Vacuum guage from c60

[wazzabie]

I picked up a vacuum guage from a C60 Heavy duty truck. The guages look just like the K5's. I intend to put this in the lower left guage socket that is currently blanked out. Anyone else done this before? Where should I tap into for the vacuum or does it not matter?

 

[blazinzuk]

Is it a vacuum gauge, I don't remember seeing those.

Here is my hybrid cluster. Tach and fuel gauge and pressure gauge plus the housing are all from the C-60, rest of the gauges are from the original cluster in my dually. I will lose the brake light, and the 4wd indicator light.

The rest of it plugs right in

Pic of the pressure gauge

 

[82355]

Yeah, I have seen the vacuum gauges before. Never bothered to see what they are hooked up to though. I would imagine they are mechanical, and that any vacuum source would work.

Martin

 

[4X4HIGH]

That vacuum gauge is going to be pretty useless since our engines only see 17-21 hg of vacuum.

 

[ciffer]

Considering an absolute vacuum is 30 inches/Hg I doubt a vacuum gauge exists that reads to 150.

 

[sweetk30]

second guy said its a pressure gauge he used ....... 2 needles 1 for pump pressure and second for tank pressure.

 

[82355]

That vacuum gauge is going to be pretty useless since our engines only see 17-21 hg of vacuum.

That is an air pressure gauge from a C60 with air brakes. I am assuming that Blazinzuk is going to use it to monitor on board air, but I could be wrong.

Martin

 

[blazinzuk]

That cluster is going in my dually, future plans for it include replacing the leaf springs with links and airbags, so the dual air guage is perfect for my use

 

[GreenieK30]

I have a cluster from a 1980 commercial truck and it has the 1-15-30 vacuum gauge, 0-80 psi oil pressure, 100-250 water temp and D-C amp gauge. The vacuum gauge is mechanical and I would run a hardline to the intake manifold.