Now to the inside....

You have the bottom removed, now for the A-pillar. First look for the plastic tab where it says "AIRBAG" and pop it off. There is a 10mm bolt under it. Remove it.

Once removed pop the pillar off. Make sure you have clean hands as you don't want to leave dirty hand prints on the cloth. Also remove the fuse panel cover on the end of the dash by the door.

Grab your vacuum tube that you ran through the firewall and run it up by the fuse holder. There is plenty of room and you can route it all the way up to the pillar.

Grab your pillar and make a whole big enough to run the vacuum tube and the wiring for the boost gauge. Install the guage on the pillar. Now I know...your thinking..."I got the tube hokked up, what about power to the gauge?" Here we go!

I grounded the gauge at the bolt at the bottom of the fuse panel.

For the power and memory wires I ran them to the cig lighter wires under in the center of the dash console. There is a switched + connection. I also had a yellow wire from the old XM reciever option from SAAB that broke and I removed it. So I had constant + connection.

Run the cables to the gauge and connect there also. Put your pillar back where it goes and tighten the 10mm bolt and put the plastic pice back over the bolt.

When finished it should look something like this....

 

Great write up.

Hey man great write up. It's kind of funny but this vacuum hose actually broke and is kind of jimmy rigged because the part is on back order at the dealership. Lol....guess I know what to do now. Now just figuring out which gage to get..lol.

 

So once you cut the tube between the two connectors, than what do you do?
The directions said cut it, and then run the tube through the firewall, what tube is this?

Sorry for being a little naggy, but i have been pondering on a boost gauge.

Can you post a video in action?

 

once the tube is cut, take your nife and cut the plastic outer tube. When u cut it you will see what I am talking about. Remove the outer plastic tube so u can attach the rubber line to it.

I will take a video of the gauge working in the morning.

 

alright thanks!

 

Nice work man, I would have used black tie wraps tho. Excellent write up non the less.

 

Did you have any brake issues now that your driving it? I thouht I have read one or two people say that they had some odd brake boost interference when they tapped in at this same spot.....like soft brakes in reverse or such?



Sean

 

Did you have any brake issues now that your driving it? I thouht I have read one or two people say that they had some odd brake boost interference when they tapped in at this same spot.....like soft brakes in reverse or such?



Sean

None for me so far. But I just drove it this morning for about 40 miles, but everything seems fine.

 

I had that issue once - going in reverse. It's been a few days and all seems to be ok.
Great DIY btw, I got a little impatient

 

nice write up. how much boost?

 

nice write up. how much boost?

I hit 16lbs yesterday afternoon.

 

by cutting the hose is that so suppose to affect anything, what is that hose even suppose to do before you cut it. just want to make sure before i install

 

If you look at the hose...

Where you cut it, one side goes to the manifold, the other goes to what looks like a valve. after the valve the tube T's below that and oneside goes up to the T on the firewall for the brake booster line.

 

Shot some video of it working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9pLkF0deo

 

Would the install be the same for the electronic boost gauge? I have an eletronic prosport gauge.

 

Anyone know where I can find a wiring diagram? I do not have a wire tester so I don't know where to get a power source from.

 

I got the A-pillar pretty messy, anyone have any suggestions on what to use to clean them?

 

sorry for bringing this back to life it will just make it easier for me to find this later ;oops: ..... 2.8t do you have any pics of that boost gauge?

 

Dropping in so i can reference this later ;ol;

 

Thread revival because I needed to reference this ALSO.

 

Reviving this thread. I just recently replaced the brake booster vacuum line to the tune of almost $100. I don't really want to cut it up. Is there anywhere else I can tap in for the boost gauge?
How about boost contr valve? Any other place?

 

if you can just remove the hard plastic line and replace with normal vacuum line, it would actually be better since the hard line won't be an added stress on the check valves (what actually fails on that part) because they are flexible.

 

I knew my hoarding of old parts would come in handy one day. I saved the old broken line, now I can put it to good use.

 

This was very helpful with installing the mechanical half of the gage, and thanks for that! However, I'm having some electrical problems. When I turn the ignition ON the gage does 1 long loud beep and completes the opening ceremony before blinking between OFF and GREEN repeatedly. When I turn the ignition OFF it successfully completes the closing ceremony. Also, while ON, the needle does not move from 6 o'clock.

I found some people who had this problem due to a faulty sender harness but I've tried 2 with no luck. Could someone tell me exactly how they have theirs wired? Thanks.

 

seems like a fun mod, my check valve is broken and welded just by the joint so might as well do this when replacing.

Seen a few threads on the check valve but none with answer if any valve works or if i need to pickup the entire assembly for $40?

What dimensions on the hoses and what t-connection did u use?

Thanks!

 

Check Valve

Auto Zone stocks a couple of inline PCV valves that will work just fine and cost less than $5.00.

 

I'm wondering why no one tapped near the BCS or near the wastegate lines. All you would need is a t connector for this...

 

To get the most accurate boost reading, you want to measure the boost inside your intake manifold which is after throttle body. This way you know for sure how much boost is going to the cylinder.

Edit. Sorry for necroing this topic.

 

2 year necro? eh, seen worse.

 

Much worse