Well, I wasn't sure where would be a good spot to put this so here it is. I guess its some DYI with a twist. Here's the twist, it includes bees wax which will now be making its way into my"GET HOME BAG" and or "BUG OUT BAG".
So here's the story, this happened earlier today while I was at work. For those that Don't known I'm a heavy equipment mechanic. I travel between customers fixing crap . Anyway, I drive a service van"Ford E250" I had just left one location and pulled into another maybe a mile down the road. I got out walked around to the side doors on the van,preparing to work on the next piece of crap, I glance over under my truck and see a small puddle just behind the passenger door. Upon closer inspection of this puddle that is now growing and this drip that is continuing I find that I have a crack in the tail housing of the trans., just above the mount.
Luckily it was around 11 am and I was going to be at this customer the rest of my day. Enter stage left "the bees wax". Yeah I have bees wax on my van, most of you are probably asking "wtf". Well its something I picked up on the farm from my Grand Father years ago. Bees wax works great on a squeaky alt. or fan belt, just rub a little on or start whatever it is and hold the bar on the belt and goodbye squeak. I can hear you asking another question," but you dont have a squeaky belt you have a crack in your transmission?", you would be correct. Well my plan was to smear a load of RTV silicone on the crack, let it dry and get home later at the end of my day, which was about 30 miles away. I dont know how many of you have tried putting silicone on an oily surface let alone a surface that is oily and continues to spew at you, it doen'st work, the silicone will not stick, but if you have bees wax, or any other semi solid that will repel oil, you can cram it into the crack which stops the leak and then you can apply your silicone. Well I made it home, so far the temporary fix is holding up, and I will be driving into my shop which is about another 30 miles away tomorrow to make the real repair. Im not sure how far I could get on this quick fix, but it got me home and the bees wax is goin in the bag.
