Almost a Disaster!

Evening All,

Had a pleasureale sundays 4WDing out in east gippsland,good river levels,tracks were quite rough and rocky after the fires and floods,till i decided to have a gig under the cruiser after going over a few rocks in the McAlister river,bit of banging and crashing-nothing unusual,well it caved the auto trans sump in and it was leaking.in the middle of no where with a major oil leak!out with the selleys steel putty.shoved a blob in the hole and it stopped.made another patch to go over the initial blob to help hold it.that stuff is awsome.it stuck to the sump trans oil and all!checked the level and it was still OK(bad luck cos i didnt have any!!!)got out of the bush and got it home.pulled the sump off it,the trans filter was flat,if it had of gone in 5 or 10 mm more it would have smashed anywhere up to 5 solenoids which live under the filter with all the connectors facing down.i tell you i am a relieved man tonight.new sump and service kit and we are away.cheers Paul