Dave---Its obvious from your answer that you live a cleaner life than I do. I always fix things the correct way now, with a hand-formed patch, and my mig welder. But----being desended from a long line of horse thieves and land agents, I know every cheap, crooked fix in the book.----Sawdust in the differential for whining gears, a canfull of wood ashes thru the inspection panel onto a clutch that is slipping because of oil from a bad rear seal, a peice of leather cut from an old welders gauntlet under a rod cap to quiet a knocking rod, and how to build cars from the doorhandles down with play-dough.
I remember being a kid with no money and little time, and sometimes the cheap and nasty fix lasted for the life span of the car before I blew up the motor or ran it off the road whilst drinking whiskey on the way to a square dance. I know you are giving good, sound advice----but sometimes people just want a quick nasty fix "for now".