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Old Oct 11, 2014 | 11:23 PM
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I've looked at all the diagrams, but I cant find a good one that shows WHERE the vacuum lines come through the firewall. I just need to find where the source line is for the hvac controls so I can hook it up to vac. Im doing elec headlights, so I'm pretty certain the vac lines on the driver's side are not needed now, there are several coming out of a grommet on the pass side, which one goes to source? And where do the others go?
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Willcox has most of the schematics you need on their website..
http://willcoxcorvette.com/instructi...82_secured.pdf
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I've looked at all the diagrams, but I cant find a good one that shows WHERE the vacuum lines come through the firewall. I just need to find where the source line is for the hvac controls so I can hook it up to vac. Im doing elec headlights, so I'm pretty certain the vac lines on the driver's side are not needed now, there are several coming out of a grommet on the pass side, which one goes to source? And where do the others go?
The HVAC source is from the driver's side. The passenger side works the coolant shut-off valve...you'll need them both for a stock configured HVAC system.
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Willcox has most of the schematics you need on their website..
http://willcoxcorvette.com/instructi...82_secured.pdf
I had seen that diagram, but it doesn't do a good job of showing the actual location of that grommet. It LOOKS like the pass side grommet? If that is to be believed, all heat and ac controls run off of that vac source? But which of those lines is source? There are three total, mine only has two lines coming out, but a third hole. Both lines are all black, no colors.
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The HVAC source is from the driver's side. The passenger side works the coolant shut-off valve...you'll need them both for a stock configured HVAC system.
Looking at the schematics, the headlights use both lines on the drivers side. One is to the switch itself and the other for the override. Pass side has three lines coming out of it, one is for the shut-off valve for sure. From what I can tell one is source and the other is to hvac controls (which actually supplies vac to the shut-off valve).

If you say I need the drivers side, which of those runs to hvac? Im not seeing that on any diagrams, but they aren't great.
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