+1 No connection between his "left foot tune up" and the result. More likely, fiddling with the vacuum connections sealed up the system temporarily. Every ten years or so, it pays to go through the engine compartment and replace all the rubber vacuum connectors.
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Originally Posted by mannys9130
A hard shifting trans points to vacuum right away. Then when you couple it with other vac operated accessories malfunctioning (or a high idle in a gas engine), usually broken lines, worn actuators, or rotten connectors are smack in the middle of your cross-hairs.
Your best friend in old MB vacuum diag is a Mity-vac. You can do some down and dirty simple diag with just your mouth and some golf tees, but a Mity-vac is really nice to have and makes it so much easier to check out the whole vac system.  |