Source for vacuum lines
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Source for vacuum lines
Anyone know if and where I can get some of the colored vacuum lines for my 82 F150? They are very brittle and a number of them have cracked/broken and one melted when it got too close to the exhast. The dealer says they are discontinued and I haven't been able to find them in the truck restorers parts catalogs. It would be ideal if I could get bulk hose and fittings.
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I have the same problem as you do.
I replaced all my plastic vacuum lines with 1/8 rubber hose a long time ago. I used different color electrical tape to define the colors, so I would still be legal under California Emissions.
Since then the only thing I have seen is in the HELP section of some auto parts stores, and they carry the Black Vacuum tubing, and the various fittings. No Different colors though, just black. And I would need around 10 to 20 packs of the black plastic tubing to do my engine. They only seem to carry around two at the most at a time.
I was thinking about ordering enough tubing and painting it the proper colors with either engine paint, or plastic paint. Don't know how durable the paint would be though.
They do not carry color tubing.
I replaced all my plastic vacuum lines with 1/8 rubber hose a long time ago. I used different color electrical tape to define the colors, so I would still be legal under California Emissions.
Since then the only thing I have seen is in the HELP section of some auto parts stores, and they carry the Black Vacuum tubing, and the various fittings. No Different colors though, just black. And I would need around 10 to 20 packs of the black plastic tubing to do my engine. They only seem to carry around two at the most at a time.
I was thinking about ordering enough tubing and painting it the proper colors with either engine paint, or plastic paint. Don't know how durable the paint would be though.
They do not carry color tubing.
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Go to this site McMaster-Carr. After it comes up, put "tubing" into the search box. It will come up with a tutorial page of all the different types of tubing. If I remember correctly, you are going to want a softer tube that uses a barb type fitting. If you try the different types of tubing, you should be able to find the colors that you want. You can scroll down the box on the left hand side and pick the type of tubing you want to look at.
This is a industrial site that we use at work. We use it mostly for compressed air.
This is a industrial site that we use at work. We use it mostly for compressed air.
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I bought rubber hose and redid all mine, and to cut the clutter, used 3/4 pvc (sprayed gray) to use as a conduit running from the water pump area back to the firewall. Then another going across the firewall to connect at the vac ports by the carb. Looks pretty clean.
