That sounds familiar LOL, I think I remember him telling me that once. He also made a head gasket out of shellacked cardboard, and there was some other part he wrapped in bacon just before he sold the car, but I can't remember what it was. May have been something in the transmission.....
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If a seal is leaking in an automatic trans, you can pour a little brake fluid in with the transmission oil to swell the seal and stop a leak.
Won't last long.