[DeTomaso] Brake vacuum tube and hose and NAPA closes

[clay willmott]

Anyone know the proper size to order?

That NAPA line is 0.5 inch which I have heard is a little to big?

 

Also, my NAPA store just went out of business!  I went to pick up my line and thermostat and the store is gone.  They closed in NKY and you now have to drive to Cincinnati.

They closed due to the current economy.

 

I called two days ago and they routed the phone to Cincy but did not tell you there were speaking to the store in Cincy so you drive to the location and its gone.  Just great.

 

I am gonna order a different brand of line and get a Robert Shaw now.

 

Anyone know of a rubber/braided stainless vacuum hose that fits?

 

CW

 

 

 


 


From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:40:15 -0500
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Brake vacuum tube and hose
To: SOBill at aol.com; chrisvkimball at msn.com; claywillmott at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.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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