At 11:33 AM 10/18/2009, Richard Koerner wrote:
>By the way, when I was changing the plugs on the passenger side, I
>removed the air cleaner.  Below it, was a vacuum hose coming from
>"something" and going over to 2 "relay looking things" on the
>firewall; the barbed reducing coupler (1/2" to 5/16") which
>connected the two hoses was snapped in half.  Who knows how long it
>was cracked or broken

Those are the idle boost valves for power steering and A/C.  Diagram
on 24.24a and b.

Notice that there are two calibrated orifices in the system, both
associated with the gasoline vapor recovery system.  The large one is
the size of a 1.4 mm or a #54 drill; the small one is less than half
the size of a #80 drill and I'd have to think hard how to make
one.  Find/make a pin to size and punch through heavy aluminum foil
into soft wood, maybe, then glue it across the end of a coupler.

Yrs,
D