I used a zip tie to fix a coolant leak on a 6.7 Powerstroke last week, and it actually held for three days.

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Nice, the official Ford repair manual calls that the "budget hose clamp" procedure. (Honestly, for three days, that's a win.)

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joelwells1mo ago

That budget hose clamp fix from the Ford manual is a classic. I mean, @sagew50 is right, three days is a total win for something like that. It's the kind of hack that keeps an old truck on the road without a huge bill. Makes you wonder how many other official procedures are just clever uses of basic parts. Feels like they know we're gonna try it anyway, so they might as well write it down. Honestly, that's just good engineering for the real world.

william_carter14d ago

Hell yeah, half the stuff people call hacks is just engineers finally admitting how we actually fix things.