Looking for no bs, tested, quality vacuum caps..

[Octane]

Ive had hose on my stuff for a decade or more.I use good hose I guess.I have a big toolbox full of various vacuum hoses,fuel lines etc. I rarely have to leave the house for anything.I have it "in stock" lol. I can rig up about anything with a bit of effort to work.It aint "rigging" tho if it works.

 

[59840Surfer]

Hose and .177 BBs.

I used to be called The BB King of Anaheim when we had trouble with the early EGR systems.

 

[Ricko1966]

I've used ball bearings in the hose. No need for sealer of any kind. Works like a champ.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Alright sounds like I've got a plan then. Let's hope hose doesn't start going to crap anytime soon either.

Thanks for the input guys!

 

[Octane]

Alright sounds like I've got a plan then. Let's hope hose doesn't start going to crap anytime soon either.

Thanks for the input guys!

You can spray a little armour all on the small hose before installing it.It would help keep it from drying out from the engine heat

 

[PrairieDrifter]

You can spray a little armour all on the small hose before installing it.It would help keep it from drying out from the engine heat

All of the actual vacuum tubing I've had on the truck, since I put it together, still looks perfect. So I'm not too worried about the hose, as the hose I've been able to find is actually good quality stuff, it's the damn caps lol.

 

[Octane]

All of the actual vacuum tubing I've had on the truck, since I put it together, still looks perfect. So I'm not too worried about the hose, as the hose I've been able to find is actually good quality stuff, it's the damn caps lol.

Made in China is the quality standard of the 21st century...right?

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Made in China is the quality standard of the 21st century...right?

Spot on. Most things "made in the USA" are simply assembled in the US and made with "global materials" lol

 

[Octane]

yeh thought about that after I posted. If you've got 2 the same size and don't want to run plugs, run a hose from one to the other.

Or pull out the vac tube and jb weld the hole.

 

[Ricko1966]

yeh thought about that after I posted. If you've got 2 the same size and don't want to run plugs, run a hose from one to the other.

I don't want to find out what kind of confusion results from hooking a non ported vacuum source to ported vacuum source. My head already hurts trying to decide what that would do.

 

[Octane]

I don't want to find out what kind of confusion results from hooking a non ported vacuum source to ported vacuum source. My head already hurts trying to decide what that would do.[/QUOTE Actually,it is a manifold vacuum source hooked to the ported vac. port Since it is ported it can only pull vacuum at part throttle anyway.The distributor vac cannister is hooked( according to manufacturer) to a ported source.Although some change that to full manifold vac. for the cannister vac. advance.So if the manifold vac. is hooked to port,it only pulls vac at part throttle anyway.Like it should.

So the bottom line is,run a full vac line to port does nothing.It pulls vac at part throttle and even adding a line,at part throttle it will only pull the same volume,at closed throttle,it can pull no vac.

 

[71RAT]

I had the same problem with those vacuum caps. A piece of hose a litle shot of Right Stuff, let it set up, haven't had a problem. Larger hose, put in a piece of round stock, check ball, what ever. Dab of Right Stuff, smooth it out, not as clean looking as the plugs, but they don't disintegrate.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

I had the same problem with those vacuum caps. A piece of hose a litle shot of Right Stuff, let it set up, haven't had a problem. Larger hose, put in a piece of round stock, check ball, what ever. Dab of Right Stuff, smooth it out, not as clean looking as the plugs, but they don't disintegrate.

That's my goal, have it last instead look nice. Even though it's not really "not nice" lol. All the caps need to be replaced once a year is trash, shouldn't have to if all the rubber lines last many years.

 

[andy_t]

Try these?
https://www.mcmaster.com/vacuum-caps/

 

[Bennyt]

While I've never used it on a vacuum line that I recall for sure, I have used this to seal the ends of many, many different items over the years from frayed cables, wires, handles, water lines, etc. and it holds up extremely well to multiple temps.

Take an appropriate sized diameter piece of heat shrink tubing longer then the port/ pipe. Heat and shrink it. So a port/ nipple that's a 1/2 inch long, use a 1" piece.
Fold the end over.
Add, another piece of short heat shrink to act as a band for the folded over piece and heat and shrink it as well.

Looks professional, even on a show car, and lasts for years. Never had one fall off or fail that I am aware of.