Drug Smuggler Trick... Soap
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Jimmy, be careful with the soap. Most soap has a high pH of 9 or 10, and in contact with aluminum, will cause corrosion. Smugglers didn't care, they typically just abandoned the planes anyway.
Please let him know this
Blow this up people
My question would be, "How long will this fix last?"
From the description, it's a temporary fix, intended to get the plane usable quickly. Not a long term fix.
@@rogerrabbit80 for the flight video lol
If you actually think he’s going to attempt to repair a fuel leak with soap then you need to use some soap. Smdh.
@@rogerrabbit80 Until the first rainstorm - my guess
I’ve used soap many times when I had a low rider pickup truck as a teen 😂
Speaking of leaks, I noticed your door seal not looking all that great. Solution is to install an inflatable seal available either with electric pump or a hand operated air pump. I had the latter installed in my 310 resulting in the cabin being extremely quiet. No need for noise cancelling headsets.
Thanks for great advice and good taste in aircraft!
Or take your bar of soap and run it along the seals.
Door seal issue…. Note trucks with extended cabs or no center column between door, with the twisting of the cab over years and taking tight (narrow) approaches with long trailers. The cab twists and after awhile door seal leaks, take a 1/4 inch fuel line insert through opening of the expanded seal all the way around, even if original seal has rub through spots. Keeps fine dust out. Don’t know if same for a pressurized plane or not…. Just suggestions
I was shown the soap trick on an old Chev suburban. It had a plastic guard over the tank that filled up with sandy grit and corroded a pinhole. Removed the plasticand found the pinhole. I was told to go to the washroom and get a bar of soap. He told me to scrub the pinhole with the ivory bar. That lil trick lasted the next 4 years without a leak. This was an underground vehicle at a mine i worked at. This trick blew my mind. I never thought it would work, yet lat the rest of the service life of the vehicle.
I have used the soap trick on a cat diesel on the farm before. I couldn't believe it would work either. Enjoyed the video and cant wait for the next "CLEAR PROP" where you get both engines running.
Soap? Heck yes! I learned that from an old ag pilot. To stop leaks of water in the mix tanks
I’m hoping you mean a Cat diesel, rather than a diesel cat.
Hey Jimmy, that soap trick is truly insane. Been watching this series since you first looked at it. You're utterly mental, but you're my kind of mental :D
Lover boy
Hi Pastor Jimmy - I'm stuck at home recovering from Covid and your videos are bringing much laughter. Thanks!
Yes Jimmy, learnt about the soap trick in my auto mechanic days years ago. Not a permanent fix as you said. Keep up the good work, I look forward to every episode.
Great video, guys! Hey, has making ones own gaskets escaped everyone's memories? I've been making my own gaskets since my earliest wrenching days...my Dad taught me. I also was an Aircraft Mechanic for 25+ years. I do not recall cutting my own gaskets during me aviation days, though. Thank you all for your work and your content - it is appreciated!
I get so excited when I get an alert on your videos. I love aviation and I'm enjoying watching your successes.... and headaches!
Wow, thank you!
Congratulations Jimmy for such of great encouragement
I enjoy the channel very much, and not just the save the 310 parts, Jimmy you have a great supporting cast which just increases the enjoyment of watching real people working together to achieve any goal. Good Job! Sierra Bravo out!
Hey Jimmy y'all are doing great, I learned the soap trick back in college early 80s just put 10 gallons in my old Maverick and the guy behind me seen it steady dripping he told me the soap trick sure enough it held till the weekend nice and dry, so I could drain it dry it then JB weld it, I sure miss that old Maverick. Cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞
Keep up there great work guys it’s very inspirational to watch, and what ever you get up to there is definitely a place for you and your team on you tube for sure cheers Paul in the UK 🇬🇧
You've got the best people working for/with you on this project too.... awesome videos
I’m finally all caught up with your videos Jimmy! I love the series and watched all of them from the start!!
Jimmy and crew you guys are amazing!! You work on multi cylinder planes with multi carburetors and parts that are hard to find!! And you guys get it done even though it gives you fits. I work with scooters lol I know baby time right . One cylinder no problem yeah right I have no mechanical training but by watching you guys struggle through it gives me inspiration.
Absolutely makes my day getting the notifications on these videos. Keep up the great work boys. MAKE THE 310 GREAT AGAIN 👍 🇺🇸
I love that!
Just got my private ticket today. Lookin forward to seeing this beauty at sun & fun Jimmy!
I ran semi wrecker for years an learned the same method from an old timer keep a bar of ivory shop in every wrecker and it came in handy quite a few times Godspeed brother
Jimmy, just a message from the UK to say that i love your video's and keep up the great work! 310 will be amazing when she gets back up flying
Hi Jimmy! Yes, I can absolutely confirm that soap will seal a fuel leak. Experienced it first hand. The soap needs to be malleable to close the hole and adhere to the surface of the tank. The fuel does not dissolve the soap. Only water will dissolve the soap.
I wonder if candle wax would be a better choice?
@@williampotter2098 Soap is as temporary fix you can get. Candle wax will also work temporarily but being a petroleum product might get dissolved by the fuel.
You got your hands full with the 310! Can't wait to see it in the air!!
Keep up the good work guys !!! Loving the RUclipss : ) It's great watching other people work :D :D
My Father was a fireman in the 50s 60s and 70s, he said they kept a bar of soap on the rig for leaking gas tanks at accidents. I Enjoy your videos keep up the good work.
The very best way, I’m told, to detect a fuel leak, is to hold a lit match to the suspected source of the leak and if the match fluoresces bright yellow you’ve found your leak.
It works great, but most people only do it once. I don't know anybody that has done it twice.
Har Har lol
Well, that will instantly end this series
Really enjoying the series. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for the tip. I’d never thought of stacking Keys on top of a bladder.
that soap fix has been around for as long as I can remember, for car gas tanks and in the aviation world; for aircraft it is used as last resort when you are EXTREMELY desperate. I have used ivory a few times on leaky rivets on C-130's in Viet Nam, I finally talked a fuel cells guy out of a stick of what ever it was they used to fix minor leaks. Perhaps someone will know the correct nomenclature for it...just change the gaskets. you have a great show I find it very entertaining and fun to watch, to bad your so far away I would love to help on the 310.
Hello Jimmy!! From foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Lyons Oregon!!
We enjoy your videos, full of laughs, ups & downs. I feel like this 310 project has become quite the ambitious effort of salvation!! 😁😂
Be Safe Buddy, and...
CLEAR PROP!!
Awesome! Thank you!
If your in the back woods of Columbia a bar of soap might be just as hard to find as it would be to find the parts to just fix it!! Lol.
Yes, absolutely! The soap trick was pretty common in the way, way, back when, (I'm 71 now...). Used it a few times when rebuilding an old '37 Dodge pickup and some others with a buddy when we were in high school. Worked like a charm!
Soap trick is great for a temp fix of a gas leak. Years ago my dad told me about the time him and his friends got a college summer job in Alaska, and on their drive back down to the lower 48, as they took some gravel road detours, their gas tank was punctured by a rock. Luckily they noticed it quickly enough and one of his buddies wedged a piece of bar soap into the hole. It swelled up and plugged the hole and they drove another 1500 miles.
For the fuel pump gaskets use 1.5 mm cork which can be bought in sheets or rolls. Just make up a pattern using template Paper and cut to shape. Then use a thin coat of gasket cement before fitting.
Jimmy, in the 1980s I was on vacation and I backed over a parking block that had a large rebar sticking way up and punched a large hole in my gas tank, I remembered an old mechanic told me about the soap trick, I drove as fast as I could to the closest 7-11 bought a bar of ivory, rubbed it on and not only did it get me home but I waited 2 weeks before fixing the tank.
Love your videos. I always loved flying when I was a kid. My dad and my mom's brothers used to fly. Always enjoyed flying with different instructors. Have often wished that I had followed up with flying myself. I guess it's never too late.
When you reach age 60+ it is too late of a start to fly for the Airlines. 65 is the FAA's mandatory retirement age.
Hey jimmy, future private pilot here, just want to say I enjoy watching all your videos and where the 310 will take you. Keep it up!
I appreciate that!
Those pesky "Pork gaskets" always fail.....
Gainesville here! Thanks for teaching me not to buy an old air plane. My son bought me Flight Simulator causr the "Can I get a clear prop" became contagious in our household. Needless to say I crash and burn in simulation so I have learned a lesson watching your videos. Thanks for the life lesson.
HAHAHA, that's awesome! Glad I can help save his inheritance! hahaha
Look forwards to you and your gang, make me laugh a lot, but seriously getting on with each others tasks.. Each episode brings new things to think about while you all get on with things but find somehow to make me laugh.. The silent camera person does a good job also..Thanks all, dont stop, I need you making me laugh.. Thanks, Ian -- UK..SAVE THE 310 yeeep.
Thanks for the videos. Very entertaining !
It's a fix that has been around for years, was common in the remote areas of Australia where fuel tank punctures were not uncommon, especially on rubbish vehicles like Fords. It works a lot better if the soap is wet and you smear the soft soap around and in the hole, a chemical reaction with the fuel hardens the soap and seals the hole, only temporarily but enough to get you to safety.
i thought holdens where rubbish
@@milk_chemistry well, they, along with Toyotas were the vehicles that kept going when I was running trucks into remote areas, the Fords, Nissans and Mitsubishis were the ones I took back to the city to be either fixed or scrapped.
Hey Jimmy, hope all is going well with you and the progress on the 310! Looking forward to seeing you in the air with it! Wish I could fly with you some time. Keep up the awesome videos!
Fingers crossed!
Quick question maybe I missed it but what happened with the deal you were trying to make on the bonanza and the tail wheel aircraft? I assume there was no deal made there?
You guys are very informative as well as entertaining. I give Sparky big points for fessing up about the snake & his fiancé taking care of relocating the snake. I love critters and am all about relocating pests rather than destroying them. PS: The fiancé' is a keeper!
Your persistence is awesome Jimmy ! Don't let the 310 get ya down.
Oh yeah, we got this... eventually.... like diamonds.. just takes a bunch of pressure and lots of time
Soap definitly works as a temporary fix. I was once flown from Kansas to Seattle WA to drive a 10ton crane back accross the Country. Day 2 in Oregon it started leaking fuel from a rust hole in the leading edge of the tank. I rubbed a bar of soap into the holes and made it to day 4 where rain washed out my patch. Re-applied more soap the next morning and made it on home.
Jimmy do you have a multi engine rating to fly the 310? Also my kids love your show, especially the episode with your encounter with TSA…
Thanks so much! Not yet, I'm working on it now :)
Back in the days of steel gas tanks on motorcross bikes we would carry a bar of soap for that same reason. If you wreaked it would work long enough to let you finish the ride and get you back
Soap was an old trick to fix a petrol leak on car tanks. Years ago when I was a young fella ( almost 70 years ago) I always carried a bar of soap in the tool kit to fix minor fuel leaks. Driving on gravel roads would play havoc with the tanks. Cheers Dave from down under.
It took me a few minutes, but I finally came up with a dumb question: is it possible to use air pressure to test the fuel bladders?
It is possible but you may end up damaging them if they are old, dry, and prone to cracking. Much better to just fill them with fuel.
@@Mariano.Bernacki you cant win if u dont play ✌🏻
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Love the videos! The 310 is coming along. Keep up the good work!!
I have a ‘56 Chevy PU. When the original tank was still in it, behind the seat, I used to soap a crack in it about every 6 months or when I smelled gas. Had a bar of soap in the truck for about 6 years.
Excellent stuff bro
Hey Jimmy, I'd bet that Sky King always had a bar of soap in his flight bag! LOL!! (Used to LOVE that show when I went over to Grandma's house and she'd let me watch TV...)
Truth. Coffee is meant for a mug.
Shade Tree mechanic trick learned long ago. My dad taught me that when I was rebuilding a 56 Ford Fairlane and had a leak in the line and connection to the fuel pump in my 352 T-Bird engine.
I was in the tank truck business for years. One of the older guys in management said that they actually did this to stop leaks.
“Disgusting, I’ll show you guys a picture” died laughing 😂
Hey Jimmy, back in the 70's my dad owned a Piper Tri-Pacer, and he would seal a small leak in the left fuel tank with a bar of soap before we would go out for a spin.
Awesome camera work too!
Hey Jimmy. Aloha from The Big Island! Love the vids...hope you get to feeling better! Your crew is a great bunch of guys. I bet you have a ton of fun.
Thank you for the video.
Pastor Jim skit is awesome! Lots of different talents. Great work!
Great vid! thanks.
So I am an Air Force active duty air force B-52H aircraft fuel systems repair craftsman and would love to help give yall any advice. I'm definitely glad the cells are not leaking lol. For us when we get called to a leak, we get a good visual of where the leak is coming from, Then use Methyl ethyl ketone AKA "MEK" to clean/dry the area. From there we use compressed air to really dry the area. Then we use a talcum powder "pink powder" that reacts with petroleum products to find the exact leak exit point. Hope this helps out in the future!!!! Love watching the videos!!!!!
The bar off soap thing is well known in the overlander community. Out in the wilderness when your rig sprung al leak, it’s the first thing you try.
I was a volunteer firefighter for 32 years. Attended many accidents our rescue carried soap all the time. For car and truck fuel leaks. Ivory is the preferred brand. Lol
Used that trick back in '68 in the Smoky Mts. going around Cades Cove a friends gas tank started to leak, used soap on it and they got back to town and had their fuel tank repaired.
Nice one. Yea I have done the soap thing on a leaky car fuel tank. It works but eventually it will start leaking again. I also temporarily patched a pin hole leak on my cars radiator when I was far away from home using 2 eggs. That worked too. Got me home.
Hi Jimmy, yeah soap is only a tempore fix for sure! Just like cracking an egg into a car radiator thats leaking, it will plug the leak but still needs a permanent repair!
Great video as usual
Cheers from Australia 👍👍👍
That’s absolutely genious! You put the egg inside or outside?
@@joeljr570 inside the radiator, water will push it around till it gets to the leak. Will catch and cook(poached) and plug the hole! Emergency treatment only!!
My dad had a major stroke a year ago tomorrow. He gets such enjoyment from your videos. Thank you for the effort.
Thank you for sharing, and glad I can bring some enjoyment to him. God bless!
A bar of soap is magical.......My mom fixed my vocabulary with one.
Got to admire how Sparky asked has it been done, and legally in a two different questions 😀
I feel your pain on the allergies keep up the good work my brother!
Another entertaining video. Good to see you getting so close to running the engines. Are you planning to paint it and upgrade the interior? I can't wait to see it fly again!
I am a retired mechanic and YES!The soap trick works very good!!!I did it on many car gas tank leaks!!I never miss your shows!!
Soap work a treat. Got me out of trouble with my Ute after piercing the fuel tank off road many years ago.
We used to press soap into leaks on our motorbike tanks when we crashed messing around in the late 70s early 80s. Great times. Saying hi from the UK
Bar of soap is quite useful and effective I had a leak in my car fuel tank struck by a sharp stone , the mechanic used soap bar and after 30 minutes or more the soap applied on the leak was rock solid and never leaked again and I never replaceed the tank also , worked fine
For what it’s worth, truck drivers carry a wax toilet ring for fuel leaks. Actually saw it work at our distribution center one night when a guy hit a fuel tank with his DOT bumper, the Fulton County Fireman pulled out a toilet ring and stopped the leak!
I got a pinhole in underside of petrol tank, when I went off-roading in my lil' Mazda Metro. I did the soap rub trick... it worked !
Of course I eventually removed the tank ("Grunt! Curse! Ouch!) and welded a patch. Of course I thoroughly washed out the tank first!
I checked for residual fumes by dropping a lit match into the tank. I still keep a soap bar in the glovebox.
I would still feel better if those 310 leaks were eventually fixed.
From one sparky to another. You didn’t scream because of the snake that is definitely a war cry.
Sparkys eyes when you said, "You wanna build an electric airplane?" Like a kid on Christmas morning! 🤣🤣🤣
I have used the soap technique on a diesel truck tank pierced by a rock impact leaking badly. It slowdown the leak tremendously but did not stop it but enough for me to drive from Tallahassee to Jacksonville Florida and get a proper repair
I have used this soap trick while 4-wheeling. I cracked my tank on my jeep once ( back in the 90's) and a guy handed me a bar of soap. It lasted the entire rest of the trip and for about a week before I got the leak actually fixed. Since then, I have carried a bar of soap with me when wheeling...
I have heard of this… in the automatic sprinkler system business, (for commercial buildings) I knew guys that would carry number 2 pencils (a whole fist full) and would rub the pencil on any threaded joint that was weeping, and could stop quite a few leaks!
In my teens 80’s my mom plugged a car fuel tank with a bar of soap 🧼 A truck lost a ladder that puncture the tank. It was metal one!
Love the videos! I was going to start pilot training, but with everything getting so expensive (especially fuel) I have abandoned that plan. It will cost me thousands more than I was planning.
Yeah, I’m doing right now, it’s ridiculous… I didn’t realize all of this until I was in to deep.. I thought maybe it’ll be cheaper to fly my own plane and since I don’t hve to pay for the rental and instructor.. it’s still super expensive
Why don't you take out a student loan? Old Joe is forgiving some 41 million of them.
Yes, Jimmy, it works! I tried it on a leaking lawn mower gas tank ,rusted from the inside. Sealed it right up!
I have learned about soap in the 1970/s. We used sunlight soap to seal holes in gas tanks. Jacques. South Africa.
Here in Australia soap to patch fuel tanks, pepper to patch radiators, and fencing wire for everything else has been standard kit since vehicles first ventured into the outback
I have heard of off-road guys using soap to stop fuel leaks to get themselves off the trail and back to the world.
We used to use a bar of soap on our traditional wooden built boat leaking through the boards under the water line.. gives time for the boards to soak and expand leaks all fixed!
Jimmy, I remeber as a kid, we were out in the middle of no where Montana woods when we got a hole in the gas tank, and guess what my dad did to fix it! Yep! A bar if soap!
Yes Jimmy, Soap fixes cork and paper fibre gaskets :-)
My old Range Rover's and Land Rovers (1960's and 70's) used a lot of cork and fibre gaskets on the fuel system including a tiny fuel filter can like a car oil filter and they all had Cork gaskets.
Velvet Soap (The yellow clothes washing and dish washing type Bar soap) was a 90% sure fire fix for weeping gaskets and worked well for up to 2psi, even the huge filler neck gaskets wold seal up fine as the fats rehydrate and swell the gaskets up and I even use it when I was replacing old for new cork.
Good for oil leaks too, We used to make gaskets out of cereal boxes. works great!
Yes, it does work. During the eighties, I was managing an off-road Portuguese team during the Paris Dakar Rally. One of the cars had a petrol leak and we solved it temporarily using a bar of soap.
Wow! A drug runners “fuel system” sounds like an aviation risk management nightmare:-)
Another tip... after much research and tests, I found epoxy resin adhesive (the 2-part product mixed in equal amounts)
is not affected by avgas. I used "Selleys Araldite"....I don't know what the equivalent brand is in USA.
Cork sensor floats coated with Araldite, in my wing tanks, still unaffected since 2013.
Also, I made new seals for my fuel tank caps, cut from a sheet of "Viton".
Jimmy...don't forget to fix that fuel pipe "kink" at the wing joint.
Boy Sparky had a scary look in his eye putting on the gloves, kinda screamed “lookout prostates, here I come!”