vaccume hose

[gtiscott]

managed to get the scuttle off......couldn't get the hose off the ecu and didn't want to force it incase it broke anything so had to just put it back together and will try again later.

only thing now is the scuttle screws don't seem to tighten up, do you have to get new ones when you take it off

[Pete Taylor]

They won't tighten, as long as they hold the scuttle panel in place it'll be fine. The old vac hoses tend to go a bit crispy at the ECU end. The nipple the vac hose sits over is metal so it's safe to cut the old hose off with a stanley knife

[gtiscott]

cheers Pete, will give it ago tomorrow again

[LazyLunatic]

was looking at doing this as i have some spare hose lying around. 1st i wouldnt know which were vacuum and 2nd, i cant get my scuttle panel off and it is slightly broke from when i tried taking it off!

if you get it done, let me know how it looks.

LL

[gtiscott]

as pete said you just unscrew  the screws a bit then yank them out with a pair of grips.. i was real hard on them and they didn't break it is an easy job now that i know i can just cut the ecu bit to get it off

[gtiscott]

job done and looks much better than the old stuff, hardest part was getting into the ecu one as is limited space...but well happy

[mark3valver]

for future reference there is a nut that holds the ECU casing down which you can undo and literally pull the ECU out and turn it round so you can see what your doing.

Has it made any improvements to the running of the car?

[gtiscott]

good tip as the ecu side is real akward to get into, i think it seems a bit smoother cause i noticed the ecu hose had perished quite badly.   one question, does the lenth of the hose matter? i.e does it matter if the new one is slightly longer or slightly shorter than the old one? (i kept it the same size but just wondered)

[mark3valver]

not really a vacuum is a vacuum I suppose although if it went to far it might not work but you would have to go a long way for that to happen.