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Subject:Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
From:Jim Felder
Date:Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:32:58 -0500

Then you have probably never seen the contents of a Mity-Vac kit.

Jim

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:

>  It has never occured to me to stick anything soft and pointy into an
> automotive brake line !
>
> there are two very simple solutions..
> for a metal brake line, to cap it off, slide the nut back, put a rubber bleed
> valve cap on the flared end.
>
> for a hose ..
> scrounge an old metal brake line off a dead vanagon somewhere..
> cut it short, like 2 inches..
> smash or flatten the cut end ..
> and there's your hose blocker offer.
>
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>  On 10/12/2013 6:43 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
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> Don,
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> 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
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