just took things back apart because i remembered how there was a metal connector that was not attached to its place. it is part of the spring loaded mechanism that the IMRC cord connects too, but was not connected when car was running fine either. all the vacuum hoses are connected properly, but i could not get them to sit like they did before. could someone send a pic of how they should look? i dont think this is the problem however. what is really going on here?
