89 GT vacuum lines

Apparently these are unique to Ford, one of those inovative
designs . In the passenger side back corner of the engine bay theres
a "brick" connector with 4 vacuum lines going to the air pump, the oil
filler neck, the manifold, etc. One of them snapped like a twig. Im in
the middle of a project so the chances of breaking another one are
good, they are so old and brittle, why not replace them. But I checked
some part sites and couldnt find anything. Including motorcraft.

Any idea if theres a direct replacement for these or do I have to
fasion my own? And if so what about the boots, do I reuse the old
ones? Are they glued on? etc.

Thanks,

On Apr 3, 9:34*am, wrote:
> Apparently these are unique to Ford, one of those inovative
> designs . In the passenger side back corner of the engine bay theres
> a "brick" connector with 4 vacuum lines going to the air pump, the oil
> filler neck, the manifold, etc. One of them snapped like a twig. Im in
> the middle of a project so the chances of breaking another one are
> good, they are so old and brittle, why not replace them. But I checked
> some part sites and couldnt find anything. Including motorcraft.
>
> Any idea if theres a direct replacement for these or do I have to
> fasion my own? And if so what about the boots, do I reuse the old
> ones? Are they glued on? etc.
>
> Thanks,

Good luck, my friend :-) I have the same year, and the same
frustration. The vacuum lines are a standard size (I forget what
size, though), and can be replaced with rubber tubing sold by the foot
at your local auto parts store. You can reuse the connectors, which
are just friction fit, or slipped on. The whole vacuum system on
those cars is spaghetti, a cruel joke on the automotive world by the
Ford engineers. :-) On most cars from those years, you'll find
vacuum leaks and / or that whole brick wrapped in electrical tape, and
the fittings slip off...

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> Apparently these are unique to Ford, one of those inovative
> designs . In the passenger side back corner of the engine bay theres
> a "brick" connector with 4 vacuum lines going to the air pump, the oil
> filler neck, the manifold, etc. One of them snapped like a twig. Im in
> the middle of a project so the chances of breaking another one are
> good, they are so old and brittle, why not replace them. But I checked
> some part sites and couldnt find anything. Including motorcraft.
>
> Any idea if theres a direct replacement for these or do I have to
> fasion my own? And if so what about the boots, do I reuse the old
> ones? Are they glued on? etc.
>
> Thanks,

If you mean those hard plastic type vacuum lines, NAPA sells them in 3 foot
sections
with a variety of connectors. I had to replaced most of the vacuum lines on
my son's
86 and used rubber lines were I could but had to use these near heat
sources. One of
the problems I had was that many of the original vacuum lines runs were
inside of
wiring looms and you couldn't see the break.