JB Weld....

ragtopfury said

The 03 Dakota that we picked up for Josh had an oil leak when parked facing down hill. I thought the front of the pan gasket was leaking. Turned out to be a rusted pin hole in the font of the pan. Yup - we parked it up hill, cleaned the area and JB'd that thing. Never even took the pan off. 2 years ago. Still holding.

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Just reminded me....

My father bought a new (used) aluminum fishing boat 20 (?) years ago from a guy whose son "beached it" on some rocks on Mille Lacs and dinged-up the keel enough that it sprung some small leaks. He (the seller) tried everything he could think of to plug the leaks (silicone, etc), but since he never got it sealed-up, dad got the boat (a nice boat!) for a song.

And then dad tried fixing the leak, but no joy.

Dad didn't want to pay someone to weld on the boat, so one weekend we filled the boat with water (to find the leaks), marked the locations, and dried everything out overnight. Next day we lightly scuffed and ground-down the keel area and applied two thin coats of JB Weld.....

Boats sits in the water, tied-up to the dock, all summer long, and to this day those keel leaks are as dry as can be.