I use a line clamp or vice grips on rubber hoses.  I use a plugged coupling on hard lines.  You ca easily make a plug by crimping an old cutoff piece of hard line with the threaded end still on it.  

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> On Oct 12, 2013, at 13:50, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> This sounds like something that Felder Enterprises could handle...
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For a brake line you could push a short piece of hose over the end of the
>> line and then plug the hose or clamp it shut.
>> 
>> Larry A.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 9:43 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. 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I haven't followed the whole thread, but  golf tees are handy stoppers
>>> when
>>>> working on fuel hoses.   I have a few in all my tool kits and often use
>>>> them to stop gas or brake fluid,
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:43 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a collection of rubber stoppers "left over" from when I taught
>>>>> chemistry.  The smallest: 000 and 00 are often useful for plugging
>>> things
>>>>> like the outlet from a fuel tank temporarily.  I believe that these
>>> are
>>>>> available at Lowes and certainly at a good hardware store.  A larger
>>> one
>>>>> (#8?) can be used to plug the filler tube grommet on a fuel tank
>>> while it
>>>>> is being raised into position.
>>>>>  Hoses can be clamped without much stress by using small needle-nosed
>>>> vise
>>>>> grips with pieces of hose on the jaws.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Larry A.
>>>>>  did you actually find 11 mm fuel hose at your FLAPS?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 6:54 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now I have the hose - next question.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How would one go about replacing that hose with fuel in the tank??
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can't clamp the hose - it has to come off. Figure there must be a
>>>>>> procedure to get this change done and not make a complete firebomb
>>>>>> waiting to be lit!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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