Brass Fittings?

[Rider90]

Where is there a large selection of Brass Fittings either online or at local stores? I hit Menards and Murray's Auto Parts today and did not find what I was looking for.

1/8" Female into 1/4" Male

Any ideas? I'm changing to a real oil pressure gauge and sender. Unfortunatly the sender that came with my Nordskog gauges appears to be a 1/8" male and the opening near the oil filter appears to be 1/4"

From what I've been told this will be a hard part to come by.

[thePunisher]

home depot or lowes has a decent selection....

[martyo]

Get in touch with Nordskog or Autometer,

[cruzer]

Check NAPA--they have a good variety of brass fittings

[magindat]

You'll proly need 1/4Mx1/4M + 1/4Fx1/8F put together.

[Dragcity]

Agreed, some times you have to step the fittings to get it to work. You may need two or three fittings to get to where you need to be.

[Rider90]

Thanks guys, I'll call Napa today, we have an account with em anyways...I'll hit home depot or Lowes sometime this weekend. Til then, The Marauder sits, and will be a blast to drive once its back on the road. Thanks

[Rider90]

I was going to call Napa on the way home from work if Pep Boys didn't have what I needed, and they did.

This whole install was a pain in the ass. Took me 6 hours to install a boost gauge and sending unit, an oil pressure gauge and it's sending unit. 6 hours....

But they look good. For some reason my boost gauge is telling me I get 1 lb boost at idle, and at WOT I'm at 12.........

[BigCars4Ever]

I found lots of fittings at Ace hardware. Way more than the big chain guys had.

[Bradley G]

That does not sound right.
Maybe the gauge is not calibrated correctly.
If the boost guage is Ford,..... nevermind :P
Are you good to go?
I was going to call Napa on the way home from work if Pep Boys didn't have what I needed, and they did.

This whole install was a pain in the ass. Took me 6 hours to install a boost gauge and sending unit, an oil pressure gauge and it's sending unit. 6 hours....

But they look good. For some reason my boost gauge is telling me I get 1 lb boost at idle, and at WOT I'm at 12.........

[Rider90]

That does not sound right.
Maybe the gauge is not calibrated correctly.
If the boost guage is Ford,..... nevermind :P
Are you good to go?
Good to go? Not sure. It's all working. Maybe this gauge comes from a ricer family - adds a couple pounds of boost here and there...

[martyo]

But they look good. For some reason my boost gauge is telling me I get 1 lb boost at idle, and at WOT I'm at 12.........

Are you sure you hooked up the boost guage tap at the right point? The gauge should show vacuum at idle. It sure sounds like you did not put the tap at the right point.

[Rider90]

Are you sure you hooked up the boost guage tap at the right point? The gauge should show vacuum at idle. It sure sounds like you did not put the tap at the right point.
There is a plastic tube that goes from the back of the blower atop the manifold area into the interior and to the back of the sending unit. One end of the unit needed to be grounded, the other end is hooked up to the orange signal wire from the boost gauge. The gauge is grounded and I have power, but...don't understand those readings. It does not show vacuum, only boost.

[Zack]

Are you sure you hooked up the boost guage tap at the right point? The gauge should show vacuum at idle. It sure sounds like you did not put the tap at the right point.

Where would you hook it up to show boost at idle Marty?

[Warpath]

Try Russell (http://www.russellperformance.com/). You can find them most places like Summit (www.summitracing.com). You can also try Goodridge (http://www.goodridge.net/usa/index.htm) which is your best bet. Call Goodridge though and ask for what you need. They had some wild brake line adapters I needed that no one else had. But, I had to call them to find them. I eventually found them in their catalogue afterward.