[1990fixerupper]

Can anyone tell me where this hose is supposed to connect please?
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Thank You

 

[stuart460]

do you have a black plastic sphere on the wing? if so it connects to that as a vac resivor for the heater box

 

[reedjos]

What would we do without ms paint to solve our random hose/port/wire questions?

 

[1990fixerupper]

do you have a black plastic sphere on the wing? if so it connects to that as a vac resivor for the heater box

There is a screw plugging the end of the hose. No plastic sphere.

 

[85mm]

it connects to the death star

I have no idea what the part is called. But all my belts and hoses were recently replaced. I tracked your mystery hose to the death star over on the right side of the engine.

 

[Ryzman]

i agree with 85mm. that mystery hose goes to the deathstar on the right side of the engine compartment.

 

[rufant]

Is the Deathstar connected to anything else? (mechanical or electrical)

No Alderan in sight...?

 

[Danny]

Hmm, I haven't got a Deathstar - what is it?

 

[1990fixerupper]

I have no deathstar either. I wonder what it could be.......Who has the knowledge of the RR Jedi :think:

 

[1990fixerupper]

Is it a vacuum tank?

 

[RAGE ROVER]

I just ripped mine out the other day (tidying up the bay after I got rid of the efi)... I was quite tempted to chop it in half to see whats inside but I'm worried about finding some voodoo death spell now :!:

 

[1990fixerupper]

Could not having this "deathstar" be the reason I get crappy gas mileage? 100 mpt (miles per tank)

 

[1990fixerupper]

vacuum tank for cruise control and heater flaps.....

 

[rufant]

100 mpt (miles per tank)

That is REALLY bad. What do your plugs look like?

 

[1990fixerupper]

Just got new dist. cap and rotor, new spark plugs and spark plug wires done on july 5th. going to do a new fuel filter in the nex couple of weeks. Any other ideas for better gas mileage?

 

[rufant]

What did the old plugs look like?

 

[1990fixerupper]

I just tossed them in the trash on Thursday and didn't look at them. We just moved from Orlando Florida to Beaumont Texas on the 5th as well. I'm sure the plugs were bad as well as the other items that were replaced. The engine wouldn't start without getting them replaced.

 

[rufant]

You can't remember if they looked black and sooty as opposed to greyish?

 

[p76rangie]

vacuum tank for cruise control and heater flaps.....

It is for the heater flaps. The cruise control operates off a pump located at the front where you would put a second battery.

 

[rtkraken]

Just reactivated my "death star " system a while ago. It serves as a vacuum reservoir for the recirc flap operation. When you go into A/C mode an electric solenoid activates a valve allowing a vacuum motor to close outside air from being inducted into the vehicle. There is (should be) a vacuum check valve in the hose to the death star also. The check valve keeps the system from losing vacuum during decelleration thus preventing hot outside air from being occasionally inducted into the cabin. There is a small hose from the death star that runs through the firewall, under the steering column (NA spec) and up into a solenoid valve that's just barely reachable on the (NA spec) drivers side of the dash core conflagration.
All this really only matters if you live in a seriously hot, humid, place. Then the dumping of outside air into the cabin defeats the A/C... which is rather marginal anyway. If you don't need it, then plug the hose at the plenum and enjoy a constant flow of fresh outside air.

May the Force be with you... :roll: