My experience:
1) My vacuum canister was rusted through, I patched it.
2) My rubber hoses at the control valve (LH side of dash) were hardened, I "massaged" them back to life with a name brand vinyl treatment.
3) The control valve itself was leaking vacuum, I squirted some name brand vinyl treatment into the seal and massaged it back to life
4) My hoses were all connected wrong, I got a chart showing proper connection and re-did them all.
Now it works perfectly.
If you need the vacuum hose diagram let me know, I will send it to you or provide a link.
EDIT: That's the link in the post before mine...