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What Do You Use For Vaccum Line?

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Old 02-14-02, 09:32 AM
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What Do You Use For Vaccum Line?

Can I just go to a hardware store and/or an auto parts store and buy a roll of silicone tubing and "cut to length"? I assume i could, as long as it works...I only wanna do this because I think yellow vaccuum lines would look cool, and I dont think spray paint is the best idea . I figure if I bought a roll, then I could just take one off, measure, cut new tube to length, put new one on, repeat. Plus I would have leftovers to make fixes for those dern vaccuum leaks .

~T.J.

PS - If I cant do that, what should I use, and/or where can I get the stuff to replace em?
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Yep, to all that....
My garage cat, Flash, says you should make sure the i.d. is correct, then go to it.....Shoot, you can get tubing most ennawheres....

Denny, from the 'ol corncrib.....
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I need a a garage cat that gives good rotary advice like that.

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Just as long as the tubing is thick enough that it won't collapse under vacuum, sure! I wouldn't use it for fuel line or oil injection hoses without knowing for sure that it's rated to handle oil or gasoline.

A litle trick... most non-rubber hoses like to kink if you try to put a sharp bend in them, if you find a place where you need a short, sharp bend, instead of routing it normally, put the hose in a nice big 270degree loop. I had to use a 360 degree loop from my fuel regulator to the carb, sure it needed 3x the hose but it never kinked!
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