Gail
Idid  the patch it for a while thing ,but used an old inner tube and some zip
ties. Heres what worked for me.
Get an old motercycle or truck innertube(try for the m/c tube as the rubber is
thinner)
Cut a piece that's longer than your intake elbow .Remove elbow slide tube in
place mark holes for breather hoses .Remove m/c tube make very small holes for
breathers(6or 7 mm)reinstall tube on elbow secure ends with hose clamps.
Now for the breather hoses, poke them thru the holes you made. there's a good
chance that they will seal fine like this. more likely they'll rip(curse now
if you want).
Take some more tube ,fold it up and wedge it between the 2 breather hoses like
a cradle.Pull the m/c tube over this and hold in place with a hose clamp.don't
clamp to hard here as you could possibly close the hoses .
Now go set the Idle and timing and all the other stuff thats affected by
improper mixture
This worked for me for a bout 6 months.
Good luck
mike
85westy