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Oct 28, 2005 | 05:25 PM

richlars

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Vacuum line repairs

As I was getting down to the heads on my '93 F-250, I had several of the small (1/16"?) vacuum lines that had becom brittle and snapped. Any suggestions as to the best way to repair these?

Thanks, Rich

Oct 28, 2005 | 05:28 PM

frederic

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Replace them with vacuum hose from any auto store.

Oct 28, 2005 | 08:43 PM

vman

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Yeah,I broke some too.The HELP section sells little connections just for that.

Oct 28, 2005 | 11:00 PM

richlars

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Thanks guys. Vman, by HELP section are you talking about the red bubble pack items in most parts stores? Heh I was looking all over the site for "help" section until it dawned on me. I'm a little slow tonight. I was also thinking about maybe using some heat shrink tube to mend at the break. The easiest and more permantent fixmight be to use Frederics idea, but I already dislike all the tubes running everywhere in the engine compartment. I do like the way Ford used the small nylon(?) tubing and then harnessed them together.
Rich

Oct 29, 2005 | 08:17 AM

frederic

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Yeah, I do like the multi-colored nylon vacuum hoses. I have a box of them from years of visiting junkyards. I see good ones, I grab them. But in leu of that, you can use ordinary, cheap vacuum hose from any auto store and solve the problem that way. You can also cut-to-fit which is neater looking. And if you really, absolutely must have color codes, wrap the ends of the hose in colored PVC electrical tape.