i got a autometer phantom boost gauge that sits on 1 or 2 psi vacum when not hooked up. is it damaged maybe? i havent hooke it up yet

 

no its not broken, my boost gauge needle rests wherever when its not powered, but when it is powered up, it should calibrate to 0. to test your gauge, connect the red wire (power) onto your + battery terminal (recommend fuse inline) and then black (ground) onto - battery terminal. you can see the gauge power up temporarily and should calibrate to 0, if not, then it could be broken then.

 

yours has wires?

 

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oh dear.

 

it should have wires...two wires, one for power, one for ground. They aren't that long...but what you can do is, connect them to another wire to extend them to wherever location you wish.

 

ya for the light bulb maybe.. mines just got a tube and a hole for a bulb

 

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you have the mechanical boost gauge from autometer, so all you are goin to have is a black and white wire for the bulb and yea, a tube for the vacuum source. i've got you mixed up because i have the electric gauge that autometer offers with an external vacuum port. i didnt want to run the vacuum hose through the firewall and inside of my car because i was afraid of that small hose would get kinked and give me unrealiable readings and i heard those autometer mechanical boost gauges do break easy and eventually uncalibrate. Since my gauge works differently and if my gauge were to uncalibrate, i dont have to replace the whole gauge, just the external vacuum port. anyways, i still wouldn't freak out until its actually connected. i also have an autometer tachomter and it sits at like 1-2k RPM but when i start the car up, it calibrates to zero. wait til you get it hooked up to find out.