being designed for water instead of gas.

Demick

Posted by: drewvw Apr 27 2006, 08:50 PM

Thanks. Based on the posts I read, that's what I figured. Definitely not installing it permanently. Does the amount of hose attached to the gauge matter?

I made it long enough so the guage is out of the engine compartment (for safety reasons).

Posted by: michelko Apr 28 2006, 02:29 AM

QUOTE(drewvw @ Apr 27 2006, 06:50 PM)

Thanks. Based on the posts I read, that's what I figured. Definitely not installing it permanently. Does the amount of hose attached to the gauge matter?

I made it long enough so the guage is out of the engine compartment (for safety reasons).

Did the same and worked well for me. Go on try it.

Posted by: SLITS Apr 28 2006, 06:01 AM

Relax....I've used FLAPS cheap oil pressure guages, the air pressure guage off of cheap 12V compressors and my favorite is a SW Manifold Pressure guage......

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