McGyver again

Phil Scarborough · Mar 6, 2015

Just watched him repair a broken connecting rod on a pump, using a battery charger, jump leads and a couple of coins! I could use a man like him in a workshop and make a lot of money, fixing old tractors. The man is a marvel!! LOL. Phil

Mike (WA) · Mar 6, 2015

I remember trying to arc weld using an electric train transformer and a length of tin wire from my chemistry set. Also, making a band saw using my dad's electric shaver (without head) for power. Sure, it didn't work, but it was sure worth a try.

JF in MI · Mar 6, 2015

He's Patty and Thelma's hero.

ShadetreeRet · Mar 6, 2015

Whether it works or not, it is still a learning experience.

Steve@Advance · Mar 6, 2015

Reminds me of a documentary I caught on PBS some years ago, about the first car driven from California to NY. Took 63 days, countless breakdowns, lost, delayed fuel shipments, dead ignition batteries, flats, flats, flats, the list goes on...

There were no roads, only trails and railroad tracks to follow. When they would get to a river, they would charge the car full speed into the water, winch it out the other side with a block and tackle, drain the oil and fuel, separate the water, pour it back in.

They discovered this was rather hard on the connecting rods... Once one came through the block. Drug it to the nearest blacksmith shop, beat a new rod out of... Something? Covered the hole in the block with... Something? Back on the road!

Very interesting story! The car owner was a newly wed when he started the trip. Being madly in lust, he wrote to his bride every day with every detail of the journey. Inadvertently documented every thing that happened! Kept the car as a daily driver into the 1940's!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/23/1250886/-The-1903-Winton-Vermont-First-Car-to-Cross-the-US#

snoopnc · Mar 6, 2015

McGyver is my 9yo Grand son's "hero". He has a "McGyver" box of odds-n-ends to play with when he is visiting. Good influence!!

ShadetreeRet · Mar 6, 2015

I read somewhere that everything McGyver did was tested beforehand to make sure it could be done. I don't know, just read it.

old · Mar 6, 2015

To bad a lot of stuff he did probably would not work long if at all. Loved watching the shows but also know how Hollywood likes to make up a lot of neat things that have very little chance of ever working in reality

Den N Ms · Mar 6, 2015

Nickel rod you know!

Cory Schmidt · Mar 6, 2015

(quoted from post at 17:53:12 03/06/15) I remember trying to arc weld using an electric train transformer and a length of tin wire from my chemistry set. .....

That remind me of something me and some other guys in the class did. We were in the computer lab and took a bunch of the plugs for the speakers and wire twist ties. Wired the plugs in parallel so we had more amps then touched the ground side to a computer case, and "welded" messages and faces on it with a paper clip. Funnier still in a dead quite room(we were suppose to be reading at the time), and you hear a loud buss of the "welder" going. :lol:

Janicholson · Mar 6, 2015

He went to St. Cloud State University where I teach (before I was there) and he did not graduate (at least from here) Jim

Alan K · Mar 6, 2015

I remember that episode. My dad and I used to watch it together.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 7, 2015

That stuff McGyver did ain't nothing compared to what I've seen
Mighty Mouse and Popeye do on TV and all 3 are cartoon characters in my estimation.

Rich'sToys · Mar 7, 2015

I remember once watching "The 6 Million Dollar Man". Steve Austin was stranded someplace. His only means of escape was this small plane, which of course was disabled. There was an old '48 Ford pickup there, and one of these old grindstones where you sat on the seat and turned the stone by pedaling it to sharpen hoes and such.
He took a piston out of the truck, but it was too large in diameter to fit the plane. So at bionic speed he turned it down to size with this grindstone, installed it in the plane and made his escape, just in the nick of time, of course!!

YEAH, RIGHT!!!

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