Back in the 1970's I was driving through the Andes in Bolivia in a Datsun
pickup. The road was typical, dirt/rock in horrible condition. We got a
hole in the gas tank. I had some epoxy puddy, and tried to apply it, but
with gas dripping out, it wouldn't stick. We stopped in a tiny village,
with one store, for help. Guy running the store goes in the back, grabs a
bar of home-made soap, and a handful of llama wool from a bin. Smashes it
all together in a pan of water until soft and mixed. Then he grabbed a
handful of the stuff and smeared all over the area of the tank with the
hole (even as gas was dripping out). The drips slowed to a trickle and
_almost_ stopped. Drove another 1000 miles or so on those roads with this
patch in place, and only an occasional drop of gas escaping!
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