I was poking around under the hood of my 87 SDL last night and managed to break the brittle vacuum line that runs between the intake and the crossover valve. Since it was about 10:30 and I needed the car today, I had to find an emergency repair. Since my wife is a horse vet, I grabbed some needles from her truck and found a 14 gauge needle worked perfect for an emergency splice. Of course I am going to replace the line (probably most of the rest as well) with the correct tubing this weekend, but I thought I would pass this tip on for emergency late night-type repairs.

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