Brake line plug for temp work (1 Viewer)

[Rusty Marlin]

I hate opening the lines when working on brakes, seems like everything has to be in a hurry because the Master Cylinder is slowing hemorrhaging and SOB! if that thing goes dry on you its a real damn headache.

This AM I made two of these little plugs for solving just this problem. There's probably something just like at Autozone, but you better know what vehicle it fits or they can't find it.... I needed to stop the bleeding on the LSVP lines while I took my time getting the old one off.

I turned a mild steel plug that drops into a standard tubing flare fitting.

And plug welded it from the end.

To make sure it sealed, I took a short length of small diameter brass tubing to make a gasket.

And dropped it into a union, then snugged the new plug down over it to form the flare/gasket.

Here they can be seen in use on the input lines for the LSVP.

 

[categorytheory]

I hate opening the lines when working on brakes, seems like everything has to be in a hurry because the Master Cylinder is slowing hemorrhaging and SOB! if that thing goes dry on you its a real damn headache.

This AM I made two of these little plugs for solving just this problem. There's probably something just like at Autozone, but you better know what vehicle it fits or they can't find it.... I needed to stop the bleeding on the LSVP lines while I took my time getting the old one off.

I turned a mild steel plug that drops into a standard tubing flare fitting.

And plug welded it from the end.

To make sure it sealed, I took a short length of small diameter brass tubing to make a gasket.

And dropped it into a union, then snugged the new plug down over it to form the flare/gasket.

Here they can be seen in use on the input lines for the LSVP.
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[ajax1]

Yup easy way is rubber line or vacuum line, shove a bolt in one end then shove the open end over the line you just opened

 

[jpoole]

For those I would typically borrow the little dust caps from bleeder valves. You can slide the threaded collar up a bit and the put the little cap on the flared end of the line.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

So what ya'll are sayin', is I probably went a little overboard. LOL

 

[categorytheory]

So what ya'll are sayin', is I probably went a little overboard. LOL

Maybe a little....?

 

[jbee]

So what ya'll are sayin', is I probably went a little overboard. LOL

I like it.

 

[FirstToy]

no way, that's awesome!
That's an official SST now
It would be something Audi or Mercedes would have

So what ya'll are sayin', is I probably went a little overboard. LOL