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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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So, a week or so ago I posted a thread about getting the vaccum lines for my headlights back in order. Someone sent me a link to a diagram showing how to hook them up and today I went to work on it. The thing is, the diagram was useless. While all the equipment was present, all the hoses were rigged to run through the left relay. I got them hooked up the way they're rigged to be set up and everything works fine, but I sure would like to know who owned the car before my brother.
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The other relay was probably not working at one time and Bubba rigged it. Might be a good idea to take the valves off and clean them up some, but beware, the mount bolts WILL break off if they are rusted badly into the header bar for the headlight buckets. Check out the vac res tank also, its a big tomato can and they rust too
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The other relay was probably not working at one time and Bubba rigged it. Might be a good idea to take the valves off and clean them up some, but beware, the mount bolts WILL break off if they are rusted badly into the header bar for the headlight buckets. Check out the vac res tank also, its a big tomato can and they rust too
Failure in the other relay was my thought, there just seems to be a few things rigged rather than fixed. The rubber hose lines are showing some cracks, but as long long as they still work, I have more pressing things to deal with. Bottom line is that this car makes you learn a few things.
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