Thread: vaccum woes

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Alright I did it. I bought a carb kit and tore into it. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Problem is, I can't figure out the *$#@! vaccum lines! It's a maze of cobbled up hoses and just a huge mess.All the hoses are rotten and I'm not sure if they were even in the right place when I took them off. I checked the diagram on the frame and according to it only about half of them were right. But I only have halh a diagram to work with, the other halh in missing. HELP FELLAS! Thanks in advance.

Gotta know what your workin on first

If its your firebird, give us the engine and carb. I have a GM manual for pontiacs, and it should help some, but if its not good enough, you may have to buy a chiltons.

Sorry about that... It's a 81 Firebird with a 3.8 liter 231ci.. 2 bbl. I was going to buy the Chiltons for this car, but it only had V8's in it. My engine wasn't even in it.
I went ahead and put everything back as best I could and fired it up. It ran the exact same as before. I hope I put it back together right.
I think I'm just going to swap it with a V8.

Private message me with your e-mail address and I'll send ya a copy of the vacume diagram, but it'll be monday before I can get to it....