Heat/Choke Riser Tube

Hello, I have a '71 Maverick with a 200 engine. I've discovered that the heat/choke riser tube is broken about about an inch from the bottom, but it's still within the sleeve material. Will keeping it within the sleeve be enough to allow the manifold heat to rise up to the choke, or will I need to replace the entire tube? I could buy a length of steel tube and by using a bender, copy the bends in the tube and I can flare out the end for the nut, but I don't know how to make the manifold end small enough to fit into the hole.

Any suggestions are welcomed!

Thank you!
Renton5

 

I like that idea, thank you!

 

I used 1/4 inch brake line on mine

 

Hi Royboy88,
How did you make the end of the tube small enough to fit in the manifold?

 

you also can use soft copper and drill the hole in manifold to fit your line size

 

I drilled the broken piece out and wedged it in

 

I believe these can be purchased via Mustang parts houses, and are $20 or less...

 

Whatever size the line is was the original size in the exhaust manifold, usually due to rust and remnants of the line, opening will be smaller than orig... I've bent new line and drilled the manifold back to same size without issue...

A stick of new line should be just a few $$, I paid $2.65 last week for a 30" piece of 5/16", should be able to get 1/4" for even less...