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Hi wrcsixeight

That sounds like the mechanism I posted about above; that's a copy and past from alldatadiy. I will check it out and make sure it is clean and moving freely like it describes. Once done maybe that's worth adjusting to suit as you describe. My van has running boards but I can just slip underneath if I haven't eaten too many pies the day before!

Put 2 tires on the curb and 2 tires in the street .... I have done this many times to keep from getting out the jack and stands ....

Well, I've been pretty busy because in between losing my job last summer ("Covid budget cuts") and getting a new job (more money, so up yours old job!), I started a pretty big yard remodel that I'm now having to finish whilst holding down a job too. I thank you all for your suggestions which I am working through. I snatched MLK day 1hr slot I have investigated the Charcoal canister, because its easy to get to!

Conclusion is , it seems good. Everything looks in good shape. Those two center ports both held a vacuum. The bottom one you can see in the gauge seems OK, the vacuum dropped very slowly but when I reconfigured the hoses to my gauge dropped even slower so I think one of the pipes was the leak. Both passed the "tongue test" with no sign of unsticking. I can't see a case here for dropped over $100 on a new one