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Thaplumbr · 04-20-2013, 09:31 PM

Folks i have looked all over my catalogs,tried some parts stores around here(never hurts to try) but no dice. the fitting that came on my engine looks like it has a filter of some sorts on it,but looks like someone in past history poked a hole through it. i am wanting to connect my vacuum line for my distributor up,can i make a fitting and tie this in direct? or does it work better with the fitting i am describing(my apologies for not having a pic of the fitting, if need be ill get one)
thanks
Leroy

Kahuna · 04-20-2013, 09:38 PM

GET a pic

flatjack9 · 04-20-2013, 10:10 PM

No filter on any vacuum line. Is this the one just below the carburetor?

Thaplumbr · 04-20-2013, 10:23 PM

flatjack , yes sir it is!

Old Henry · 04-20-2013, 11:44 PM

Most likely what you're calling a "filter" is the one way valve to keep backfires from blowing back into the wiper motor and damaging it and, if you have a vacuum storage tank, keeping the vacuum in the tank when there is none in the manifold. Don't know how the appearance of my stock installation compares to yours but this is how it should look. Hope this helps.

You can see where the vacuum line from the distributor attaches via what I call the "banjo" connection also shown here:

Available here: http://macsautoparts.com/early-v8-fo...0R3CHL1072878/

Where to get the other part with the valve on it that screws into the manifold neck through the "banjo" fitting I do not know.

Thaplumbr · 04-20-2013, 11:44 PM

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Giving this a try for pics,not good at this!

Thaplumbr · 04-20-2013, 11:52 PM

Old Henry ,that's it exactly!!!there are 2 copper rings on it that I left down in the barn,yours looks like an original deal to me. Did your!s come with that? Or did you get it elsewhere? I asked my dad's neighbor( an old car buff,but he could not remember that fitting)
Thanks
Leroy
Btw,love your youtube videos!!!!

Thaplumbr · 04-21-2013, 12:17 AM

Just ordered one from Mac's, thanks so much for your help Old Henry!!!

Old Henry · 04-21-2013, 12:37 AM

If you don't have this fitting that goes on the other end of the vacuum line and screws into the block right by the distributor you better get it too.

Available from C&G (not Mac's) here: https://cgfordparts.com/ufolder/show...=161&t=1143&tn=

You can also get the vacuum line with the banjo fitting from C&G too if you want to get both from the same place here: https://cgfordparts.com/ufolder/show...=161&t=1142&tn=

Bruce Lancaster · 04-22-2013, 01:54 PM

I believe it was called a Silencer by Ford...it once contained a ring of felt in the mushroom part that was intended to muffle that sort of gasp you get when wipers go on or off. It's not a valve of any sort.

04-20-2013, 09:31 PM	#1
Thaplumbr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: jacksonville,arkansas Posts: 160	intake manifold vacuum 59ab Folks i have looked all over my catalogs,tried some parts stores around here(never hurts to try) but no dice. the fitting that came on my engine looks like it has a filter of some sorts on it,but looks like someone in past history poked a hole through it. i am wanting to connect my vacuum line for my distributor up,can i make a fitting and tie this in direct? or does it work better with the fitting i am describing(my apologies for not having a pic of the fitting, if need be ill get one) thanks Leroy

04-20-2013, 09:38 PM	#2
Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,617	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab GET a pic

04-20-2013, 10:10 PM	#3
flatjack9 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oshkosh, Wi Posts: 4,527	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab No filter on any vacuum line. Is this the one just below the carburetor?

04-20-2013, 10:23 PM	#4
Thaplumbr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: jacksonville,arkansas Posts: 160	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab flatjack , yes sir it is!

04-20-2013, 11:44 PM	#5
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab Most likely what you're calling a "filter" is the one way valve to keep backfires from blowing back into the wiper motor and damaging it and, if you have a vacuum storage tank, keeping the vacuum in the tank when there is none in the manifold. Don't know how the appearance of my stock installation compares to yours but this is how it should look. Hope this helps. You can see where the vacuum line from the distributor attaches via what I call the "banjo" connection also shown here: Available here: http://macsautoparts.com/early-v8-fo...0R3CHL1072878/ Where to get the other part with the valve on it that screws into the manifold neck through the "banjo" fitting I do not know. __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness Last edited by Old Henry; 04-21-2013 at 12:45 AM.*

04-20-2013, 11:52 PM	#7
Thaplumbr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: jacksonville,arkansas Posts: 160	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab Old Henry ,that's it exactly!!!there are 2 copper rings on it that I left down in the barn,yours looks like an original deal to me. Did your!s come with that? Or did you get it elsewhere? I asked my dad's neighbor( an old car buff,but he could not remember that fitting) Thanks Leroy Btw,love your youtube videos!!!!

04-21-2013, 12:17 AM	#8
Thaplumbr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: jacksonville,arkansas Posts: 160	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab Just ordered one from Mac's, thanks so much for your help Old Henry!!!

04-21-2013, 12:37 AM	#9
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab If you don't have this fitting that goes on the other end of the vacuum line and screws into the block right by the distributor you better get it too. Available from C&G (not Mac's) here: https://cgfordparts.com/ufolder/show...=161&t=1143&tn= You can also get the vacuum line with the banjo fitting from C&G too if you want to get both from the same place here: https://cgfordparts.com/ufolder/show...=161&t=1142&tn= __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness

04-22-2013, 01:54 PM	#10
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: intake manifold vacuum 59ab I believe it was called a Silencer by Ford...it once contained a ring of felt in the mushroom part that was intended to muffle that sort of gasp you get when wipers go on or off. It's not a valve of any sort.