Reply With QuoteI was just wondering how the "T" actually attached to the supply line at the transom. Is there some kind of compession fitting or something?
I'm sure busby will chime, in but his is probably plumbed in with a threaded NPT tee on the supply line. You have your feed off the pump, the tee, the bypass sitting on top of the tee, and the feed continuing to the motor off the "run" of the tee.
As far as where to pull a pressure reading... Somehwere easy to see. Usually the intake is a good place. Most manifolds have plenty of ports around the thermostat housing. Just put a mechanical gauge in there and have someone ridding shotgun to keep an eye on it while you're dialing it in. For all intents and purposes, you could pull the guage off once the thing is set up.
Chris
I was just wondering how the "T" actually attached to the supply line at the transom. Is there some kind of compession fitting or something?
Chris is 100% correct ... I have a different pump set up ... I will take some pics in a little while and post them up ...
I do have this pic from our other boat ... you'll see the braided line coming from the pump to the transom out of the 45* fitting we installed where the pump supplies water ... at the transom, we installed a bulkhead fitting with a #6 male on the supply side and 3/8" NPT (I think) on the inside ... once in the transom, we put a gate valve, after that, a tee with the pressure regulator going to the engine and the bypass back out thru the transom ...
Here is the other pic ... but it is quite a pit different as it has the pump set back and is a different pump (but you'll get the idea) ...
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...58IMG_0077.JPG
I was just wondering how the "T" actually attached to the supply line at the transom. Is there some kind of compession fitting or something?
yes ... there is a bulk head fitting that you can get from your local supplier ... guys like superdave! ( http://www.sweetperformance.com/ )
Here's how I mounted mine. Fabbed a bracket for the regulator and mounted it to the rail kit.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...84HPIM0299.JPG
Nevermind, there were three more post as I was writing this one need to look first (always a good idea)
Here's how I mounted mine. Fabbed a bracket for the regulator and mounted it to the rail kit.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...84HPIM0299.JPG
Is that just a standard regulator from a hardware store?
Got this one from Grainger. There are alot of guys here using this regulator. Never had an issue with it.
Got this one from Grainger. There are alot of guys here using this regulator. Never had an issue with it.
Oh, Im not questioning it, Looks like something I may want to run. Im not sure if I need one though. Im running this...
http://www.cpperformance.com/images/540-160200.jpg
And was wondering if the excess pressure my pump makes will just get dumped out the risers....
That is a thermostat kit. It will not regulate block pressure. The whole idea is to regulate the pressure before it enters the motor.
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