Just recieved some goodies but need help...

GTA_V6_Mustang

Active Member
Nov 29, 2004
1,326
3
39
Miami, FL
Well I ordered some gauges one of them being a fuel pressure gauge. With a sender (dont trust fuel lines in car) It has a 1/8npt anyone have any suggestions on getting it to work? Like what do i do to get it in the fuel lines or something? Anything? lol
 
autometer sells a fitting so you can put the sending unit in where the fuel pressure test port is on the stock fuel rail. or some after market Fuel pressure regulators will have a port on the back of them. but thats a little more pricey:D
 
autometer sells a fitting so you can put the sending unit in where the fuel pressure test port is on the stock fuel rail. or some after market Fuel pressure regulators will have a port on the back of them. but thats a little more pricey:D

Damn then I would have to wait another week to put this thing in... There has to be another way. Anyone do it another way?
 
I was always in the thinking that we could find a Schrader valve adaptor to convert it to 1/8. I looked everywhere. even in industrial catalogs. Sorry, but you have to remove the Schrader valve and use the Autometer fitting. The fitting is NOT cheap. But the expense is worth it. Even if you have a 1/4in gauge / threads, you can apapt the 1/8 into a 1/4 and use those style gauges / threads.

AUTOMETER 3280

http://www.jegs.com/i/Auto Meter/105/3280/10002/-1?CT=999

It only takes 2 days to get anything from Summit or Jegs.
 
Here is a pic of my n2o fuel line and mech. FP guage line off a fitting from the schrader valve.

There is one fitting from the scrader valve to the T fitting, then the lines have an AN fitting in each open T with the fuel line connected to that AN fitting. I would think you could use something very sim. to this.

642232_52_full.jpg
 
GTA V6 MUSTANG Thats a big sender, myne is half the size.

Autometer recomends that the sensor be away from vibration, but would it still be ok to use the 1/16 to 1/8 then a 1/8 90* then the sensor off the fuel rail?
 
Its big but it works dead on! and it doesnt look so bad under the hood. And my dog was trying to eat it, lol. Shes so damn nosy. But i Have had it on the rail for a thousand miles now, np. Just got back from vaca, no problems the whole trip there around and back. Funny watching it starting in 30* temp, was a psi or 2 low then on warm up was fine again. Anyway Mine is also large in part I guess because the sender and guage I only paid 45 bucks for. And might I add, a bad ass gauge too. lol. Everyone loves my set up- I will have to get pics for you guys.
 
I thought it might have been from an older model. Make sure to get pics under the hood.

Well here are the pics all together as requested, lol Pardon my dust just got back from 1000 mile trip so car is filthy and so is engine bay. Ill wash whole thing sometime during week.

PICT2084-1.webp

PICT2085-1.webp

PICT2086.webp

PICT2081.webp

PICT2080.webp

PICT2083.webp

PICT2082-1.webp


I love them, they have 7 color settings, Have them on teal to match car. And the are full sweep fully electronic and have a tinted lens so when they are off you cant see whats what, lol.