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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: From_Jonah on January 03, 2013, 09:05:42 PM
I'm trying to clean up the engine bay on my 80 but I don't know what to do with all the vacuum lines. Especially the ones going to the air cleaner. Also, i'd like to delete the egr valve. How do I go about doing that?
If it works & isn't carboned up there really isn't a gain to toss the EGR. As for the vacuum mess I think the Duraspark & carb take cues from some of that spaghetti so replacing crusty hoses may be better than elimination.
Okay, that'd be fine too. I just don't like those cheesy lookin multi colored stock ones.
This topic makes me cringe......I had to have mine professionally done after I did an engine exchange and there are still lines that are not connected to anything!!!!! LOL a big friggin JOKE!!
It is not funny but it is ;D :'(
Thats what I wanna avoid is big vacuum problems. My old Honda had them and it was a nightmare :P
If you have easy starting & a smooth idle then simply replace each vacuum line 1 at a time until they are all new. I'm not the expert on interchange between the years but the older ones were much simpler.
Changing to a '74 water choke carb, distributor & ignition box would eliminate any emission calibration between the '80 pieces. Most of the vacuum lines could then be eliminated & the EGR removed.