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Vacuum Control Valve and Vacuum Hose Installation

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1. From the Emissions Kit install the bracket onto the Vacuum Control Valve (VCV) as shown in Figure 20.

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2. Connect the red striped vacuum hose from the Emissions Kit to the red VCV nipple. Connect the blue-striped and white-striped vacuum hoses to the corresponding colored dots on the VCV (Figure 21).

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Figure 22 identifies the connection points on the vacuum hose assembly.
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3. Remove the Green Striped vacuum hose between the Thermo Valve and the EGR valve (Figure 23). Install the new vacuum hose assembly (Figure 22) from the Emissions Kit between the Thermo-Valve and the EGR valve.

4. Cut the vacuum hose (Black) about 1" from the carburetor secondary throttle control diaphragm and install the new vacuum hose assembly between the cut hoses. Secure the vacuum hose and water hose together with the supplied short cable band.
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5. a. Locate the White Striped vacuum hose connected to the intake manifold port.

b. Cut the existing vacuum hose about 5" from the intake manifold nipple.

c. Insert the "TEE" connection of the new vacuum hose assembly (White Striped hose) from the Emissions Kit (Figure 22) between the cut ends of the White vacuum hoses as shown in Figure 24.


6. a. Loosen the two existing cable bands that secure the original Green Striped vacuum hose to the large Air Control Valve hose.

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b. Remove and discard the existing vacuum hose that connects the Air Control Valve and the Secondary Air Control Solenoid Valve (Figure 25).

c. Connect to the Air Control Valve and Secondary Air Control Solenoid Valve ports the Green Striped vacuum hose from the Emissions Kit that is connected at one end to the top port of the Vacuum Control Valve (See Figure 22).
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7. a. Disconnect the remaining original White Striped vacuum hose from the Secondary Air Control Solenoid Valve (Figure 26A).

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b. Connect to this Secondary Air Control Solenoid Valve port, the vacuum hose (Red, then White Striped) from the Emissions Fit that is connected to the middle port of the Vacuum Control Valve at one end and has an open "TEE" port in the line (Figure 22).

c. Connect to the open "TEE" port mentioned in step 7-b, the vacuum hose (White Striped) that was removed from the Secondary Air Control Solenoid Valve in Step 7-a (Figures 26B and 22).

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8. Install the Vacuum Control Valve and bracket to the air hose (Figure 27).

9. Secure the vacuum hose connected to the Air Control Valve to the large air hose with the original cable bands (Figure 27).

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10. Secure the loose vacuum hoses from the vacuum control valve to the power brake booster vacuum hose with the supplied long cable band as shown in Figure 28.