Temporary mask for a leaking airbag

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  1. QuietStorm

    QuietStorm Heavy Load Member

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    Yeah same thing I used to carry all the time.
     
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  3. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    Yep. I would wager that you are like me. You start carrying #### because of that time you needed it, but didn't have it.
     
  4. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    And 10 years later you pull it out of the truck after never usimg it and needing the space for stuff you do use. 2 weeks later it's needed.....
     
  5. ChaoSS

    ChaoSS Road Train Member

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    It's not just in the truck. I've bought things I thought would come in handy, they sat at my house in my shed or whatever, for 5-10 years, never got used, so I throw it out. Two days later, wouldn't you know it, I need the darn thing.
     
  6. whoopNride

    whoopNride Road Train Member

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    Here is the easiest answer to the OP question. Vise grips are man's best friend. Clamp the line off supplying the bad bag. Same goes for the suspension bags.

    Bunch of Seat Warmers!! Tape an air bag. Lol!!

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  7. 6wheeler

    6wheeler Road Train Member

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    Fiberglass boat fender repair.

    Done that before
     
  8. Boondocker

    Boondocker Light Load Member

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    Yes clamp it off no bandaid will work on the outside of 120 lbs, sheesh that like putting a bandaid on the outside of a tire. Mighty well put scotch tape on it. I know this from staying at a holiday inn express plus turning wrenches for 30 plus years on big trucks for a living lpl.
     
  9. Boondocker

    Boondocker Light Load Member

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  10. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    Clamping it off with a vice grip works. But I tell you that high pressure tape did just fine on air lines up to 125 psi. It's a must have in my toolbox after my brother helped patch a hole in a airline enough to get rolling and get to where we could but and install a new airline.
     
  11. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    I took it to mean cab air bag or under the sleeper
    Which usually has those metal air lines

    Not suspension air bag or I agree pinch it off and hope to not blast the other ones out before you can get to shop.
     
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