Vacuum Hoses Connect to Plastic Nipples

[Brad Hogg <roadhogg@xxxxxxx>]

Plastic vacuum nipple repair can almost certainly be done using 5 minute
epoxy.  Here's what I would do.

Extract the portion of the nipple that broke off, from the vacuum line.
Find something that is just big enough to fit inside the nipple.  Place the
nipple back into position as best you can.  Use 5 minute epoxy around the
base of the nipple to make it hold there.  The epoxy will take a while to
set strong so make sure you have it lying in a position where it will not
move.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Print Bear" <prntbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: IML: Vacuum Hoses Connect to Plastic Nipples


Thanks to Dave I managed to remove my 68's dash panel and revealed to
me was the scourge of the ages:

1. Water damage to the Headlight Switch: I will attempt to disassemble
and rejuvenate this
2. Water damage to Dashboard light dimmer: Same as above.

These will involve drilling out the stamping and probably watching a
bunch of springs leaping into my face never to be reassembled again. I
will fill you in on this operation as it happens. Hoping that this will
be the remedy for non-operative parking lights and dash lights.

Next, I encountered the source of a strange  and erie sound that comes
from the dash area when the car is running. I wasn't sure if it was the
Speedo cable or the vacuum for the parking break. Instead, it is the
vacuum switch which controls the rear window defogger or the rear seat
heat. The switch is white plastic and has several nipples, about 3/8"
long, maybe 1/8" diameter, arranged on the rear of the body. They, in
turn, fit into a female socket made of rubber. The problem: One of the
nipples is inside the socket, broken off from the back of the switch,
and at least one of the nipples, still on the switch, is cracked and
about to come off. Air is being sucked into the cracked and broken
nipples and that is making the sound I'm hearing.

Is there a way to glue these back on and strengthen the cracked one?
I'm sure there's no replacement for this part. I wouldn't even ask. It
has a 58024 and a Pentastar stamped into the plastic.

I have uploaded pictures of the operation: Two corroded switches and
the back of the plastic vacuum switches to the following URL:

  http://homepage.mac.com/printbear/PhotoAlbum4.html