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Was giving my new to me 95 LT1 a once over under the hood and came across this broken fitting. It's broken in the middle between the 90 from intake manifold and larger fitting.
Question, where do those vacuum lines go? Car has no issues as far as I can tell with exception to the HVAC system occasionally staying on defrost vent.
I'm going to replace the fitting, just curious as to where that line runs to.
I know I will get flamed but I butt crimp spliced a new piece of wire on the one chewed up. I was missing copper wire pieces. If all ( or most) of your copper is still there I think the liquid rubber and very careful taping would be fine. Dan
I know I will get flamed but I butt crimp spliced a new piece of wire on the one chewed up. I was missing copper wire pieces. If all ( or most) of your copper is still there I think the liquid rubber and very careful taping would be fine. Dan
Soldering for the vast majority of electrical applications went the way of the dinosaurs. Even though the actual wire in question here terminates in the connector with a crimp connection, there are those here that won't have any of that "crimp connector nonsense." Most of this pushback comes from the twilight crowd as the younger generation has thinking more in line with the way things are today.
I'm an electrical repairman at a General Motors plant. No soldering allowed, we only use GM approved heat shrink crimp/butt connectors.
I've no issues with "crimp" but it certainly is very dependent upon the hardware/device used for the "crimp" and the actual splice/termination type being used.
The same terminal is likely serviced for as many as three wire sizes when we're discussing mid/late 80's and early/late 90's GM.
You can probably find this at Advance Auto or most other parts places that carry the Dorman line of HELP Parts.
Originally Posted by Ranger72
Was giving my new to me 95 LT1 a once over under the hood and came across this broken fitting. It's broken in the middle between the 90 from intake manifold and larger fitting.
Question, where do those vacuum lines go? Car has no issues as far as I can tell with exception to the HVAC system occasionally staying on defrost vent.
I'm going to replace the fitting, just curious as to where that line runs to.
Correct vacuum fitting?
