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Old 07-16-2009, 07:46 PM
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hey guys,just wondering if anyone knows if they sell a vacum line replacement kit or do you just have to buy each line by size.ihave some plastick lines on my 87 caprice that break when you touch them.i've got some pretty bad riggs on them and i would like to do it right.any ideas
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Old 07-16-2009, 07:57 PM
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I was faced with the same problem when I pulled the 300 six out of my Ford truck to rebuild it. All vacuum lines were junk. I measured how much length I needed and ran new black rubber vacuum lines.
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Old 07-16-2009, 08:50 PM
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it just seams to be coming a pain every time i work on the motor i break another line.ido know the lines are dry rotted.just didn't know how many lines there are.
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Old 07-17-2009, 07:51 AM
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I had a few on my 89 firebird that I was wondering if the hard plastic vacuum lines had to be there, so I took some straight plastic lines from advance auto and applied some heat to them, just enough to bent them to what the originals would look like, considering mine were broken.
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Old 07-17-2009, 10:12 PM
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you could go with one of the kits from summit-they arnt car specific, but they are way way way better than rubber vac lines, and they look better too!

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MR...P/?image=large

they run about 30.00 and i know they come in a bunch of colors
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Old 07-18-2009, 10:17 AM
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thanks for the ideas i will look into them.because now i have another vacum leak i can't find and the car has a loud whistle when i get on it
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