shuiend

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I did not touch a single wire having to do with my gauges. They just did not turn on when I started the car this afternoon.

gospeed81

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Quoted for posterity.

That is desperation folks. That's like hitting 4 different corner stores with your fake ID trying to score the wine coolers the fat chick sitting bitch in your '82 Corolla wants so she'll get frisky enough to ****.

shuiend

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The funny thing is is that it still leaks, but it is the correct fittings on both sides. I will be converting it down to 3 pieces tomorrow and I should be able to make those not fit. We will see. Tomorrow will be a long day on my miata trying to get it to work.

y8s

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that the middle fitting needs thread sealant probably. not teflon tape.

shuiend

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What type of thread sealant? It actually only leaks at the top fitting which I could new screw in except by hand. The hardware store will be the first place I go in the morning to get a different fitting to make it only 3 pieces.

fooger03

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solder or RTV?

baron340

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grab some high temp pipe thread sealant while you're at the hardware store. i found some that's good up to 1000 degrees or something, certified for steam piping. it's this god awful tar smelling yellow ****, but it works well.

wrxnova

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Use aviation sealant to seal the brass fittings.

Braineack

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4AN union. come on.


or 1/4" union...whatever the damn size you got is...

Faeflora

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After reading a bazzillion internet threads on how to jerry rig my AN fittings to make them not leak it seems the consensus is teflon paste will work.

shlammed

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what turbo do you have that has a -4an female In on it?

i thought they were generally inverted flare.

im beginning to see why most turbo miatas dont work :P

neogenesis2004

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It's a Churbo, so who knows what its tapped to. Could be BSP for all he knows.

Braineack

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all he knows is his -4an to 7/16-24 inverted flare fitting did not fit. Searching here says it's probably a m12 x 1.5 fitting. He tried running the -4an side of his fitting into it and it fit perfectly, so he jerryrigged a -4an union. But I know he can find one local...but I'm sure he went drinking instead.

Reverant

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I would too, if my car was that much of a failboat.

shuiend

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I tried finding one locally and none of the hydraulic shops had one. I probably do need one side to be an inverted flair. I will give Stephanie at Begi a call and have her source me one. I will make this not leak and work until then.

Thank you for the reassurance that it is ok to be an Alcoholic. I actually ran out of beer last night. I guess I need to go buy more today.

neogenesis2004

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I thought you didn't have a job. How are you paying for said beer? Turning tricks already?

shuiend

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Selling crack cocaine. The real reason I go up to DC is to pick up Coke, I then bring it south and make crack to sell. I just tell braineack it is to hang out with him.

Braineack

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aw man.

shuiend

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So now my car does not get a correct CAS signal for some reason. I am not sure what caused that not to work between Sunday and today. I ******* hate wiring. So please someone tell me it would be a bad idea to pull my dash and to make a wiring harness from scratch.

On the plus side I found an old pentium 3 laptop with a real serial port at goodwill for $25. **** works awesome.

Reverant

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It's an excellent idea to pull your dash and make a wiring harness from scratch.