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Date:         Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:41:19 -0500
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fuel pressure Guage
Comments: To: Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <42240A6A.2090802@mchsi.com>
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A list member made one for me and I have been using it for a few years now. Just a pressure gauge from Home Depot that works with oil (not sure exactly which one you would need) and has a range of 100 psi. He screwed a fitting on the bottom and then clamped a piece of 7mm fuel line to it. You can take out the test port screw and then slide the other end of the fuel line on to the test port and clamp it down. Works great! Just FYI.

Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com

Al and Sue Brase wrote:

> I'm a little puzzzled as to why you need a schrader valve to bleed the > fuel line.The few cc's of air in the line will compress and transmit the > pressure to the guage just fine. The rest of the FI system is self > bleeding. I think most any oil pressure gauge will work okay. The old > Stewart Warner gauge I have probably has brass stuff inside which will > work just fine with the gasoline. Besides, why would anyone leave it > there permanently! > Al Brase > > Mark Keller wrote: > >> Philip Chidlaw wrote: >> >>> Mark, thanks for posting the timely info on putting together a fuel >>> pressure gauge. I need one of these right away for troubleshooting a >>> starting problem with my van. The remote and tiny berg I dwell in has >>> only >>> 1 possible source for the components -- a Napa Auto Parts store. >>> This is >>> why I am typically forced to do business through the mail. If you can >>> recommend an internet or mail-order source that would be fantastic. So >>> simple to assemble, yet impossible without access to parts. >>> >>> A few questions remain to help me locate parts, if you wouldn't mind: >>> Does >>> the gauge need to meet some fuel contact rating? Was the guage actually >>> designed for hydraulics? What is the scale on the gauge you used - I >>> imagine not greater than 0-100 psi would be desireable. Where did you >>> find >>> the schraeder valve, and does it just thread into the tee? Lastly, in >>> use, >>> do you use a screw-type hose clamp to secure the hose at the fuel line >>> hose barb? >>> >>> Thanks a million for the help. -Phil >>> >>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:20:19 -0800, Mark Keller <kelphoto@TELUS.NET> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> An excellant fuel pressure guage can be made by looking in the yellow >>>> pages for companies that make up hydraulic hose or welding supplies. >>>> Our town's hose shop has guages for less than $10. Get a foot or so >>>> of high pressure hose while your there, 5/16 or 7mm I think, double >>>> check, This hose slides over the bleeder screw/ hose barb tee >>>> fitting in >>>> the fuel line. It's located near the distributor base, >>>> >>>> Anyway, also get a brass tee female thread. The three ports are: one >>>> for the guage, one for the hose barb, and one for a schraeder valve, >>>> its >>>> to bleed air out of theline, and is the same thing as a air valve in a >>>> tire. NOTE to ensure safe practices when you are burping the guage, >>>> and are disconnecting after testing. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> Philip, >> >> The NAPA auto parts store also carries these basic items, although the >> price may be a little higher. The best answer to you question is that >> you on the right track-- I actually used a spare fuel injection hose >> clamp. Ensure that you use fuel injection hose for the guage. The >> guage is just a plain old guage, 0-100 psi is right., and the schraeder >> (sp) valve does screw into the tee; NAPA too. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mark >> >


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