My understanding is that the approved JAL procedure for fixing aircraft hydro lines with longitudinal cracks is to tightly wrap the tube with music wire for a few diameters on either side of the end of the crack, and then drip cyano-acrylate (superglue) onto it. This is kept as-is until the next depot maintenance.
At least that is what I heard when I worked at the Tokyo Heliport...(4-19, shin-kiba, koto-ku, Tokyo-to, Nihon)
And everyone that I know that works on old cars has used a match book cover to set the gap on the points in the old style distributor.
A jerry rig aka "jury rig" or "Carolina rig" is
> simply an innovation that was too ugly to
> get good PR.
>
> I've heard Latin Americans in Florida snear
> in disgust that if all you do is replace parts
> you aren't a REAL mechanic.
>
> "Tom Miller" snipped-for-privacy@melbpc.org.au > >
> >The title of the book would probably be _Hey, It Works . . ._
> >>
> >My contribution to the book>
> >
> >One of my foremen (in the Fiji Islands in the 1970's)repaired a centrifugal
> >pump with a split casing by wiring it together, putting a box around it,and
> >pouring it full of concrete. It got us going in about 12 hours( had to let
> >it harden at least a little bit). The new part arrived about 3 weeks later.
> >Had a bugger of a job getting that concrete off
>
> Some shoe string budget/skeleton crew
> operations might not even bother replacing
> the part if the concrete held up.
>
> >BretCahill wrote in >damaging the cylinder or seals or hydraulic pump, but,
> >hey, it seems to work,
> >>and a pretty long time at that!
> >>
> >>The roof leaks directly onto the 700 volt ballast of a flourescent fixture > but
> >>the light seems to remain functional in the worst thunderstorms. > >>
> >>Add your own off spec. experiences.
> >>
> >>The title of the book would probably be _Hey, It Works . . ._
> >>
> >>Where can I get a copy?
> >>
> >>
> >>Bret Cahill