Technical Looking for the Vac Adv.

Hey,
I'm on the hunt for a flexible tube style vacuum advance line from my OG distributor to my OG carb on my 1949 8BA in my 1949 Ford Custom.
The line in the image is kinked/broken.

 

Mac's sells them, the T-Bird specialty guys sell them, it's just plain steel line with those weird "Ford" nut compression fittings. I bet the Flathead people sell it too. I don't think Ford ever had a part or part #, it was just something they made with a roll of line.

 

good to know!

 

Have you seen them in a flexible hose?

 

Cut the fittings off and use rubber?

 

Plumbing supplies at the local hardware store. Take the line off and pay them a visit.

 

I need the fitting to thread into my Carb and the vacuum advance.

 

https://www.macsautoparts.com/distr...rass-fittings-at-ends-v8-ford-32-14613-1.html

Macs has them made up.

 

I think he’s talking about using the fittings and leave a small section of line to hook the hose to on each end.

 

What 325w said . I did it on 8BAs all the time.

 

@askforjonny this may help:
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/early-ford-original-vacuum-lines.1228831/

 

I don't believe that's a vacuum advance

 

I'd cut the ends / nuts off and bend a new line, reuse those nuts and flare. Nickel copper brake line is good to work with.

 

I have seen lots of them with rubber hose. its called Vacuum Line and you can buy it at any autoparts store.

 

You could just replace the damaged section of the line with a piece of vacuum hose and call it done. Just cut the hard line with a tubing cutter and de bur it. The engine is stock appearing so you could just set the distributor to the timing mark on the crank pulley which is 2-3* BTDC. The vacuum can on these controls the entire timing curve, there is no centrifugal advance mechanism, the vacuum signal is generated by the venturi in the carb.

 

Nuts are pretty beat up... hate too loose a thead while installing...

 

Im not sure how to set the time like your talking about it is a little fast now.

 

I seen these i was looking for a flexable tube but... ohwell!