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Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (10/20)
 7/5/12 7:43pm
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Do you know the exact part it attaches to under the dash? Is there a diagram available? I'll email you a picture of my dash so you can see what I'm looking at, and maybe point me in the right direction, since it won't let me post here.
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (11/20)
 7/6/12 1:02am
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There should be two line come through the fire wall one come from the manifold through a filter and a check valve it goes to your headlight switch.   then there is a line from your headlight switch to the headlight-pulldown switch then that line goes back through your fire wall up to the front of the car where it splits and feed the headlight relays.  

That part of the system is easy enough to trace.  From what you said I'm guessing that the line from the manifold is gone.  You need to confirm that you have a line from the back of the manifold to a filter then to the check valve and on through the firewall.

Gilbert
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (12/20)
 7/6/12 12:40pm
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Uploaded for Paul.....

I can see his vac lines with the blue zip tie....I have no idea what these 2 lines are.





Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (13/20)
 7/6/12 1:00pm
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Uh...Dan...? You DO realize most of us here are age challenged, right? The pics are too small for me to see anything very clearly....LOL

If ya'll wanna send/email me the pics, I'll upload them and post a link to the larger pics...so us old farts can see them...LOL

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Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (14/20)
 7/6/12 1:32pm
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Paul  I pulled your email form your profile and sent you some PDF files.  Adam is correct when he said we are mostly old farts who can not see good.  Geek

Adam you need to tell my wife I cannot see good so she gets off of my case when I'm looking some of the finer two legged beach dwelling specimens.  Thumbs Up  She is not buying it from me.  Off topic sorry.

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I found a Visio Drawing I did of the vacuum system I will email that to you as soon as I find the key that goes with the numbers I placed on the lines.  

Being old not only the eyesight goes.  Just as long as I can remember where my lovely wife lives I cannot go to far wrong.
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (15/20)
 7/6/12 2:06pm
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tb2k82ce said: Adam you need to tell my wife I cannot see good so she gets off of my case when I'm looking some of the finer two legged beach dwelling specimens.  Thumbs Up  She is not buying it from me. 

Gilbert...that's what sunglasses are for....Cool
LOL

If you don't mind, I would also like to have a copy of your info...P/M me if you can't find my email...it's right there in my profile...I think...





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Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (16/20)
 7/6/12 3:04pm
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sunglasses,  I think I will go out and purchase a pair.  I told youall (that is southern Californian) for everyone.  Eye sight is only one thing to go with age.  I just cannot remember the others.

I will be emailing you the pdfs I have on the vacuum systems.
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (17/20)
 7/6/12 3:47pm
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Adams' Apple said: Uh...Dan...? You DO realize most of us here are age challenged, right? The pics are too small for me to see anything very clearly....LOL

If ya'll wanna send/email me the pics, I'll upload them and post a link to the larger pics...so us old farts can see them...LOL


Try to right click on one of them and it should let you see it bigger.

..or perhaps a ticker set of glasses may be in order!!!

LMAO!!!!!
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (18/20)
 7/6/12 5:43pm
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There ya go Joel....LOL

I gotta big remote control for you on order too!!!!
 
 
 
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Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (19/20)
 7/6/12 4:27pm
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With the bigger pictures I agree I have no idea what one of the two could be one could be going to the headlight vacuum switch up in front.  The other one I have know idea.  You can clearly see the check valve it should go through a T and one side of that should go through the firewall. 
Re: Headlamp vacuum help! (20/20)
 7/6/12 9:43pm
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porterpj said:Lastly, there's a knob sticking out between the glove box and vent on the passenger's side that I have no idea what it does, can anyone identify that?


That is for the vent...it opens and closes the vent right there next to the knob. IT should pushin/pull out, but it may be stuck.
I been looking at the pics....looks like someone has removed the over-ride knob, and plumbed the headlights in direct.
Can you find where those two hoses go on the inside? You say they are not attached to anything under the hood, but where are they coming from to start with? The panel that goes under the steering column is missing...that is where the over-ride knob goes.

The hoses coming from the engine that should be going inside have been looped together there. I'll edit the pics, and show what I mean, but it'll be tomorrow before I get that done.


(dam spelchek...)


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