Old style Dual Vac distrib. question

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I have a photo of the under-hood sticker from my '81 I removed before I painted 
it. If you can wait until tonight, I can forward it to you.

LMK - JT

> In an attempt to get the '79 to run just perfect I was going through the 
> vac. hoses again.  No leaks but I did find something interesting.  One of 
> the hoses was completely flat.  Looks like it has collapsed and was 
> basically blocked.
> 
> It was the hose on the back of the distrib. can (vac. retard I believe it 
> is).  So I replaced it with a nice new German one :)
> 
> I just wanted to check to make sure the vac. hose routing is correct. 
> 
> Right now the rear of the can (retard?) is connected to the intake 
> manifold, so it gets vac when the TB butterfly closed (idle).  The front 
> of the can is connected to the intake tube so it gets no vac at idle, but 
> I should assume it would get some vac when the TB is open (vac. advance?)
> 
> I looked at the bently diagram and I think that is correct, just wanted to 
> double check with someone who has one installed :)
> 
> Cory Langford
> '86 Roc turbo, 
> '78 Roc turbo - Daily driver project,
> '65 Ghia Coupe
> 95 Eurovan, etc, etc... :)
> 
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