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And now the conclusion... I've connected all hoses, and... it works !:):) But it didn't at the beginning, because I had inverted the 2 hoses on the vacuum tank. At the firewall level, I have worked on the grommet from the engine bay, as it is virtually impossible to access it from the inside...

Hoses now connected to each other at the trunk lid level. One clip holds one hose, the other clip holds the other one. Pay attention, the clips must be rather close to the lid, otherwise they will interfere with the hinges when one closes the trunk. The vacuum tank is also installed, and...

Now, the switch. Of course, be sure it works well before installing, to avoid future headaches, like leaks (air being sucked into the intake manifold via the switch) or non-functioning release. The switch connects to the hose towards the trunk release, and to the hose towards the vacuum tank...

That's the next challenge. So far, here's what I've found, for 1966. The pictures below are from... azblackhemi, from a thread dated September 2020. It looks like the switch is installed on the small support used for the tissue dispenser (the picture shows the under side of the support)...

I'm using the diagram from the Service Manual as a reference (page 23-51).

Not easy to take pictures from the back of the dash. I routed the hose the same way as the main feed of wires: go up and above the speedmeter cluster, then go down, go horizontally behind the central ash tray and coin tray, then reach the glovebox. I have installed the vacuum hose that goes from...

From the sill to the bottom of the dash.

And now ladies and gentlemen... Better than in a dream... The small round plastic piece that looked like a toy coin, that fell from the duct... is in fact the cap of the photocell of the Sentinel system on the dash. If I hadn't had the non-sense idea to buy a remote vacuum release for my trunk...

And the BIG surprise of the day, the UNEXPECTED finding [drum beats please]. When removing the air ducts of the heating system, guess what fell on me.... It started with calendar pages, from 1982. Then a round piece like a plastic coin fell too. It was so unexpected that I didn't realize at...

Don't panic. Man at work.

Challenge for the week-end: route the hose up to the glove box. I think it's going to be fun. :)

As the kit provided by azblackhemi was complete and carefully withdrawn from the damaged '65 New Yorker, one will have a little connector at the hinge level, and one just next to the parking brake pedal. The hose through the sills is one piece only. Quite handy, so if one has to replace a...

And this evening: routing the hose through the sills. First, remove the sills. Second, remove the panel under the dash, on the left of the parking brake pedal (not sure how to call that piece of plastic trim). Third, remove the cover panel of the half B-pillar (my car is a hardtop). Reason for...

Next step: route the hose between the lid hinge and the bottom of the back seat, following the existing cables and the retainers. Those trunks are so huge that it was no problem to get into it and work under the rear deck. As I don't have the rear defogger, I'm wondering whether I would try to...

Next step that I just started, but no pic yet: jump into the trunk, and start routing the hoses from the hinge down to the left door sills... Rear seat has been removed as well as the rear left door sill, and part of the left trunk cardboards. Stay tuned!

Now, near the lock, two things. First, the standard lock cannot be reused. Indeed, it's missing a small hole where part of the release mechanism gets inserted. Be sure you get the lock and the release mechanism. The picture below shows the standard lock. Then, the first difference. Whereas in...

Then, simply attach the hose at the end of the draw-in wire, and remove it, the hose will then get inserted. Easy, and then one can install the grommet. So far so good.

I've decided to install the setup from the back of the car toward the front. So, one hose needs to travel from the front of the deck lid to the rear of it, through structure. I used a draw-in wire, from top to bottom when the lid is open. The hose will exit near the left hinge.

Opening this thread to show the install of a vacuum trunk release from a 1965 New Yorker on a 1966 New Yorker. And the findings and subtle differences between the 1965 setup and the 1966 one. As this is "work in progress", I'll update the thread as I install the components. First, get a...