What are these parts and can I remove them?

[Mechanon]

I got everything running pretty nice and I feel like I'm in the home stretch. Still just trying to cut down the junk in the engine bay and reduce vacuum issues. I'm assuming all this stuff is part of a cruise control system and there should be no harm in removing them and plugging the vacuum right? The wiring will be another story, looks like it's pretty hacked up but I should be able to get it all back together.






This piece has cables that come out of it almost like speedometer cables. Is that what they are?

[colnago]

Good grief! That's horrible! What year do you have? My '67 has vacuum lines to the auto transmission, brake booster, PCV valve, and a single line to the distributor. All I can figure is that your box is for emissions, and driven by the speed of the vehicle. Do you have multiple vacuum lines running to the distributor?

Joseph

[Mechanon]

Good grief! That's horrible! What year do you have? My '67 has vacuum lines to the auto transmission, brake booster, PCV valve, and a single line to the distributor. All I can figure is that your box is for emissions, and driven by the speed of the vehicle. Do you have multiple vacuum lines running to the distributor?

Joseph

Man, that's not even half of it. The truck is a 75. I already removed the smog pump & thermactor headers. There's also a vacuum reservoir, charcoal canister, a couple vacuum delay switches, 3 or 4 temperature vacuum control switches sticking out of the manifold, and a big plastic vacuum header that sprouts hoses that snake all over the damn place. I'm sure I'm leaving some stuff out. But parts of what's pictured are definitely related to the cruise control.

Anyway, the vacuum that goes to your brake booster and trans, those are straight manifold vacuum right?

[colnago]

Anyway, the vacuum that goes to your brake booster and trans, those are straight manifold vacuum right?

Yes. On my particular truck, the tranny goes to the intake manifold above the runner to #4 cylinder, and the booster goes to a fitting on the base on the rear of the carb.

Joseph