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Installing a Water Pressure Gauge on 1998 150 XL

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Kingfish22

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I have a 1998 150 XL Merc. and have been trying to install a water pressure gauge with no success. There does not appear to be any dedicated port for a such fitting into the cylinder head. I ended up tee'ing it into the tell tale tubing but I get no pressure reading whatsoever. I would love to have it fitted into the block (without drilling and tapping in a new port). Am I missing where there is place to screw in the fitting? I see the temp. sensor... and temp sending unit locations. Model # 0G752730. Any thoughts really appreciated... I installed a temp gauge but the pressure would also be quite useful. Thanks!

 
fastjeff said:
You need to drill and tap where the water goes IN to the power head.

Jeff
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Thanks Jeff... was hoping someone was familiar with my year engine and there was already a existing plug to thread in to (that I'm not seeing) so I didn't have to do that drill into the power head and tap. Curious why (with the manufacturer's instructions followed) I am not getting any pressure from the tell tale line (I do have a steady pee stream coming out of the indicator).
 
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