85 K20 Suburban with AC

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Brother Bill

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K20 Suburban
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I'm struggling. I just bought the above suburban and I'm sorting through issues one at a time.

There is a wiring harness (with a vacuum hose) that passes through the firewall below the fuse box. It routes up into the dash and disappears.

In the engine bay the hose is not connected. It is bent like it was originally tied to the vacuum port on the manifold, so I thought I'd reconnect.

Afterword when i pressed the brake it sounded like a vacuum or air leak someplace down by the brake pedal. So I disconnected again. I can't trace it down under the dash without really tearing the dash apart.

Anyone help me?

tks
 

PrairieDrifter

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The sound you hear is pretty normal on older vehicles with vacuum brakes. That's just the booster doing it's thing.
 

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The cruise control has a vacuum break/switch on the brake pedal. Positive mechanical cutoff for the cruise control servo if you step on the brakes, since it cuts off vacuum to the servo.

Bruce
 

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