Hey guys... im almost done with swapping my gauges and my radio in my 9 MR.... HOwever.. The vacuum hose for the boost gauge will not come close to reaching the upper din. What did you guys do? Should I Just get a plastic fitting and get another hose to stretch?

 

you could re-route the hose through the upper part of the firewall behind the strut on the passenger side

 

Alright... I'm not too familiar with the firewall setup.. Basically I reroute the hose from the origin and put it through a different firewall?

 

As it is now.. It comes from the firewall next to the glove compartment...

 

I did this a couple weeks ago and it was very simple. Theres a how-to written up on it. When i was reconnecting the hose it was pretty tight, just re-route it back up and behind the hvac controls. Mine didn't have much slack so i had to angle the guage pod and connect the hose first then connect the others.

 

you say theres a "how to" for it... this I know. HOwever it doesn't mention this rerouting the hose issue right?

 

basically when you unplugged the radio, you had to send the black wire and the white tab down behind the hvac controls so you could plug the radio in where the guages were. Just do the same thing with the guage wires. Like i said there wasn't much slack for the vacuum hose.

 

Im talking about the boost gauge hose... Theres no way it can reach up to the upper din drivers side...

 

I had the same issue when I swapped mine, all I had to do is pull on the boost line a little to get some more slack, hook it up and make sure its reading correctly then vuola!

 

Mine reached fine. I did snake it around the back of the AC harnesses though. There is a way.

 

Like others have said try pulling on it and getting some more slack. It should be able to reach up there.

 

"Mine reached fine. I did snake it around the back of the AC harnesses though. There is a way."

Did you put your boost on the left side of it though? I mean I can see a possibility of it reaching up to the right side of the gauges but not the left...

 

yes moving the boost guage to the left makes it harder but it can be done. Where is hillsborough? If you aren't too far, maybe we can meet up and ill help you out.

 

My boost gauge is on the left, just give the boost line a pull and it should work out fine.

Hillsborough... geesh havent been there in a while, my lil sister lives there.

 

Hah really? Yeah I love it here.

And by the way... I gave it a couple of tugs and i got it to fit the right side... I actually like it to the right... Same thing basically... Thanks for all your help guys!