If you have to replace the vacuum lines, you might try a used parts place and see if they will sell you some sections of the plastic stuff from a W123 body - newer and less brittle. I think that the plastic is the same size, and you can use rubber vacuum hose to join the old to the new.

Definitely better than duct tape.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
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