computrtutr

Car is a 2.8 AHA engine. When I recently beheaded my engine, I noticed there was a metal pipe that went between the heads, and elsewhere, to a funny-looking vacuum valve of some sort. Each head had a valve, and there was a vacuum connecter in the middle with a J-shaped hard vacuum line attached. I will need gaskets for these. Are those gaskets included in a head gasket set? What are they called?

Grapeking

help you more accurately?

computrtutr

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Feel free to get a good chuckle at the crankcase breather. It's asymptotic (Greek for "not quite coming together). It's also got a 18" "patch" on it. All 8 pieces of it are in a box of parts I removed from the car. Engine's dirty, lots of things need replacement, most not visible in this picture. I have about 10' of silicon(e?) vacuum hose ready to replace the failing hoses under the hood. This weekend I'm cleaning parts- IM and TB, valve covers, gasket mounting surfaces, pistons, and anything else I can find. I have 6 bottles of carb and engine cleaner. Going to replace plugs, wires, many gaskets, many fluids. I'll take other suggestions too. The part in question is circled.

Grapeking

sure look like combi valves - but I'm no 2.8 expert.

4Driver4

Smarter than you think you are.