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Oct 20, 2007 | 11:04 AM

powers84

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headers "looking for the caps to block the air system"

where can i get cap for the headers . i heared it was a m22 cap but no one sells metric caps,

Oct 20, 2007 | 11:28 AM

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i got mine at ace hardware they are just brass plugs and they work great

Oct 20, 2007 | 11:35 AM

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I got frustrated looking for the metric plugs and ended up forcing in some standard plugs with a little jb weld for good measure. I called every hardware and auto parts store in my area and no one carried anything that large in metric sizes.

Oct 20, 2007 | 12:09 PM

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Make sure you get an Inverted flare pipe cap.

Oct 20, 2007 | 01:02 PM

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I just recently did this and I couldn't find a metric plug anywhere. Checked out Lowes, Home Depot, Advance Auto, and Ace hardware. I ended up getting a standard brass plug with a square head from Ace hardware. I cross-threaded it in with RTV on the threads. It felt like it wasn't even cross-threading cause it went in soothly.

Oct 20, 2007 | 07:04 PM

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what size standard did you guys use 1/2 or 3/4's

Oct 20, 2007 | 07:21 PM

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what size standard did you guys use 1/2 or 3/4's

I can't remeber now. I took one of the air fittings in the hardware store and bought the one that was closest in size.

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Oct 20, 2007 | 08:13 PM

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you mean screw a fat bolt in it, will that seal it?

Oct 20, 2007 | 08:22 PM

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I've seen it done on a friend's car. It didn't leak to my knowledge. I never did this mod, I've had LT's for a long time.

Oct 20, 2007 | 09:09 PM

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3/4's if I remember correctly. Take the air tube with you.

I couldn't find a bolt wide enough. Anything that large is considered a pipe plug.

Oct 21, 2007 | 08:20 AM

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Very nice ones on ebay, I recently got some for less than $12.00 shipped.
Search there on "air system block off plugs".

Oct 21, 2007 | 09:04 AM

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I just got 2 oil drain plugs from a 1997 Dodge Cummings diesel and they popped right on.

Oct 21, 2007 | 12:25 PM

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5/8 flare caps from home depo maybe $3

Oct 21, 2007 | 07:32 PM

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i took a penny and braised it on the end of the screw that is connects to ur AIR system i just cut the tube

Oct 24, 2007 | 05:14 PM

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DO they carry the 5/8 flare cap in chrome?

Oct 24, 2007 | 05:14 PM

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Or some other color?

Oct 24, 2007 | 05:38 PM

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Ebay........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-95...QQcmdZViewItem

Oct 24, 2007 | 06:57 PM

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Mack will those work on my 97?

Oct 24, 2007 | 07:30 PM

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if you have headers that arnt coated you can weld them shut, thats what I did with my old headers, then the LTs I ordered with out them on there.

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