LS5 carb/TSC vacuum hoses

[Tom R.]

Can someone tell me what the original small hoses attached to the carburetor (Q-jet), distributor vacuum advance, and TSC should look like, or be for a 70? The only ones I'm finding for sale have a white stripe and ridges whereas mine are smooth and all black. In the AIM, they would be numbers 2, 8, 12, 13 and on page K349, UPC LS5, A3.

[Edward J.]

Re: LS5 carb/TSC vacuum hoses

Tom, I am sure they may have been more than one supplier of vaccum hoses, generally the manufacturers hoses are identified by the number of ribs on the hoses and some may of had white strips, Any way the reproducers today make the hoses with a white strip, maybe its was widely used, at least thats what my 72 has. if you know that your hoses are original, maybe just go to the local auto parts store and buy the vaccum hose size you need, and purchace it by the foot, Its black without the white strip, and its cheaper than buying the kit and shipping it.