I have ..
those are rubber.
  Much safer to use than any dowel made of wood.

On 10/12/2013 1:32 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>   On 10/12/2013 6:43 AM, Jim Felder 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
>>
>>
>>
>>