On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 18:23:37 -0500, "Danny D."
wrote:

What do *you* use for your scrap rubber gaskets?

Get you a 'sheet of rubber'. Punch needed hole with an end of a pipe.

I once used leather to stop a leak as a piece of rubber. Turned the
faucet stem off until I used a rubber gadget.

I didn't drip all night... or for two days.