So where's my coffee?
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So where's my coffee?
I just saved this 89 F250 with 351 and an AOD tranny. I've been trying to sort through the vacuum lines. It's hard to find a sensible schematic for vacuum lines and I don't have a VECI. My question has to do with the (coffee can) vacuum reservoir. Everything I've seen seems to show the coffee can as the central vacuum supply, but I don't have one. Instead, I have this setup. I'm guessing the large device in the middle is my "coffee can. Can anyone confirm this and maybe give me a schematic. I have vacuum tubes running everywhere. Some are open, some are capped, and some just lead nowhere. Any info would be appreciated.
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So you agree that my vacuum reservoir is the large device in the middle with the collection of vacuum tubes going in and out? Wonder why they chose to only use it on one model year? Every other truck of this generation I've seen just uses the coffee can.
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I doubt that....
The older gentleman that I bought this from was a genuine full time farmer. From what I can tell from meeting him and seeing some of the "repairs" he did to it, I can't see him swapping in a late model vacuum canister. This truck hadn't been inspected in 7 years, he just ran around the farm in it. I suppose at one time he may have taken it into a shop and they may have swapped it in, but that seems like a lot of trouble. The moral of the story is "stop whining Gerald and deal with it".
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I could be wrong. I have only seen them in newer trucks, but they may have been used earlier. With that said, you have the better of the two as the metal ones tend to rust out causing a huge vacuum leak.
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You were right....
I went to several parts suppliers and the coffee can was the part listed for an 89. The larger plastic canisters didn't start until 90. So either this truck was one of the last built and they threw the plastic canister in, or he had it swapped out.
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