just installed mine today, im in the process of mounting it on the steering column. but i come to find out that the white electrical line is wayyy too short to reach the wire im supposed to tap (according to the install page) anyone else have this problem? the wire is probably only 5 inches long which doesnt give me ANY room to work with

 

Honestly just search because there has been a million threads on this. You'll sone learn that you don't use that nylon line at all. You can buy the installation kit at 42draftdesigns.com or you can do what I did and buy a brass nipple fitting at you local hardware store to screw onto the back of your boost gauge then pick up some standard black rubber vacuum line, t-fitting and your good to go!

 

i have the gauge hooked up and everything, i was talking about the wires that light up the gauge.. the black (ground) and the white (which is supposed to be tapped in a green and white wire near the fog light display)... the prob is the white wire is too short

 

are you kidding me... You will need to go buy some wire and solder the new wire to the short exsisting wire and run it to your power/ground source. They are not made for it to be long enough. For some reason Autometer, Stewart Warner never have came with additional wiring.

 

thanks guy

 

if you got the installation kit it should have came with butt connectors and extra wire.

 

dont forget some heat shrink too.

 

butt connector, T tap...

and heatshrink is extemely unneccessary.

 

i agree with you thats what i did, 2 butt connecters and some extra wire, you can either tap into the cig lighter or fuse box.

 

electrical tape and twist em together =)

That's what I do, and I have had zero problems. it doesnt look as clean but I didn't have a butt connector =)

 

I personally dont like automotive butt connectors. Unreliable IMO. Its whatever the person feels comfortable doing though. Not everyones wiring skills are the same.

 

Agreed! A t-tap will become loose over time and eventually stop making contact with the wire it was placed on. Those things are time saving measures for the lazy. Hard wiring will last longer, plus you get to learn how to use a soldering iron...

 

+1 on the solder/heatshrink.

butt connectors are an unreliable way of doing things, especially with the time it takes to get behind the dash. I believe in doing it right the first time. I learned the hard way, don't do things janky style.

Twist with electrical tape? Are you serious!?! That's possibly the worst thing you could do. When that electrical tape heats up, the adhesive melts. After awhile it breaks down, which stops holding the wires together.

If you're goin to do it the cheap fast way, atleast use a butt connector. Heatshrink will help also

 

Yup, I'm dead serious, I was also an electronics type person in the military and before that I played with all sorts of electronics as a kid, and do you know what? I've never had 1 problem doing it that way.

the ONLY reason I use butt connectors and such are to make my installs look clean, if it's something that wont be seen, it gets the twist and tape.

People go way overboard on everything, use a butt connector on a piece of wire and then do a twist and tape and then test them, they'll flow damn near the same.