EWM;5750 wrote: Found a 3/8 inch or metric equivalent vacuum hose with a split. A new hose has helped the starting quite a bit. Starts on the first crank now but still requires slightly more grinding than I would prefer. The chase is still on.
The hose comes off a "T" on the right fender and goes to a part near the front of the engine on the intake manifold. The vacuum line with the "T" is above the air conditioner lines, and the split happened where the vacuum hose lays on top of a metal coolant line that runs parallel with the right cylinder head.
What I need is a picture or drawing with arrows and names of all external componets under the hood.
ewm
79 MY
You need to stop now and totally refresh your intake vacuum hoses and connectors. All of them. These cars are old. One split hose will shortly turn to five. Also, you said resolving the issue with the first split hose helped the car to run better. Refreshing your intake will most likely cure all of your hard starting issues as it sounds obviously vacuum related now. It's an easy job and will pay off largely.
There is a vacuum diagram in the WSM.
