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[spiguy]

I ran some samco blue 3mm ID silicon vacuum hose from the red pipe to the gauge. I just popped the end off the red hose (the brown elbow) and pushed the plastic hose up inside the silicon hose at that end, and at the gauge end I just stretched it over the gauge nozzle. Had to stretch a fair bit but it went on OK.

 

I have left the elbow with a screw in the end to block it off, cable tied onto my fuel hoses in the engine bay so that if for any reason the gauge end splits, I can just pop the plastic vac line back into it the elbow to avoid a vac leak.

[Ozymandias]

I've got 4mm hose running from the manifold to the fuel trap - I might see if I can put a T piece in this hose then run 4mm to the gauge - I might just stretch to a 5mm nozzle...!

[bloke]

Just fitted a t-piece going to the vacuum system off to a nice little Smith's vacuum gauge mounted next to the bonnet release today. It's nice to see one of these installed again in my Min. :)