Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 308 QV emissions failure and possible misfire

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

> > Larry notes "Perhaps it's possible for you to remove the accessible vac 
> > hoses and snip a 1/4" off the end and replace it?"

The wiggle test, found in Ford diagnostic manuals, is a valid test - just 
don't do it on a running distributor.

Likewise testing and sniping the ends of old vacuum hose is valid.

I found a vacuum brake booster's 17 mm hose with engine end buried under a 
greasy air cleaner had "crystallized" - Hard as a rock.  What's more - a one 
inch long by 1/2 inch arch chunk UNDER at the hose end was just hanging by 
threads.  How it ever ran is sheer guess work.

DOUG