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Oct 12, 2006 | 11:36 PM

repou

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gauge install

How difficult and whats involved in installing egt and boost gauges.

Oct 12, 2006 | 11:49 PM

shenders99

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Medium - Tapping, Drilling, Splicing, Running, Painting, and a Little Blood.

It is not that big of a deal. I bought mine from DieselManor.com and they come with great step by step instructions.

Oct 13, 2006 | 12:03 AM

ponch37300

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It is a little intemidating at first but once you jump in it is real easy. EGT you can either drill and tap or use the clamp style probe. Boost is just putting a tee in your map sensor line and running the new line to the gauge. You can buy them wired up so all you have to do is install the probes and get power to the gauges.

Oct 13, 2006 | 12:30 AM

repou

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Thanks. Any brand seem to be better than others?

Oct 13, 2006 | 01:06 AM

ponch37300

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I have the isspro gauges. When i bought mine most people seemed to think that they match the factory gauges good and i would agree. Haven't had any problems with them at all and they look great

Oct 13, 2006 | 06:29 AM

hookd

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If your going for cheap my brother in law bought these and they work great

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-06-SUPERDUTY-GAUGE-POD-BOOST-EXHAUST-TRANS-TEMP_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43952QQihZ015QQite mZ250037835642QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Half the price of anybody else I found on the net, good instructions, and easy install

Oct 13, 2006 | 10:20 AM

shenders99

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Gauges

I got ISSPro's and love them. The Pyro is marked with yellow and red to help you see where you're at.

Dieselmanor.com has a deal for everything you for need for a three gauge set up for $300 delivered. Only thing extra I needed was paint.

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Oct 13, 2006 | 03:39 PM

bigtorque

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i dont believe a couple of shavings flowing through the hot side of your turbo will do much if anything. when i dirlled mine. seems that most the shavings fell on me.
im sure something went into the mani.

Oct 13, 2006 | 09:05 PM

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MikeSDK

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As far as flakes in the manifold are concerned, keep coating your drill bit with grease. The flakes will tend to attach themselves to the grease. That being said, after several progressively larger bits coated with grease, after I got to the desired diameter, I spent several minutes with my shop vac trying to get any remainders out of the manifold.

I've had no issues...

Oct 13, 2006 | 11:33 PM

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05f250fx4

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where do you run the wires if you have a manual and your clutch is occupying the hole that people with autos use?

Oct 14, 2006 | 01:24 AM

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aklim

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You can drill the manifold with the engine running and that will blow out whatever chips you have created.

Oct 14, 2006 | 12:16 PM

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Muktown

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check out this thread for drilling and tapping the manifold

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...t+pyro+install

Oct 14, 2006 | 06:49 PM

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shenders99

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Drill with the engine running and use 10-20 drill bits. Start with the smallest and work your way up. Get a small magnet and stick it in the hole every little bit. This worked fine with me. Anything that did not get caught would blow through the turbo before the turbo started and wouldn't hurt anything.

Others here would say the only way to do it it to remove the turbo, then the manifold and do on the bench.

Let us know how it works.

Oct 14, 2006 | 06:59 PM

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Tenn01PSD350

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 05f250fx4

where do you run the wires if you have a manual and your clutch is occupying the hole that people with autos use?

Man, don't make me go out and check the firewall for a suitable grommet that you could piggyback for the install. Just have a look. I'll bet there's several spots. If not, simple drill bit and $1.00 grommet from AZ install. Don't make it hard fellas, and don't be intimidated by these trucks. They really aren't that bad to work on. Get in there.

Git-er-done.