i have a vaccum manifold with 5 nipples coming off...i only need 3, how do i plug the other 2, will there be to much pressure to plug them...

any1 got any ideas?

 

I picked mine up at ace hardware. It has the same size fittings as your barbed nipples, but it has a square plug. HTH.

 

It's not the best looking, but if you need a quick fix take a piece of rubber hose and shove it over the barbed fitting and then plug the end of the rubber hose with a spare bolt.

If you can remove the barbed fitting from the vacuum manifold you could possibly put a plug fitting in it's place.

 

thats wat i was thinking about doing the bolt thing...or possible melting the end of a tube....w/ a soldering iron

 

Any 1/8" npt male plug should work. Summit sells nice chrome ones that are an allen head for like $5 for 4

 

what vacume mani are you using and where did you get it
thanks
bret

 

You can get rubber caps at places like Autozone/NAPA etc. Put a ziptie around them if you're paranoid about them coming off(but they usually don't when just put on there, even at 15 psi, lots of friction).

 

a manifold made by a local shop

 

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That looks like it's made out of the same McMaster Carr parts I used to custom make my vacuum manifold. Just take the barb fitting out and plug the hole 1/8" NPT male plug.

 

Mcmaster carr.....with 1/2 cap on the end, and 1/8th on the front side with the rest.

 

i screw a blot w/ glue on it into vacuum line and put it on...should work fine...i hope

 

maybe try looping it?

 

I just plug up the holes with the 5min stick weld.Works great.