I'm gonna change my shower head and I've never used teflon tape before. My question is, what does teflon tape do, and is it required to use?
Truman Capote. I love Truman Capote. Really interesting little fellowDid you know the character Dil in To Kill a Mockingbird was based on him as a child? He covered journalism, The first fact based novel the society stuff, novels, short stories, screenplays, and was even in a movie Murder by Death satire of the great detective flicks.
He would have needed a warrant to search your car if you refused to let him. Then he would have risked being charged for an illegal detainment/constitutional violation if he had held you and your car. If he had no probable cause to believe you were hiding something it would have been an illegal search. When you agreed to allow the search of your vehicle there was no excuse for trashing the interior of your car. The internal affairs division of police departments investigates this kind of negative treatment of citizens after the citizen makes a complaint to the chief of police which you should do. The police know that without the cooperation of the public in fighting crime the job would be impossible to do. Many departments are serious in maintaining good public relations with all citizens and have sanctions they place against officers violating this.
if it's a drain tube, you could use some type of sealer, or even get some rubber sheeting and use a couple cheap hose clamps. if it's a supply line, you are better off replacing it. most of them are cheap and easy to install