>Randy;
>Installing a permanent fuel pressure gauge is not that hard. I mounted
>the gauge on the chassis in the engine compartment i.e. not on the engine
>due to vibrations. I used the small flexible hose used to hook up oil
>pressure gauges. The first gauge I installed failed due to the
>rapid,minute variations in fuel pressure. It wore out. An oil filled
>gauge might  have helped here but instead I added a cutoff valve inline
>with the new gauge.
>It is convenient to periodically check the regulator and injector leak
>down.
>Drive Safely & Good Luck
>Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

Have you considered adding a very small orifice in line with the gauge?
This would dampen fuel pressure fluctuations.

Also, I know no one would ever do this, BUT, it's a real poor idea to put
one of these in the cockpit, in case the line were ever to burst.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp.ee.memphis.edu