M35A2 brake line cap size needed

[wsucougarx]

Hello gentlemen, I went to NAPA to pickup a brakeline cap for the front passenger wheel. I had the NAPA cross reference wheel cylinder in hand but they did not have it and did not know anything about the wheel cylinder. Does anyone know what size cap I would need for the rubber brake hose going to the wheel cylinder? Need size ASAP Again, I am going to disconnect the rubber brake line from the passenger side wheel cylinder and capping it off for the recovery on Tuesday. Thanks in advance

 

[wsucougarx]

Heres the hose end

 

[wsucougarx]

No one?

 

[Westech]

what you need a cap for? like block off the line or what?

 

[wsucougarx]

what you need a cap for? like block off the line or what?

Yes, I am recovering a deuce on Tuesday. The truck has a leaky wheel cylinder on the front passenger side. My thoughts were to vise grip the hose shut but seems that capping the line at the end of the rubber hose would probably be wiser. So I am wondering what female cap I would need to screw onto the end of the rubber brake line.

 

[wsucougarx]

Any ideas? Does anyone have a spare line sitting in their garage that they could find out what size cap I would need?

 

[Westech]

just clamp it off with a vise grips. Done that a thousand times. o you can plug it off at the "T". its 1/4 inch brake line.

 

[FreightTrain]

find someone with a punch set and make a flat disk.Just stick in the line and tighten the line back up blocking the fluid.Old trick used to block off air brake systems if you had a problem in BFE and needed to move it.Also an old trick used by the French to sabotage Locomotives in WW2 to burn out the side rod bearings.

 

[wsucougarx]

Any idea what the diameter is inside? I could just put a nail in there

 

[scooter01922]

If its 1/4 inch brake like westy says (and i believe he is right) then instead of capping the rubber line just get a male 1/4 inch pipe plug and put it into the spot on the T fitting that the rubber would normally connect to.

 

[doghead]

If your going to try this, remember your dealing with up to 2000 psi. Brass or copper is not an option. Capping a line and then stopping twice the weight is really a bad idea. Can you image what a lawyer will do, if you have an accident(no matter whose fault) with a "fix" like that on your truck?

Why not just overnight a wheel cylinder from a mil vehicle supplier? You could get a #45 wheel cylinder rebuild kit at NAPA and rebuild it. Also, could reschedule or hire it hauled too.