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67Fleet · 02-13-2006, 10:24 PM

Well, I finally got around to hooking up my vacuum gauge Sunday. I hooked it up to the ported vacuum port on my Edelbrock 1405 carb. Started up the engine and it moved just a tiny bit. Took it out for a drive and no movement. OK, something no workie. (yes, I did buy the correct hose). Tonight I took it off the carb and pulled it through the firewall to do a little test. ( I should have got my wife to do this....) I sucked on the hose to see if the gauge worked this way. It moved to the 10lb mark and got stuck. I tapped the gauge a few times and it moved back to 0. Repeated this a few more times with the same results. Is this something I can easily fix or is the gauge broken?

02-13-2006, 10:24 PM	#1
67Fleet Outlandish Trends - FL Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Orlando Posts: 1,396	vac gauge Well, I finally got around to hooking up my vacuum gauge Sunday. I hooked it up to the ported vacuum port on my Edelbrock 1405 carb. Started up the engine and it moved just a tiny bit. Took it out for a drive and no movement. OK, something no workie. (yes, I did buy the correct hose). Tonight I took it off the carb and pulled it through the firewall to do a little test. ( I should have got my wife to do this....) I sucked on the hose to see if the gauge worked this way. It moved to the 10lb mark and got stuck. I tapped the gauge a few times and it moved back to 0. Repeated this a few more times with the same results. Is this something I can easily fix or is the gauge broken? __________________ -Bret 67 short-fleet sold!