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7th Gear
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need help
i bought a 86 coupe for my wife as a weeding present, Our First Vette! but this car has been kicking my ***. between paint, tranny, interior and now motor....f@@@ never ending project.... well my mechanic changed out the motor and we removed the emission stuff.... WE put on a new somg pump elimator bracket, aluimun headsw, headers, Bore 30 over, roller rockers and etc.....
now i am lost on the vacuum lines? what ones we need and do ot need??? where are the collant lines running??? My mech has forgot how it all went and i was not there to take part in the tear down!!!! now i hace to pick up the pieces!!!! is there a diagram of the coolant,and vacuumlines? what do i do with all the emissions stuff ???? will the computer work and no CEL on????
Please help with any suggestions???
now i am lost on the vacuum lines? what ones we need and do ot need??? where are the collant lines running??? My mech has forgot how it all went and i was not there to take part in the tear down!!!! now i hace to pick up the pieces!!!! is there a diagram of the coolant,and vacuumlines? what do i do with all the emissions stuff ???? will the computer work and no CEL on????
Please help with any suggestions???
Team Owner
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From: sw Ohio
The coolant lines are simple, you've got 2 radiator hoses: One on top running into the thermostat housing and one down below running to the water pump. If you've got an oil cooler, there will be two more lines. One coming out of the driver's side block that runs to the the part where the oil filter screws in. Then one coming out of that part running back towards the front of the engine compartment. There is a U-shaped hose running from the front of the intake manifold to the throttle body. There is also one coming out of the other side of the throttle body off to some metal lines on the passenger side. I'm not 100% where these metal lines go to, but that pretty much covers all the rubber ones.
As far as vacuum lines go, there is a diagram on the driver's side of the of the radiator shield.
As far as vacuum lines go, there is a diagram on the driver's side of the of the radiator shield.
Last edited by Demonic85; Oct 11, 2007 at 09:24 PM.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Toronto Ontario
if you get ride of the air pump then your car can not pump air into the exhaust for lower emissions. I know of 2 air lines that go to the exhaust manifolds, and another that goes directly to the main cataletic converter. Just remove them and plug the ends. But I would take pictures, or notes in case you want to put them back one day.
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Maria CA
now i am lost on the vacuum lines? what ones we need and do ot need??? where are the collant lines running??? My mech has forgot how it all went and i was not there to take part in the tear down!!!! now i hace to pick up the pieces!!!! is there a diagram of the coolant,and vacuumlines? what do i do with all the emissions stuff ???? will the computer work and no CEL on????
Sounds like a guy who has no business working on these cars. Should be playing with a set of Lego's instead your motor. Hope you did not pay this guy a lot of money. Any mechanic who's worth a damn would have some type of organized/systematic layout of how things need to go back on. Specially if it's their first time working on a car like this.
Seriously though, it's kinda hard to say over the internet how every line under the hood goes. And the vacuum diagram on the hood shroud does not show the physical location/routing of all vacuum lines.
Best thing to do is get the GM shop manual, or find another L98 vette in your area to take a look at.
