Various Vacumm Tube

[Rey S.]

I have several Vacumm tubes under the hood of my 1972 That are soiled and dingy. How can these be cleaned and with what ????

[Jack H.]

Re: Various Vacumm Tube

I've found that a little patience, a liberal spritz with WD-40, and gentle wipe with a clean shop towel gets the aged original vac hoses looking A-OK, without the need to 'shot gun' replace them with reproduction hoses that have a visually different set of stripe patterns...

While you're at it, take a looksee visual inspection of the ends of each hose. Often, they're 'spread' from being in-place over a connecting nipple for eons AND you can find cases where the rubber is splitting in either a radial or transverse manner.

Solve that by 'snipping' a bit of material off to get a 'fresh' portion of the rubber and you're probably good to go for years to come!

[Michael D.]

Re: Various Vacumm Tube

Soap and water will get the road gook off of them. I like Simple Green.

[Ken C.]

Re: Various Vacumm Tube

i've used gojo hand cleaner on hoses, spark plug wires, wires, etc. with good results. cleans them right up.