New hard vacuum line was rather cheap from Rusty - but I don't know where
you'd buy it now. It's much easier to just replace all the old line than to
continue to chase leaks/broken lines.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> All the vacuum for the engine, transmission, and climate controls comes
> from that big "t" up at the front of the engine.  There is a restriction at
> the base, so any crack or break in ANY of the four lines can result in no
> vac to the transmission and hard shifts.  Serious cases also result in
> shut-off failure as well, though.
>
> As I said, most of mine have splices where the hard lines have broken.
>
> Peter
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