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Old Mar 27, 2011 | 11:36 PM
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Anyone know where I can order a new set and maybe a schematic of how they are set-up in the car?

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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 01:54 AM
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from your heading, i thought you were talking about old TV's -

what year corvette are you talking about? most of the hard plastic tubing is not available as OEM parts from dealers. you can get hard plastic tubing, rubber vacuum tubing and miscellaneous pieces/parts from autozone, advanced auto, pep boys, etc, and you'll have to hand fabricate what you need. for the diagram, there should be an emissions decal under the hood, or try a FSM.

if you are talking about old TV's, try antique radio/TV repair shops -


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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 07:30 AM
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I wish SOMEONE would make reproduction vacuum lines for C4's ..L98 and LT1, LT5. Seems to be high demand. I need several sets myself!
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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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hes talking about an l98 car, all the hard plastic lines that sit under the plenum. when we changed the injectors over the weekend, they all snapped as soon as they were touched!
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auto zone and the others sell rolls of the hard vacum lines for bout 4 bucks, works and looks like new.
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Thanks for all your help everyone! I'll let you know how it goes!
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