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Intake manifold vacuum line question

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Where is the vacuum section on this website? Sorry if I put this thread in the wrong group.

On a 1972 manual transmission intake manifold there is the screw port for the brake booster vacuum tree and below that there is a small tube that projects out of the manifold. OGTS calls it port B on their Where do the hoses go document dated 7/4/2012. They also state that the port B gets plumbed to the valve cover.
My question is, "Is this port open to the inside of the intake manifold?" I can not blow through mine nor can I see that the tube penetrates the manifold. I tried to put a small piece of solid wire through to unblock it but it would not go through. I dont want to drill it out if it is not supposed to be.
If this is supposed to be open to manifold vacuum then mine is completely blocked.
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#2 ·
The big port goes to the brake booster. The tiny port on that same tree goes to the valve cover. It is a metered orifice and is open to the inside of the valve cover. The metered orifice is a .060” hole. A 1/16” drill bit is close enough to clear it.

The B port below the tree goes to vacuum retard on the distributor the port near the bottom of the vacuum canister.

The port on the carburetor goes to the other upper port on the distributor for vacuum advance.
 
#3 ·
The B port below the tree goes to vacuum retard on the distributor the port near the bottom of the vacuum canister.

The port on the carburetor goes to the other upper port on the distributor for vacuum advance.
Unless you don't want to use the stock configuration, and use manifold vacuum advance. You wouldn't use port vacuum or the retard port on the vacuum canister. Getting into why you'd do this is a long debate over port vs manifold vacuum advance, and which one is better.