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Subject:Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
From:Miguel Pacheco
Date:Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:27:28 -0600

I use the conical caps that come on smaller tubes of lubricants, silicone,
etc. I do not stick them into the line, I stick the brake line into the
cap, as I would the original tube. Works very well!
Miguel

Miguel

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don,
>
> How do you use them to stop brake lines? I find I have to take a dowel and
> sharpen it in a pencil sharpener to get a decent fit into a brake line, and
> even then the point is so delicate that it wants to break off, and then I
> have to retrieve it. A better way of stopping brake fluid leaking from
> brake and clutch fittings has been on my mind lately, having encountered a
> bunch of it while working on the suspension.
>
> What do others do?
>
> Jim
>