[DeTomaso] Brake booster vacuum

[Asa Jay Laughton]

My 1973 with a dual diaphram vacuum advance has one hooked to ported on 
the carb and one hooked to manifold vacuum, all by itself.  The vacuum 
to the brake booster comes off a -separate- port on the manifold.

Now... guess which goes to where.

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 10/12/2012 2:52 PM, Guido deTomaso wrote:
> I'm guessing that had to be for the retard side of the push-pull distributor
> and/or the fresh air flap on the aircleaner.  Suppose we'll never know
> without building a time machine.  Surprised I can't find a vacuum hose routing
> diagram here at the compound, that would tell the tale.
>
> GD
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> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com"<MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: guido_detomaso at prodigy.net; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Thu, October 11, 2012 11:31:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Brake booster vacuum
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> In a message dated 10/11/12 18 41 10, guido_detomaso at prodigy.net writes:
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> I don't think you'll see a factory set-up plumbed that way either.  Like you
> don't see factory vacuum advance plumbed to manifold vacuum often, if ever.
>
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>>>> ...except on Panteras.  The stock Pantera intake manifold used a large vacuum
>>>> fitting mounted on the back of the intake manifold, on the right side in one of
>>>> the runners, to feed the brake booster.  It has a small nipple on it which
>>>> routes vacuum forward to the distributor.  If you look in the Ford parts book,
>>>> you can clearly see it on the first page of section 60, the engine section.
> Doesn't make it right, or smart.  Just makes it original....
>
> And I believe that at some point, the Pantera switched to a push-pull system
> with two vacuum lines on the distributor, didn't they?  It's all magic to me....
>
> Mike
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