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Subject:Re: VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:48:56 -0400

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, westydriver wrote:

> i went to a shop that used to make all my hoses when i was busy racing
> my ACVWs.  one long adapter from 1/8 pipe up to AN, one earls AN line
> of 10 inches, one and to 1/8 pipe female fitting.  only about 2 bucks
> more than the VDO.  the extra couple inches put it where i wanted it to
> go as well.  note when you use the extended hose it will be a second or
> two or three before idiot lights and guage react.  after that i have
> found readings to be accurate.

Did you purge the air out of the hose, or is that unnecessary?

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