[DeTomaso] Brake vacuum tube and hose

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/3/09 21 33 26, SOBill at aol.com writes:


> The hose I got from a vendor would no way fit. It was 1/2 inch  hose.
> 

Wrong vendor, apparently.   I got proper metric hose (not cheap!) from Bobby 
Byars.   He said it's used on some Porsches and is very difficult to come by.

This was several years ago....

I recall that the fittings on the engine, booster, and the metal pipe were 
different diameters, and it was very difficult to install the hose on some, and 
even harder on the others.   Changing this sucker out was a non-trivial 
job...but it's important.

I would never want to spend much time driving around in a Pantera with an 
original 40-year-old vacuum hose.   I HAVE been a passenger in a Pantera whose 
vacuum hose failed while on the fly.   We were on a two-lane road, traffic in 
front of us came to a stop, the driver stepped on the brakes and nothing 
happened!   He quickly yanked the wheel and zoomed into a driveway to avoid crashing 
into the traffic stopping in front of us!   Thankfully it was a long and 
somewhat uphill driveway!

I didn't have any idea what was happening and why we were suddenly sitting in 
this fellow's driveway.   The driver was pretty shaken and it took a second 
for him to regain his composure!

Fortunately the hose failed at the end, on the engine, so we were able to cut 
an inch off and reattach it and continue the drive, but for sure he changed 
it the next day!!!

Mike


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