I finally got around to replacing my leaking header gaskets with copper ones, and decided to put on my new valve covers while I was at it. I found out that the passenger side PCV grommet was the wrong size, and running the car with that open made it idle high and not hold any vacuum for the brakes. I got the right size grommet at NAPA and attached the PCV valve on the passenger side, but I still have no brakes and a high idle. I double checked everything on the TB, I reconnected everything. The only thing I can think of is that I must have broken a vacuum line or something while I was working on the car. I've looked around, and nothing is unusual from what I can tell, but I am no expert. I have to fix this today so I can drive to Texas tomorrow, so I need to figure this out.

 

First thing I would check is the vacuum line to the brake booster.

 

then put a vacuum gauge on the manifold to see if there are any leaks
if there is a leak, try using starting fluid to try and locate the leak

 

Exactly what it was. I swear I checked it before I started the car, but I re-examined everything and found it unplugged. I feel like a tool.

 

Stuff like that is very easy to do. At least it is an easy fix. I put valve seals in a friend's car this AM and had to drive to the city. (Twenty-five minutes each way) to get a new rocker nut that I dropped and we searched and searched for and could not find. I threw all of that stuff out this winter too after building a motor for another friend. Figgers eh??

 

that is the one you'll find during the next oil change, on the crossmember or something

 

There is a way to prevent that, DON"T THROW ANYTHING AWAY! I should never need anything, but I always need the thing the trash man took yesterday, never fails.