Vacuum lines Need to know the correct position to place the hoses

First off need to know what make , model and year vehicle ? Plus what engine it has ? I'am assuming the ball is a vacuum reservoir tank !
Does it look like this ?
47077 DORMAN 47077 Vacuum Reservoir

i can not understand your question. do you want to know how to change the place where air comes out or it does not come out at the place where you want it to come out?

first of all, the flapper are vacuum controlled. you need a vacuum source which comes from the engine. it could be trace by a black plastic hose coming from a vacuum canister that goes inside the car thru the wall near the air conditioning evaporator. this hose went to a valve that directs the vacuum to each vacuum valve that is attached to the flappers. as you turn or slide the switch, it opens a vacuum line to each valve to change its position. either close or open. if everything is not changing wherever you place the switch, it could be a bad source of vacuum. a broken line from the engine to the switch. if it does work on some position and would not on other position, then it could be the switch itself. sometimes there is just a leak on the valve or the hoses are just not tightly pressed on the switch.

i hope i was able to help...

This has a double intake manifold with control actuators at the base of the manifold most are vacuum controlled the computer monitors these actuators positions. #1 locate passenger actuator and lever position with engine off put a vacuum hose on it and suck on hose and watch arm lever it should move then place tongue against hose it should hold that position if it does not actuator is bad if it does the the control solenoid is at fault or no engine vacuum to solenoid.

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Turn or line up, number one cylinder at top dead center
on compression stroke,not bottom dead center

Have the crank pulley timing line, in line with the
tab on timing cover at zero degrees

Turn the oil pump if you can't drop the dist in
the motor

Line up the dist to the correct position for the
firing order,you need that before you start

Draw a picture of wire positions & dist location
first

Will need the old fashion timing light to set timing
with vacuum hose of dist advance

When you take the line off of the vacum advance can you feel air comeing though it if you put your thumb over the end of the hose,? If not the line could be plug or a leak in it, some where. If that is not the problem ,Replace the distributer,

Usually service repair manuals will have vacuum line diagram. Manufacturers will sometimes put a sticker on the bottom side of the hood with that information, otherwise a service manual will be your most accurate resource.
If you don't have a service manual, some libraries rent them, and places that sell used book sell them at a very low price. Ebay, amazon.com, and some websites will sell used materials very cheaply too.

Please let me know if I can further assist you, good luck.

just move them around yourself this will help you find the problem

rbbnsent: Let me see if I can help you.Fird, your vacuum lines are color coded if you look closely. As they age, some of them get difficult to differentiate from. One place where you can positively ID them, is where the line has not been exposed to the elements. That is where they have been inside a vacuum hose.
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Starting off, the vacuum line which shuts off the engine is a brown/blue line it goes to a diaphragm that has the fitting facing parallel to the pump body (runs parallel to the ground) Hook the line into the diaphragm.
Next, you have a vacuum hose which has a check valve on it.
Connect this one to the fitting which runs straight up.
There should be a white line near by. Hook the line up to the fitting just behind the one you just hooked up.
There should be a Black line going into the back of the pump.
Alright, coming off the vacuum pump, you have a fitting which should 4 lines excluding the vacuum source.
Now the vacuum source should have a check valve in line with it.
The following colors should be going into this "T"
White, white/blue, green, white/black.
Going back to the injection pump: Coming off the line which had the check valve, one direction is white/violet/brown and the other direction which heads off in the same direction as the front of the motor, is black.
The Black line coming out of the back of the pump hits a "T" which goes to a check valve and it hits another "T"
Coming off the side of that "T" is a white/green
I'm pretty sure, I have far exceeded the number of vacuum hoses which you found disconnected.
I hope I have answered you question thoroughly.
I happen to drive a Mercedes Diesel (81 300TD wagon) I love it!
Let me know how you make out. Mercedes Diesel are a specialty of mine!

the petcock is vacuum operated, there should be a small hose just behind the larger fuel hose thats attached to the petcock. What it does is when the bike is cranking over it sends vacuum though this hose and operates a diaphram in the petcock causing fuel to be released in the fuel line. This is for people that don't turn the fuel off as far as I know. Anyway if you take the small line off and get another piece that fits there and turn the petcock on and **** on the small hose it should send fuel out the bigger fuel hose if it works correctly.

Hope this helps