1987 basket
Thread Starter
4th Gear
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: CANYON COUNTRY CA
1987 basket
my daughter-in law just dumped 1987 corvette in my lap.Where can I find a good manual to show a routing of vacuum lines? Also is there a place that sells both hard and soft vacuum line complete kits or some parts for intake and injector?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 2,800
Likes: 456
From: USA
The factory service manuals are your best bet. Ebay has them for sale most of the time and sometimes here on the forum in the C4 parts for sale section.
I do not know of any vendor who sells a vacuum line kit.
Good luck getting you car fixed.
Welcome to the forum.
I do not know of any vendor who sells a vacuum line kit.
Good luck getting you car fixed.
Welcome to the forum.
Thread Starter
4th Gear
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: CANYON COUNTRY CA
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 11,616
Likes: 1,055
From: Compound in the Grove, Ga.
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2025 C4 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
2024 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C4 of Year Finalist (performance mods)
2018 C4 of Year Finalist
2015 C4 of the Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '16
Welcome to the forum, Grats on your project. In no time you'll driving. Lots of very knowledgeable C4 guys here. 
You may want to post your area maybe someone in that area will be willing to help.
You may want to post your area maybe someone in that area will be willing to help.
Last edited by FASTAZU; Apr 27, 2018 at 09:14 AM.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 11,616
Likes: 1,055
From: Compound in the Grove, Ga.
2026 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2025 C4 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
2024 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2020 C3 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2019 C4 of Year Finalist (performance mods)
2018 C4 of Year Finalist
2015 C4 of the Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '16
Team Owner
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 34,873
Likes: 487
From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
NCM Sinkhole Donor
The chain auto parts stores will have lengths of rubber vacuum line in various diameters as well as flexible plastic (hard) lines. The "HELP" brand of these items should be enough to get you started on line replacement. HELP also has a variety of vacuum line fittings that will probably be needed for the rebuild.
For a "good manual" you need to get the Factory Service Manual (FSM) set for your year of Corvette. These will usually show up from time to time in the C4 Parts For Sale section of the forum and they can also be found on eBay. These year-specific books are the same ones that were used by the service techs at Chevy dealerships.
For a "good manual" you need to get the Factory Service Manual (FSM) set for your year of Corvette. These will usually show up from time to time in the C4 Parts For Sale section of the forum and they can also be found on eBay. These year-specific books are the same ones that were used by the service techs at Chevy dealerships.
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,017
Likes: 492
From: Poughkeepsie New York
Originally Posted by N2NITRO
my daughter-in law just dumped 1987 corvette in my lap.Where can I find a good manual to show a routing of vacuum lines? Also is there a place that sells both hard and soft vacuum line complete kits or some parts for intake and injector?
Just buy the lines locally and replace every single one of them. If you don't you'll be back again doing the same thing. They get hard and brittle after 30 years of heat cycles. The egr vacuum lines run under the plenum, are you pulling it?
Thread Starter
4th Gear
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
From: CANYON COUNTRY CA
Basket yes I'm going to change everything from the e g r valve up all hardlines and softlines what PDF should I download for a 87 that'll give me all the ports and locations for all the lines
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,590
Likes: 60
From: ft myers FL/Munising MI
welcome....lots of good help here. Get a fsm from ebay...you'll be needing a hard copy for the pictures....greats cars but, you'll know all about it before it's over.....seeing the state you're in, you'll be needing to keep it stock......good luck 
One at a time, do not trust your memory!
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 1,712
Likes: 331
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Unmodified
The hard part is finding new tubing that's not the huge, hideous stuff. 
I finally found Dorman tubing that works, check the size. The flexibility of this stuff does point to how brittle the old tubing has become.
https://www.dormanproducts.com/c-56-hose-tubing.aspx
Oreilly had this in their "emissions" area.
I finally found Dorman tubing that works, check the size. The flexibility of this stuff does point to how brittle the old tubing has become.
https://www.dormanproducts.com/c-56-hose-tubing.aspx
Oreilly had this in their "emissions" area.