Hi, I've a '57, i know very well the underparts of my car and i never saw a ("rubber") tube . Ther's no tubing on the Torqueflite, the vent is only a small part at the upper rear of the transmission and ther's no part in the parts manual that indicate a hose is needed. But, but .. ther's a tube like you're talking about in the engine area : Ther's a tube (with insulated asbetos wrraped around) which goes from exhaust manifold to the carb . This tube runs at the rear of the cylinder head and along the intake manifold. It is only inserted in the exhaust manifold (at the bottom) so it could remove itself very easily .. Take a look at this tube and follow it from the carb to the rear of engine. Phil Courant (Pau, France) '57 Imperial convertible '96 Roadmaster wagon - American Car Club de France (ACCF) : http://www.accf.com - Chrysler Imperial France (new URL !) : http://www.ch300imp.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm