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Many years agoI had a rear wheel come loose on my
1/2 ton Ford pickup pulling a heavily loaded
trailer.Wallered the wheel/lug bolts/nuts...Twisted
one bolt off just getting the thing 'changed'.Put
on(bald) spare,then removed one (good)nut from each
of the other wheels.Took it easiy,got me 100 miles
home.Btw,on that trip,I had ONE dollar in my pocket
and no checks or credit card .Spent that for a
candy bar for my son......
1/2 ton Ford pickup pulling a heavily loaded
trailer.Wallered the wheel/lug bolts/nuts...Twisted
one bolt off just getting the thing 'changed'.Put
on(bald) spare,then removed one (good)nut from each
of the other wheels.Took it easiy,got me 100 miles
home.Btw,on that trip,I had ONE dollar in my pocket
and no checks or credit card .Spent that for a
candy bar for my son......
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Story of my life! coat hanger to hold tie rod on the truck (more than once) metalscrews in tires, chain in a pipe pulling broken wagons. Pole chained under a wagon to get in after a bearing broke. Milk jug of gas on the hood when the fuel pump quit. There is more but well did I mention that I hate to WALK!
Brake can blew if I recall correctly, I was in northern NJ, at the site where we were dumping off clean fill. Thinking about how long the mechanic or the guy on the service/fuel truck would be, traffic and all the rest, I looked it over and decided to borrow a few wrenches, re-route the air lines, so the loop was closed again, system aired right back up and I immediately headed for the shop, some drivers would sit where they were, I would always try to help or get back to the shop, those old DM Macks were tough trucks, never really broke down much, just little things like a brake can or what have you.
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Just came of wolf creek in Colorado got to the bottem and
brake peddle went to floor put hose clamps on split brake line
and drove to Denver
brake peddle went to floor put hose clamps on split brake line
and drove to Denver
Best one I can come up with quick, Driving north
I81 between Syracuse and Watertown NY in winter.
1971 4x4 GMC pickup dies, pullover pop hood takes
a few minutes to see fuel pump hanging by one
loose bolt steel line broken. Look around more,
other bolt is laying on the frame, put pump back
on now how to fix broken steel line? The breather
tube to front differential looked to be same size
so cut a piece off and slid on tight fit! Drove on
to Potsdam and couple days later put some clamps
on to be sure.
I81 between Syracuse and Watertown NY in winter.
1971 4x4 GMC pickup dies, pullover pop hood takes
a few minutes to see fuel pump hanging by one
loose bolt steel line broken. Look around more,
other bolt is laying on the frame, put pump back
on now how to fix broken steel line? The breather
tube to front differential looked to be same size
so cut a piece off and slid on tight fit! Drove on
to Potsdam and couple days later put some clamps
on to be sure.
John in Nebraska
Member
Driving an old International pickup, rear u-joint
was getting bad, but turned a corner 13 miles from
home, and the drive shaft dropped down. Caps and
needle bearings really chewed up. Coasted down
the hill to a farmers place, just as he was
leaving, he said use the shop, if there is
anything you can find to get you going. I found
two cut off pieces of galvanized pipe, that would
just slide over the cross piece of the U-joint,
lubed them, clamped them to the flange, made it
home just fine, but at 30mph. Didn't have enough
money to buy a new U-joint right then anyhow.
was getting bad, but turned a corner 13 miles from
home, and the drive shaft dropped down. Caps and
needle bearings really chewed up. Coasted down
the hill to a farmers place, just as he was
leaving, he said use the shop, if there is
anything you can find to get you going. I found
two cut off pieces of galvanized pipe, that would
just slide over the cross piece of the U-joint,
lubed them, clamped them to the flange, made it
home just fine, but at 30mph. Didn't have enough
money to buy a new U-joint right then anyhow.
i think my best has to be with one of the old ranch trucks a old ih 2 ton or so, if i remember right from the '60's the fuel pump went out on it, it was a v-8 gas job with a 5 and 3 trans , i managed to rig a 5 gallon gas can on the fender with straps, after opening 1/2 of the butterfly hood, this can had the old style yellow rubber hose to pour out of and useing that, a piece of metal conduit i pirated from the tail lite wireing and a bunch of electrical tape, and a piece of garden hose ,and the metal tube from a hand grease gun, i managed to make the gas from the gas can gravity feed the carb on the engine, it wasnt perfect, but the truck did run as long as i didnt shift above 3rd and under, or it would lean out and die but it did make the truck drive back to the house about 10 miles, lol try that with a new truck!
Nothing too serious myself. A neighbor and I took Dad's pickup to Archbold Ohio to pick up something he bought at the auction. It was nasty and we had to use the wipers. The whole blade got slung off the arm on the drivers side and got lost in a ditch somewhere. We put a glove over it so I could see to drive.
The throttle plate broke off the injector pump on my 85 Ford pickup one time. It happened right here at home but I had to get it to the Ford garage in another town. I clamped a pair of Vise Grips on the shaft and revved it up some. Not enough really. I could run just about 20 mph in fourth gear. I drove the shoulder but I got behind a tractor pulling a loaded gravity wagon going about 18 mph. That didn't go well.
The funniest story I ever heard about such a thing was in EJ Potter's book. He bought a 52 Chevy in California and started home with it. It spun a rod bearing. He wanted to get it home to Michigan because of the California body,so he dropped the pan and pulled the rod. Then he said it vibrated so bad that it shook the tubes right out of the radio. He stopped again at a garage. He said he cut off part of the rod and welded it to the crank to balance it best he could.
The throttle plate broke off the injector pump on my 85 Ford pickup one time. It happened right here at home but I had to get it to the Ford garage in another town. I clamped a pair of Vise Grips on the shaft and revved it up some. Not enough really. I could run just about 20 mph in fourth gear. I drove the shoulder but I got behind a tractor pulling a loaded gravity wagon going about 18 mph. That didn't go well.
The funniest story I ever heard about such a thing was in EJ Potter's book. He bought a 52 Chevy in California and started home with it. It spun a rod bearing. He wanted to get it home to Michigan because of the California body,so he dropped the pan and pulled the rod. Then he said it vibrated so bad that it shook the tubes right out of the radio. He stopped again at a garage. He said he cut off part of the rod and welded it to the crank to balance it best he could.
Not so much a patch job, just a nice guy who helped get my wife back on the road.
Rear U joint failed, and when she accelerated to leave when the light changed, no go. Logger in pickup behind her saw what happened, jumped out of his rig and under the pickup, grabbed the driveshaft and put it in the back of her pickup, and told her to put it in 4WD and she'd be good to go. All before the light changed again. I'm sure most of us would have thought of that, but mechanically clueless wife, not so much.
Rear U joint failed, and when she accelerated to leave when the light changed, no go. Logger in pickup behind her saw what happened, jumped out of his rig and under the pickup, grabbed the driveshaft and put it in the back of her pickup, and told her to put it in 4WD and she'd be good to go. All before the light changed again. I'm sure most of us would have thought of that, but mechanically clueless wife, not so much.
Joe Scribner
Member
In 1997 I was driving home from Alberta through
Duluth Minnesota and pulled out to pass a couple
slower vehicles when all of a sudden The throttle
pedal dropped to the floor and engine went to idle
speed. I pulled over and found the throttle ball
end had come off at the pedal. I clamped a pair of
needle nose vise grips on the end of the cable and
drove it all the way to New Brunswick Canada like
that.
Duluth Minnesota and pulled out to pass a couple
slower vehicles when all of a sudden The throttle
pedal dropped to the floor and engine went to idle
speed. I pulled over and found the throttle ball
end had come off at the pedal. I clamped a pair of
needle nose vise grips on the end of the cable and
drove it all the way to New Brunswick Canada like
that.
wjytexas
Well-known Member
dropped the carrier bearing bracket on the 2 piece drive shaft on my '77 F-250. retrieved the bracket from the highway after it was run over a couple of times. had my horseshoeing forge and anvil in the back so I was able to straighten it out, find some bolts in the tool box, re-hung it and drove home. always handy to have a forge and anvil with you.
Janicholson
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Chevy step van. (many delightful issues)
Roped the trans into high gear from Terre Haute IN, to Flagstaff AZ by shifting up through the gears, then pulling a loop of rope up to hold it in gear. (I had purchased a used trans in Terre Haute just in case)
Same truck took a look at the gauges just in time to see the oil pressure go to zero. Not good. Oil OK. running so not the cam. No Knocks.
Pulled the distributor, and found the oil pump drive hex worn near round. I inverted it, and drove it into the distributor, after putting a flattened piece of tin from a ball point pen clip over the rounded hex, and stuck the distributor back in the hole. (I never did change that repair, it was permanent)
I removed the engine from a Saab 96 (on the north rim of the grand canyon between colorado city, and lava falls, where the nearest controlled electricity was 50 miles away)(aluminum 3 cylinder 2 stroke) set it on a rock, and put 3 thick washers in place of the friction material usually found in the clutch disc. Put it back together with no throwout bearing, and drove the remainder of a 250 mile camping trip without the clutch. (they free wheel if you let off the gas, so shifting eas very easy) starting in gear was not a problem, just don't park in the mud. Jim
Roped the trans into high gear from Terre Haute IN, to Flagstaff AZ by shifting up through the gears, then pulling a loop of rope up to hold it in gear. (I had purchased a used trans in Terre Haute just in case)
Same truck took a look at the gauges just in time to see the oil pressure go to zero. Not good. Oil OK. running so not the cam. No Knocks.
Pulled the distributor, and found the oil pump drive hex worn near round. I inverted it, and drove it into the distributor, after putting a flattened piece of tin from a ball point pen clip over the rounded hex, and stuck the distributor back in the hole. (I never did change that repair, it was permanent)
I removed the engine from a Saab 96 (on the north rim of the grand canyon between colorado city, and lava falls, where the nearest controlled electricity was 50 miles away)(aluminum 3 cylinder 2 stroke) set it on a rock, and put 3 thick washers in place of the friction material usually found in the clutch disc. Put it back together with no throwout bearing, and drove the remainder of a 250 mile camping trip without the clutch. (they free wheel if you let off the gas, so shifting eas very easy) starting in gear was not a problem, just don't park in the mud. Jim
Anonymous-0
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Aboot 50 years ago, on a trip oat of Chicago and half way to Louisville,Ky. the clutch quit in a cracker-box Jimmy that had the 10 speed road-ranger transmission. Interstate 65 hadn't been completed yet. I would try to time the traffic signals so they didn't catch me, and I could ease thru them in low gear. Only one signal in Lafayette, Ind. I had to stop and I put it in low gear and started the truck in gear, I shifted the trans as usual not using the clutch. Ven I got home the boss axed me how I could get here and not have a clutch?
I told him I never use the clutch when shifting.
He yust aboot had a fit till he realized I saved him from a tow bill.
I told him I never use the clutch when shifting.
He yust aboot had a fit till he realized I saved him from a tow bill.
Super-H-Mike
Member
In about 1985 I was tooling down the road in my
hot rod 62 Impala when the dual point distributor
came unglued inside and grenaded. I was out of
state and it was a sunday morning . I walked to
the nearest house, nobody home, but , he had an
old junker 67 chevy sitting out behind a rickity
garage. I went back and got my tools, took out the
dist from the junker, along with the wires and
coil, and installed them in my car. I left a note
and a twenty under a rock on his doorstep, hope he
wasnt too mad ! Got me home
hot rod 62 Impala when the dual point distributor
came unglued inside and grenaded. I was out of
state and it was a sunday morning . I walked to
the nearest house, nobody home, but , he had an
old junker 67 chevy sitting out behind a rickity
garage. I went back and got my tools, took out the
dist from the junker, along with the wires and
coil, and installed them in my car. I left a note
and a twenty under a rock on his doorstep, hope he
wasnt too mad ! Got me home
I pulled a trailer loaded with 14 round bales home, about 8 ml from home the tractor broke a front wheel spindle when going trough a pot hole right on a intersection.
Luckely I had a chain with me and lifted the broke side of the axle up with the front end loader on the tractor.
i loaded up the broke wheel that had gone on towards home for a 100 yards before it realized it was no longer part of the tractor and had rolled in the ditch and i drove home on the single front wheel.I had to keep raising the loader though cause either the boom cyl seals or the valve were leaking back slowly.
Luckely I had a chain with me and lifted the broke side of the axle up with the front end loader on the tractor.
i loaded up the broke wheel that had gone on towards home for a 100 yards before it realized it was no longer part of the tractor and had rolled in the ditch and i drove home on the single front wheel.I had to keep raising the loader though cause either the boom cyl seals or the valve were leaking back slowly.
I-90 Chicago IL,I hit a big bump and the truck quit moving.(1968 White Freightliner) The transmission had fallen out,there was only two bolts holding it from falling to the ground. I borrowed a jack from a gas station and wrapped a chain around the tail shaft and ran the chain up to the exhaust stack and a binder to tighten it up. It lasted 300 miles to home. (new guy in the shop had decided that the bolts needed more torq on them,he did not last long)
Prawn Farmer
Member
When I was a kid growing up in northwest Georgia in the early 60's folks would make tires do by packing them full of sawdust. Would jar the fillings outta' your teeth riding on them.
RCP
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During a trip on I-80 going home for Christmas, traffic came to a dead stop in the middle of a snow storm. I decided to walk up to see the issue. Right after I got out of the car, traffic started to move, so I ran back to get into the car and the door was locked. Apparently I hit the power door locks when I got out. So I am standing by the car with no coat and no keys, and traffic is starting to move. I grabbed the magnetic mount antenna of the roof of car, bent it into a hook, reached into the car and popped the lock, didn"t even hold up traffic. When I made it home, my brother asked me if the antenna was made that way for better reception, LOL I had to tell him the truth.
Not exactly a patch job before hand but my dad had told me about a time that he broke a spindle on the 8N Ford and drove it home on 3 wheels......he had welded a larger nut on the front end so the axle wouldn't come up and hit the distributor and crack the cap. I guess grandpa looked at him funny when he drove home.
Eldon (WA)
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Five years ago I was headed for MN with a loaded trailer and lost a trailer bearing going down the pass east of Butte MT. Couldn't find a regular shop to work on it, but an RV dealer would if I could get the trailer to him. Went back, jacked up the axle and chained it to the trailer frame and limped it the 7 miles into town on 3 wheels. Found out the year old trailer had water in all the bearings...PJ paid for it. Next year, same pass, I am remembering the last trip and a huge buck jumps out in front of me. Nothing I could do at 75 mph and a loaded trailer except duck. Made it to SD with the help of some duct tape. Could only turn to the right.
Years ago I borrowed my brother's Isuzu diesel p'up (from SD) and used it for a summer in ST. George UT. I would pull my jetski up to the local reservoir on those 110 degree days and cool off. One day I go to load out and the keys are gone...bottom of the reservoir somewhere. Fortunately I had left the back slider cracked on the truck, so I was able to get the door unlocked. Had never hotwired a vehicle before, but found some electric fence wire and made two U shaped pieces and pulled the connector off the switch and figured out where to connect them....easier than I had expected. Brother sent out another set of keys, but drove it like that for a week.
Goose
Well-known Member
My wife and I once drove a Ford Aerostar minivan to Washington DC to visit our daughter. Shortly after leaving DC, the van would miss and buck in a hard pull in overdrive.
I didn't want to work on it on the road, for fear I'd spend a lot of money for naught. I found that if as soon as I heard the engine began to pull, like on a hill, if I immediately hit the throttle hard enough to kick it out of OD, it wouldn't miss and buck. I babied it 1200 miles home.
A day or two after we got home, I was looking under the hood and noticed one plug wire almost off. Snapped the plug wire back on and no more problem.
One other time, about 1961, I was leaving Albuquerque, NM with a '57 Mercury for the East Coast, by way of home in Nebraska. Last thing before I left Albuque, I had the oil changed at a local Merc dealer, and I told them to go ahead and set the tappets. Mechanical valve lifters.
I got about 50 miles into the desert east of Albuquerque and the engine developed a miss. I pulled off the road by a historical marker. I did enough trouble shooting to eventually pull a valve cover and find a bent push rod. Apparently whoever set the tappets set that one too tight.
It was a solid steel push rod, not a tube. The historical marker had a beautiful smooth granite top. I took a hammer and worked the push rod over until it would roll smoothly across the top to the historical marker. I reinstalled the push rod, set that one tappet, replaced the valve cover, and went on my way. I put another 60K miles on the car with the same push rod.
I didn't want to work on it on the road, for fear I'd spend a lot of money for naught. I found that if as soon as I heard the engine began to pull, like on a hill, if I immediately hit the throttle hard enough to kick it out of OD, it wouldn't miss and buck. I babied it 1200 miles home.
A day or two after we got home, I was looking under the hood and noticed one plug wire almost off. Snapped the plug wire back on and no more problem.
One other time, about 1961, I was leaving Albuquerque, NM with a '57 Mercury for the East Coast, by way of home in Nebraska. Last thing before I left Albuque, I had the oil changed at a local Merc dealer, and I told them to go ahead and set the tappets. Mechanical valve lifters.
I got about 50 miles into the desert east of Albuquerque and the engine developed a miss. I pulled off the road by a historical marker. I did enough trouble shooting to eventually pull a valve cover and find a bent push rod. Apparently whoever set the tappets set that one too tight.
It was a solid steel push rod, not a tube. The historical marker had a beautiful smooth granite top. I took a hammer and worked the push rod over until it would roll smoothly across the top to the historical marker. I reinstalled the push rod, set that one tappet, replaced the valve cover, and went on my way. I put another 60K miles on the car with the same push rod.
omahagreg
Well-known Member
As a kid I remember driving thru Minneapolis when the tail pipe fell off the muffler! Terrible sound, so Dad stops and looks underneath. We stopped at a grocery store, bought a can of peaches. Stopped at a park, pulled up on a curb while doing so. We had been camping, so found the can opener, divided the peaches up 4 ways! Dad cuts the bottom out and then splits it up the long way. Crawls underneath and clamps the tail pipe back to the muffler, I assume by reusing the muffler clamp! Drove it several hundred miles that way till we got home to fix it right!
Ron Muhlenkamp
Member
Years ago, had a VW beetle. Acted like it wasn't getting fuel.
Determined the fuel pump wasn't putting out, so bypassed it.
The top gallon or two in the tank was above the carb, so
stopped every 30 miles or so to fill it up. Took a gallon.
More recently, my daughter had a flat on the way home in
midwinter. She couldn't get the lug nuts off, so called her
husband, who hitched a ride. He got the tire changed and they
proceeded on, until a second tire went flat about 20 miles from
home. They nursed the car into the parking lot of a pizza
parlor. Went inside and asked if they delivered pizza to
(home). Pizza man said "yes" . They ordered a large pizza
to be delivered to (home) and " Can you take us along?"
Pizza place did. Wife and I figured we didn't have to worry
about they two of them finding their way in the world.
Determined the fuel pump wasn't putting out, so bypassed it.
The top gallon or two in the tank was above the carb, so
stopped every 30 miles or so to fill it up. Took a gallon.
More recently, my daughter had a flat on the way home in
midwinter. She couldn't get the lug nuts off, so called her
husband, who hitched a ride. He got the tire changed and they
proceeded on, until a second tire went flat about 20 miles from
home. They nursed the car into the parking lot of a pizza
parlor. Went inside and asked if they delivered pizza to
(home). Pizza man said "yes" . They ordered a large pizza
to be delivered to (home) and " Can you take us along?"
Pizza place did. Wife and I figured we didn't have to worry
about they two of them finding their way in the world.
When I was first married we had almost zero money. An Uncle of mine gave me a 1952 Chev Pickup. It had the straight six cylinder motor in it. It was really beat up and rusted all over. That was all my wife and I had to drive.
We had saved what money we could and took a weekend trip down to Saint Louis. This would have been right after our High school graduation in 1968. We slept in the bed of the truck as we could not afford a hotel room. We had a great time going up in the Arch and touring the Anheuser-Busch plant.
Coming home a rod bearing started knocking just south of Keokuk, Ia. It was a Sunday evening. I had to be back home for work at the feed mill the next morning. We had less than $10 with us. I did have some tools. So I dropped the oil pan off right in a Dairy Queen parking lot. MY wife took drinking cups out of the trash to save the oil in. I took the rod cap off and removed what was left of the bearing. I did not have any emery cloth with me just a flat file. I smoothed out the crankshaft the best I could. While I was doing that my wife took one of my under shirts/tee shirt, and strained the engine oil from one cup to another. I then cut a section of my leather belt to wrap around the crankshaft. I soaked it in some oil for a while. The leather was thicker than the old bearing. I had to take some washers off other bolts on the truck to space the rod cap out enought so the motor would turn over. I then took a piece of cotton rope that was behind the seat. It was small diameter rope. I soaked it in oil. I laid it around the oil pan to act as a casket, as the old one was torn up badly when I removed the oil pan. I tightened everything up and washed up the best I could in the Dairy Queen.
The motor started and ran pretty quiet. I drove the rest of the way home (about 150 miles) at 30-35 MPH. On any long down hill grades I would coast down them. We did not get home until after midnight.
As I was going into the Army in just a few months we decided to not spend the money to fix the truck then. My wife rode with my Grand Mother to get groceries and I walked/ran to work.
The funny thing is that Grand Dad used the old truck around the farm for 8-10 years after that with that leather belt for the one rod bearing. When I got out of the service I used it for a year or two as well. Never off the farm but it still ran. I sold it to a fellow for scrap and told him what was wrong with it. He pulled the motor and overhauled it. He still has it. I kind of wish I had kept it.
PS: When ever I see a Dairy Queen I think of doing that in the parking lot.
We had saved what money we could and took a weekend trip down to Saint Louis. This would have been right after our High school graduation in 1968. We slept in the bed of the truck as we could not afford a hotel room. We had a great time going up in the Arch and touring the Anheuser-Busch plant.
Coming home a rod bearing started knocking just south of Keokuk, Ia. It was a Sunday evening. I had to be back home for work at the feed mill the next morning. We had less than $10 with us. I did have some tools. So I dropped the oil pan off right in a Dairy Queen parking lot. MY wife took drinking cups out of the trash to save the oil in. I took the rod cap off and removed what was left of the bearing. I did not have any emery cloth with me just a flat file. I smoothed out the crankshaft the best I could. While I was doing that my wife took one of my under shirts/tee shirt, and strained the engine oil from one cup to another. I then cut a section of my leather belt to wrap around the crankshaft. I soaked it in some oil for a while. The leather was thicker than the old bearing. I had to take some washers off other bolts on the truck to space the rod cap out enought so the motor would turn over. I then took a piece of cotton rope that was behind the seat. It was small diameter rope. I soaked it in oil. I laid it around the oil pan to act as a casket, as the old one was torn up badly when I removed the oil pan. I tightened everything up and washed up the best I could in the Dairy Queen.
The motor started and ran pretty quiet. I drove the rest of the way home (about 150 miles) at 30-35 MPH. On any long down hill grades I would coast down them. We did not get home until after midnight.
As I was going into the Army in just a few months we decided to not spend the money to fix the truck then. My wife rode with my Grand Mother to get groceries and I walked/ran to work.
The funny thing is that Grand Dad used the old truck around the farm for 8-10 years after that with that leather belt for the one rod bearing. When I got out of the service I used it for a year or two as well. Never off the farm but it still ran. I sold it to a fellow for scrap and told him what was wrong with it. He pulled the motor and overhauled it. He still has it. I kind of wish I had kept it.
PS: When ever I see a Dairy Queen I think of doing that in the parking lot.
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Two times come to mind. Once the radiator sprung a leak with about 500 miles to get home. Stopped at a truck stop and "Borrowed" two shakers full of black pepper.
Another time the wipers quit in a rain storm. Stopped at a grocery store and got a large onion. Made it home just fine both times.
Another time the wipers quit in a rain storm. Stopped at a grocery store and got a large onion. Made it home just fine both times.
Tom Railsback
Member
Was that with a load of chickens? LOL
fixerupper
Well-known Member
Changed a complete rear axle on a 79 Power Wagon on a gravel road just off of HWY 30 east of Grand Island Ne. A little salvage yard just up the road happened to have a Dodge axle with the right gear ratio. Story of a lifetime. Jim
missouri massey man
Member
Guy sitting on the side of the road next to his Harley...being a rider, I stopped to see his problem... His shifting lever vibrated loose and fell off and who knew where !!! I clamped a pair of vice grips on the shifting lever shaft and bid him farewell.
Several times driving company service trucks when developing a low or flat tire, I'd shoot liquid r-12 in them and head for the shop!! One bad leak I took a #10 gasketed screw and drove it into the hole with a battery drill, filled with r-12 again and headed out.
It doesn't take all that much liquid refrigerant, because it immediately vaporizes and inreases in pressure the hotter the tire gets.... Don't ask how I know what happens with too much liquid shot in... Sure makes a loud BOOM !! Oh yeah, DON'T DRIVE FAST ----(safety disclaimer)
Several times driving company service trucks when developing a low or flat tire, I'd shoot liquid r-12 in them and head for the shop!! One bad leak I took a #10 gasketed screw and drove it into the hole with a battery drill, filled with r-12 again and headed out.
It doesn't take all that much liquid refrigerant, because it immediately vaporizes and inreases in pressure the hotter the tire gets.... Don't ask how I know what happens with too much liquid shot in... Sure makes a loud BOOM !! Oh yeah, DON'T DRIVE FAST ----(safety disclaimer)
Coming out of Little Rock Auction with 18 wheeler loaded heavy, 60 mi from home 3 am in the morning and stopped at a 4 way stop. When I pulled away the accelerator cable broke. I found a coat hanger slid it thru a hole in the fire wall and made it ,driving,shifting,gassing all with my hand. Could not have done it with traffic.
jon f mn
Well-known Member
I had an 80-something ford f150 with the 300-6 in
it. Had a lot of miles on it. One day the pin in
the distributor gear broke so I put a new one in.
A while later I was driving in Minneapolis and it
happened again. I knew what it was right away, but
it was a sunday afternoon and I had nothing with.
I walked to the closest gas station and bought a
set of cheap wrenches they had and walked back and
took it apart. I din't have a pin so I took a
tooth off an old dinner fork that was laying in
the box and shoved that in the hole in the gear
and bent both sides over. Made it home no problem.
it. Had a lot of miles on it. One day the pin in
the distributor gear broke so I put a new one in.
A while later I was driving in Minneapolis and it
happened again. I knew what it was right away, but
it was a sunday afternoon and I had nothing with.
I walked to the closest gas station and bought a
set of cheap wrenches they had and walked back and
took it apart. I din't have a pin so I took a
tooth off an old dinner fork that was laying in
the box and shoved that in the hole in the gear
and bent both sides over. Made it home no problem.
Steve@Advance
Well-known Member
This wasn't on the road, but on the lake, guess
that counts...
A bunch of us went on a camping trip to Broken Bow
Lake in Oklahoma.
Someone brought an aluminum boat with a 2HP
outboard motor. He couldn't get it started so no
one was using it. I got bored and decided to see
if I could get running, and with a little
tinkering, had it running pretty good.
Took off to go exploring the lake and got a few
miles from camp and started smelling gas. Looked
back and the fuel line from the pump to the carb
was split. Had no tools, nothing but a fishing
pole and a tackle box. I eased the very rotten
fuel line off and wrapped it with fishing line to
hold it together. Put it on and it didn't leak!
Made the rest of the trip that way. Told the owner
he needed to get a new line, saw the boat several
years later, same hose still on it!
that counts...
A bunch of us went on a camping trip to Broken Bow
Lake in Oklahoma.
Someone brought an aluminum boat with a 2HP
outboard motor. He couldn't get it started so no
one was using it. I got bored and decided to see
if I could get running, and with a little
tinkering, had it running pretty good.
Took off to go exploring the lake and got a few
miles from camp and started smelling gas. Looked
back and the fuel line from the pump to the carb
was split. Had no tools, nothing but a fishing
pole and a tackle box. I eased the very rotten
fuel line off and wrapped it with fishing line to
hold it together. Put it on and it didn't leak!
Made the rest of the trip that way. Told the owner
he needed to get a new line, saw the boat several
years later, same hose still on it!
When i first started farming i had a beat up 78 chevy 1/2 ton, 20 ml from home on the way to town to get supplies i lost all of a sudden all forward gears.
I made it back home in the only gear that still worked...reverse.
When i was almost home the engine started knocking and smoking, the moment i got home the mill seized completely. And to top it off when i walked to the house massaging my sore neck one of the tires blew up.
These were the only times that truck had let me down in the 8 years i owned it.
I sold it to the wrecker for $100.
I made it back home in the only gear that still worked...reverse.
When i was almost home the engine started knocking and smoking, the moment i got home the mill seized completely. And to top it off when i walked to the house massaging my sore neck one of the tires blew up.
These were the only times that truck had let me down in the 8 years i owned it.
I sold it to the wrecker for $100.
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
hummmn ?? did the onion do the same trick as rainx ???,my dogde caravan developed a bad head gasket in cody wy. I decided to call home to dealer Indiana,, dealer told me to wire fan direct ,, put a can of bars leak in it and not tighten the radiator cap and always have 5 gallon of water handy, went on into Yellowstone ,,and made it back home to Indiana that way ,, and traded it on another dodge van . ,,, I have taped universal joints with duct tape ,,visegriped and chained down a motor mont ,,added diesel fuel to gasoline to stretch the gas on a 730 Case gasser to start it and get it back up to the barn for more gas,,. chained disc s and planters of all sorts up to bring home ,, but the worst weas using thatSTUPID G eneral MOTORS joke JUNK wheelbarrow tire for a spare to drive 3 miles into town ,,, next time I will run on the rim
Jim in Ma.
Well-known Member
Yes - Cut onion in half and rub on windshield.
Fordfarmer
Well-known Member
Took an overnight trip to buy some equipment a year
or two ago. When leaving the hotel, truck wouldn't
start...wouldn't click, nothing. Found a corroded
through battery clamp. Pair of vice grips got me on
the road.
or two ago. When leaving the hotel, truck wouldn't
start...wouldn't click, nothing. Found a corroded
through battery clamp. Pair of vice grips got me on
the road.
onefarmer
Well-known Member
- Location
- 6735 S Lowell Rd, St Johns, Mi 48879
When I was about 20 I went to Florida and got in an accident in Atlanta Ga. Wiped out the front of the Pinto I was driving, wrapped the radiator around the engine. They hauled me and the car of to the storage lot and there I sat. After wandering around wondering what to do I discovered a Napa store. So I went back to the car and proceeded to tear the front off the car took it back to the engine. I always take my tools with me. Found the hub on the water pump was shoved back to the housing so used the bolts without the spacer and jacked it back out. Now the water pump would turn. Went back to the store to get a radiator and they didn't have one for a Pinto but they had one for a Maverick. The difference was the hoses are on the opposite sides. Got the Maverick radiator and wired it in with speaker wire sitting it in kinda crooked. Got the hoses on it and it would hold water. It started up, so off I went. No hood, mashed fenders, and a radiator sticking out the front. It did still have headlights and turn signals so it was legal. Had to add water at every rest area due to it leaking at the pump, but it eventually quit leaking. I drove it that way for the summer until I found a donor car and fixed it right.
Deeredrummer47
New User
My teacher told me once when he was working at a local garage they had a hose spigot start leaking and there was no shut off in the building it was under the car lot. So he took r12 and some water sprayed the pipe down above the spigot and froze it solid then he just unscrewed the old spigot and screwed the new one on.
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Took the whole family Xmas shopping and the wiper motor quit in a snowstorm. Took the rawhide laces out the oldest boy's boots, tied 'em to the wipers and one of the girls sat in the middle see-sawing the wipers.
Another time had delivered hay with the 70s Dodge pickup, column shift. When I shifted coming home, 40 miles away, the shifter handle fell off in my hand. I found a fence clip on the dash for a pin.
Another time had delivered hay with the 70s Dodge pickup, column shift. When I shifted coming home, 40 miles away, the shifter handle fell off in my hand. I found a fence clip on the dash for a pin.
Aaron Ford
Well-known Member
I live a few hours from home and one day I got a
call that my mother had a broken rear brake line
and was an hour out. I loaded up the trailer and
headed that way. The break was on a straight
piece of line so I crossed the road and bought a
set of vise grips (small) and a roll of electrical
tape. I roll crimped the line leaving the vise
grips on and wrapped it all with tape and secured
it to the body with the tape. I did this to help
load it. When she realized it wasn't leaking and
that her brakes worked just fine, she elected to
head on. They fixed it a few weeks later. Held
like a champ.
Aaron
call that my mother had a broken rear brake line
and was an hour out. I loaded up the trailer and
headed that way. The break was on a straight
piece of line so I crossed the road and bought a
set of vise grips (small) and a roll of electrical
tape. I roll crimped the line leaving the vise
grips on and wrapped it all with tape and secured
it to the body with the tape. I did this to help
load it. When she realized it wasn't leaking and
that her brakes worked just fine, she elected to
head on. They fixed it a few weeks later. Held
like a champ.
Aaron
I was working up Provo Canyon one time and we had a pickup that was set up for dual fuel(propane and gasoline). The pickup ran out of propane so no problem we will just run it on gas. We start heading for home (Idaho Falls Idaho)on a Saturday morning when the fuel pump goes out on the pickup. It being a work truck it had a utility bed on it so we bypassed the fuel pump and shoved a piece of fuel line into the fuel tank neck and pounded a glove in around it to somewhat seal it off. You then blew into the fuel tank to pressurize it and off we go. Each time blowing in the tank would get you about two miles down the road. All we have to do is get to Provo and we will fill it up with propane, ya right no one had the adapter to fill the propane. We were in a hurry so we didn't want to take the time to change the fuel pump. We drove home about 250 miles blowing into the tank.
Steven
Steven
The gas lines rusted off the top of the tank on my '78 Dodge plow
truck on one of the snowiest days of the year.
I had quite a few commercial customers so I had to get the job done.
I ran a piece of rubber fuel line from the fuel pump, in the passenger
side vent window and stuck it in a 5 gallon gas can on the floor board.
I replaced the sending unit in a snow bank that night.
Same truck, the Western joystick controller had one of the
contacts break off the back side. Again on a day I needed it.
I cut a strip from a metal beer can (they weren't aluminum yet)
and formed it into a replacement until I could get a new one.
I never got a new one. It was still working when I sold it 8 years later.
truck on one of the snowiest days of the year.
I had quite a few commercial customers so I had to get the job done.
I ran a piece of rubber fuel line from the fuel pump, in the passenger
side vent window and stuck it in a 5 gallon gas can on the floor board.
I replaced the sending unit in a snow bank that night.
Same truck, the Western joystick controller had one of the
contacts break off the back side. Again on a day I needed it.
I cut a strip from a metal beer can (they weren't aluminum yet)
and formed it into a replacement until I could get a new one.
I never got a new one. It was still working when I sold it 8 years later.
Had my original C30 Chevrolet service truck die on me one evening, just after dark, about 60 miles from home. The alternator had died and when I turned on the lights, all it took was a little while for the battery to die too. The welder on my truck had it's own battery and charging system, but was too far from the truck battery to hook my cables to it. So, I wound up running them to the battery on my crane, which was hooked to the trucks battery. After letting the welder run for about 30 minutes to charge things up, I got the truck started again and drove home with the welder keeping everything charged up.
T in NE
Well-known Member
- Location
- Cambridge, Nebraska
Had a brake chamber go bad one time in Georgia and had something to get home to. Pulled the hose off the chamber, found a piece of plastic broken off the trim on the floor around the seat base, whittled it down to just fit into the fitting on the chamber, screwed the hose back on, caged the spring, and home I went. They had to pull the air line off the truck to run something through it to get that little plastic disk out.
Driving for Schneider, office called, driver's broke down 15 miles from you, clutch problem, can you grab his trailer and go to Chicago. "I'll go see what we can do". Pulled into that empty lot at rte 6 and 13 and dropped my trailer, he got his ready to unhook, low gear cranked it up, swapped trucks, and I drove his back to the yard with no clutch. Actually hit every light on rte 3 (IN) green, only time in 2 1/2 years that happened.
I keep a piece of wire under the hood of my Cummins. I've used it to hotwire my headlights and truck. Burnt a fusible link, entire electical system dead, ran the wire from battery to fuel shutoff solenoid, crossed the terminals on the starter, and off I went.
I've run screws into tires to get by before. Put tire glue on the one and ran the truck another 2 weeks like that.
Had an idler pulley bearing go bad on a 3406E, got parked and ran jumper cables from the reefer to the truck batteries for the night, in the AM found an IH dealer and got a new pulley, changed it in the truck stop parking lot. And put the cables away.
Stopped for gas at the TA west of Columbus, OH, the year I made it to the MOPAR Nationals. Helped a couple guys on their way to the nats change a timing chain in the parking lot there.
Crimped off many a brake line growing up. Seemed like every other winter we had to put new brake lines on half the trucks on the place.
Driving for Schneider, office called, driver's broke down 15 miles from you, clutch problem, can you grab his trailer and go to Chicago. "I'll go see what we can do". Pulled into that empty lot at rte 6 and 13 and dropped my trailer, he got his ready to unhook, low gear cranked it up, swapped trucks, and I drove his back to the yard with no clutch. Actually hit every light on rte 3 (IN) green, only time in 2 1/2 years that happened.
I keep a piece of wire under the hood of my Cummins. I've used it to hotwire my headlights and truck. Burnt a fusible link, entire electical system dead, ran the wire from battery to fuel shutoff solenoid, crossed the terminals on the starter, and off I went.
I've run screws into tires to get by before. Put tire glue on the one and ran the truck another 2 weeks like that.
Had an idler pulley bearing go bad on a 3406E, got parked and ran jumper cables from the reefer to the truck batteries for the night, in the AM found an IH dealer and got a new pulley, changed it in the truck stop parking lot. And put the cables away.
Stopped for gas at the TA west of Columbus, OH, the year I made it to the MOPAR Nationals. Helped a couple guys on their way to the nats change a timing chain in the parking lot there.
Crimped off many a brake line growing up. Seemed like every other winter we had to put new brake lines on half the trucks on the place.
Dan T in MO
Member
Speaking of outboards, I've done this one more than once. While out fishin' I hit a rock and sheared the prop pin. With just pliers and a crescent wrench, I removed the prop, the re-arranged the broken pieces of shear pin.
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