Stranded outside El Paso

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Driving through this construction outside El Paso going home to San Antonio hit the Pyramid of the sphinx. Walking to 2 miles to parts store to get a transmission pan that won’t be here until noon. My oil pan has small crack in seam. Can I patch that with jb weld
 
loganscuda said:
Can I patch that with jb weld
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Maybe, but will it hold on a trip halfway across Texas? And if it lets go, how much worse could your situation be than it is now?
I think I'd wait another hour and a half for the new pan.
Will it hold ATF well enough to get to a better place to do the job? Like in the parts store parking lot? Knowing what I know of your situation, that's what I'd try to do. Good luck!
 
Give it a try. Buy a bunch of add oil. Watch the gauge closely. Stop and check the dipstick often. If it doesn't hold, call for the tow truck.
 
Get a bar of soap and rub it back and forth in the crack. It will seal it up and hold oil.
 
The new pan is 1 1/2 deeper. So my son being the genius he his told me to drive back over the pyramid to shorten the new one. He made damn sure he wasn’t within arms length.
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That got pranged but good. Which Milodon pan do you have? Is it the Gen 3 swap pan, or road race swap pan?
 
Just clean the area first. I know a guy, Engineer.
Who built an intake out of JB Weld just to prove he could. Yes it worked. Even did a couple passes with it.
 
Tootsie roll.

I think they used to do it in extreme scenarios.

But you are already on the road again, so all is good.
 
loganscuda said:
I must’ve gotten wrong soap. Used the whole bar like I just got back from a Walmart Brothel
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Irish spring I’ve heard is the best. The one time I tried it we grabbed whatever soap was in the hotel bathroom, it was white. Ours was a transmission pan and the soap sealed it and we drove home 200 miles.
 
TT5.9mag said:
Irish spring I’ve heard is the best. The one time I tried it we grabbed whatever soap was in the hotel bathroom, it was white. Ours was a transmission pan and the soap sealed it and we drove home 200 miles.
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200 miles doesn't get you very far in Texas.... El Paso to San Antonio is over 500 miles... Big *** state.... Hope your on the road & doing alright..
 
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