So I've got the engine out of my '79 brat and now I can't stop myself from going over every nook and cranny. I've started cleaning up the intake manifold and so tonight I was disconnecting and labelling vacuum lines.

 

Now I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but twice when I was trying to pull a vacuum line off the carburetor, I wound up pulling the nipple out of the carb as well. Just kind of seemed like that shouldn't happen, but I am not sure? The nipples don't look damaged or anything, they just came out after a little pull.

 

Do I just stick 'em back in, or does this indicate something bad about my carb? Thanks much,

Crabman

It's normal. Heat and time fuse the old vacuum lines on to the tubes. Just tap them back in.