Ford Racing/ Autometer boost gauge
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Ford Racing/ Autometer boost gauge
I just installed a boost gauge today and it works/looks great... but I have a question, when I took the guage out of the box it was zero'd perfectly, but after taking a spin around the block and shutting off the truck the needle stopped right below the box, is this normal? gauge seemed accurate as it read 8lbs with a slight spike to 9 then dropping back to 8. thanks
Chris
Chris
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Try this, I had to do it to my Autometer:
Take the guage out of the pod and pull the light socket out of the back. Look inside the light socket hole. There is a simi-flat looking large copper tube that winds about 2/3rds the way around the inside of the guage body. One end of the tube is connected to a boost source and the other end is connected to a gear arangement.
Anyway.....get in there with a pencil or something and push on that tube and watch the guage face you will see the dial move.
Now with a little bit of messing around you should be able to calibrate you own boost guage. Keep pressing on the tube until the gauge reads "0". AND DONT BREAK ANYTHING
Dale
PS this is common with the autometer boost guages that I have used....they almost never read "0" out of the box and further more when the weather changes so will your "0".
Take the guage out of the pod and pull the light socket out of the back. Look inside the light socket hole. There is a simi-flat looking large copper tube that winds about 2/3rds the way around the inside of the guage body. One end of the tube is connected to a boost source and the other end is connected to a gear arangement.
Anyway.....get in there with a pencil or something and push on that tube and watch the guage face you will see the dial move.
Now with a little bit of messing around you should be able to calibrate you own boost guage. Keep pressing on the tube until the gauge reads "0". AND DONT BREAK ANYTHING
Dale
PS this is common with the autometer boost guages that I have used....they almost never read "0" out of the box and further more when the weather changes so will your "0".
