Where did you order the tank from? I've seen some Spectre ones online. I need to replace mine since the plastic cover is hiding a dent on the bottom.

 

Autopartswarehouse.com and it was 84 bucks free shipping

 

I'm liking the vacuum guage so far. Pretty neat addition to the jeep. I'm thinking about getting a 3 pod guage holder for the a pillar to hold vacuum/oil pressure/trans temp guages.

Also I got a can of blaze orange dip in today! Going to be dipping the badges on my toolbox! (off topic but still)

 

I've been wanting to add a vac guage for mine too... I've also been considering a 3 pod pillar guage, but I was going to do a vac, trans temp (pre cooler), and trans temp (post cooler) - got the idea from an article in JP magazine - shows how the trans is running and how well it's being cooled

Does your factory oil pressure guage not work?

 

Yeah my factory oil press works I just like the idea of having a guage I know is accurate. I think the three pod guy is only 30 bucks. Maybe one of my Honda buddies might even have one they aren't using

 

No news for the jeep today.. But I did some plasti dipping!

 

nice!

i need to re-dip one of my wheels pretty bad i dont think i put a thick enough coat the first time

 

So - about this plastidipping - I have a set of wheels w/ tires mounted on them that I'm going to be restoring and selling... is the plasti-dip coating a durable enough finish that it wouldn't get scratched or scuffed off or should I use paint instead? I'm going to be painting them black so it wouldn't be a problem for me to just use regular paint, but I've heard plasti-dip is much easier to work with... worries me a little bit when I hear people talk about just being able to "peel it off" when you're sick of the look.

 

I plastidipped my mirrors, and you figure they get a lot of wind/rain on them... if you do end up scratching the coating off of the wheels, you can use paint thinner to "melt" the plastidip so there aren't any edges, then re-spray the area.


Sorry for the hi-jack.

 

I love your build bud. I'm down here in Maryland, we'll have to get up someday. Keep up the good work!

 

Makes me feel alot better about doing this now... thanks for the info


- yes, let's not jack this guy's thread anymore - sorry about that.

 

Thanks! Yeah for sure. One of my supervisors at work actually lives in Maryland. Long drive for work every day if you ask me lol

 

Don't worry about it Idc.. But yeah you should definitely dip the wheels. Alot of people are into the black wheel look right now and it will hide blemishes

 

Ever since I put the vacuum guage in I'm noticing two things. Both while the jeep warms up. 1= the vacuum guage jumps all over, and 2=a slight miss... Again these both are noticed while the jeep is cold until it gets about halfway to operating temp.

Any ideas? No cel, just annoying

 

The car will read more vac while warming up, that is normal. The miss, I dunno.