bigjhoney

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Im going to install mine tommorrow, and im using the grommet behind the passenger shock tower. My question is, It doesnt seem like their is enough of the supplied vacumn line to reach, did anyone have a problem with not enough line with through that grommet? Im installing the gauge on the sterring column, thanks.

feldguy

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No, make it through the firewall behind the master cylinder and it'll go right up to a splice off near the valve cover/throttle body area. Dont let anyone BS you, they're quite accurate.

bigjhoney

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Yea i always go with autometer, best quality for the money. I dont want to drill through the firewall, thats why im asking if the line will reach, it seems like its a possibility, but then again im not positive.

jfh

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Where are you placing the gauge? Mine is in the DIN opening and it reached fine. Don't recall if there would have been enough line to reach the steering column or the A-pillar when running it through the passenger side of the firewall.

o-genkichan

That's the hole i used but the line (tubing) is not long enough.I just bought some extra tubing at Pep Boys

feldguy

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Or you could just buy more line....HAHA! They sell that stuff by the foot at Lowes or a hardware store. Same stuff. Be really careful to not cut, kink or damage it too.

Ev0 1

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It reaches fine, I ran my hose through there and mounted my gauge on top of the steering wheel. Now I just gotta figure out why it doesn't show taper...

DEL TURBO

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Mine is mounted in an Autometer steering column pod. The line is running through the grommet, but it does reach the steering column. I have it running behind the glove box, close to the firewall.

bigjhoney

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^^I got the same pod.

sirploppy

Yeah, I was about two inches short when I went through that grommet, just barely. I got some extra line from pep-boys...

nubby

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I went through the passenger side grommet, and if I remember correctly there was enough of the supplied line to just make it. You have to tap into a vacuum line so you have to adapt the nylon line to vacuum hose anyway, so you can get some extra length there.

Here's some photos that might help from a previous thread:

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=100508

After looking at them, they're not that helpful. : )

The biggest challenge I found was adapting the nylon hose to the vacuum lines. What I ended up doing was buying a compression fitting for the nylon line, and then a bayonet type fitting at a hardware store. I could then put the nylon line into the compression fitting, and plug the vacuum hose into the brass bayonet which then went into the tee off the vacuum line I tapped off of.

Take your nylon hose, and a piece of vacuum line to a hardware store, and you should be able to piece together what you need just looking in the plumbing parts drawers.

Oh, and you can drill a hole in the grommet, and have a nice weather-tight seal against the nylon line.