Vaccum tubes and stuff

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  1. soooulpower

    soooulpower Semi-Informed Tinkerer

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    I'm digging into replacing and cleaning things all over the car and I've come to the rubber lines on the car. (Fuel and vac hoses) Do I have to get special ones or can I use generic ones and cut them to length?
     
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    Yep. Any parts house will have rolls of various sizes. Make sure you get lines marked FUEL to replace fuel lines.
     
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    ...And if you happen to be replacing rubber lines for an external transmission cooler, there's a specific hose for that too.
     
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    Or you can just take them all off and throw them away, and bypass all that smog stuff.
     
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    Vaccum line routing diagram!!

    Where can I get one of these for a '74 302 w/c4 auto? I have very few clues as to what goes where and why. I retimed after installing an ignition module, when I unhooked the vaccum line to the distributor the engine speed didn't change. It has, what appears to be, a "switching valve" with 3 line connectors, which looks like a temp sensor of some kind.
    I have no idea if the lines are to the right places. The shop manual I have is for a '75......... Sometimes progress sucks!!
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    I have the vacuum line diagram for the Maverick. PM me your email address and I will scan it and send it your way.
     
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    Can all the smog stuff get pulled and tossed. Any carb adjustment need to be done? Or anything else?
     
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    I bought an intake that had no EGR valve, then threw all the other vacuum stuff away. All I needed to keep was the pcv line, and the vacuum line to the distributor (which I currently have off as well).

    I think you could pull it all off and just plug the egr, then maybe need a couple of minor adjustments possibly. You need to make sure there is no vacuum leak or it will run like crap until they are all plugged.
     
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    Hmm..... This sounds interesting. Are there any advantages to this? I like the idea of eliminating some of that crap. Also can I get a copy of the vacuum diagram form you? I googled for a quick second here and I didn't find any intakes so far. Any suggestions on where to look?
     
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    You can order the intakes from your local parts house. Just tell them which one you want.

    Or you can go to Summit or JEGS online.

    I think some of the intakes with EGR had just a plate between the intake and the carb, and if you remove that plate, you can put the carb back on and then scrap all the junk.

    Advantages: Looks better, may have a little more power. No worries about poor running and having to figure out which vacuum line has a leak is the biggest. Especially if you have tried to track down a vacuum leak in the past.
     
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    Do you have the vacuum line diagram for a 1975 Maverick - 250? We are thinking to just plug all the smog lines, they are not required here.
     
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    this is a 10 year old question. Scooper has moved on.
     
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