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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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Can a person get the hard plastic vac. lines somewhere or do I have to go back with rubber hose?
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 10:30 PM
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They were discontinued long ago but today might be your lucky day:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...ghlight=vacuum

I noticed this post in the for sale/wanted the other day. Contact Steel Breeze ASAP. I bet these are getting hard to find.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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I got the plastic at the local NAPA. I had to heat and shape it myself, but it works pretty good.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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Thanks for the info guys. I broke the small one under my throtal body but I fixed that with a piece of hose. If I can get line a napa I'll just do that next time. i dont need $32.00 woth of line right now.
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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For just a splice you can usually use a piece of 5/32 vacuum hose and small tyraps to clamp it in place.

Mc Master Carr
http://www.mcmaster.com/
is good source for plastic hose (and practically anything else.)
They are very reliable to deal with and usually ship the same day.
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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I got a vac line kit at AutoZone. It was like $10... came with a few feet of the plastic line i had to wrestle with, and a bunch of rubber caps and connectors.
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