I may have stumbled on a way to fix some types of leaks.
............... and I just kept working it, thwack, thwack, thwack, dip, thwack, thwack, thwack, dip, ..........
ahhhh, the old thwack, thwack, thwack, dip method

that's great littlestfish, a very humurous and rewarding story. i hope it works on the long term for you.