Jury rigged Steven, not gerry-rigged (sic) :) Jerry-built means shoddily made. It seems the two phrases have been conflated these days, and jerry-built does not originate from UK slang Jerry, meaning German, unfortunately :) yours in good humour ab
On 2012-11-27, at 8:32 AM, Steven Johnson wrote: > I did a similar gerry-rig in my wifes 70 squareback when 4th gear would not > hold as > well. The bungee should be standard equipment for all standards. Worked > well > until we finally got the tranny replaced. Thanks for the memories.... > > Steven > > 91 Westy > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:27 PM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com>wrote: > >> improbable fixes: Oh Boy- here goes the flood gates! >> It was a Vanagon- the shift kept kicking out of 4th. So I put a bungeee >> cord from the shift to behind the vent betwixt the driver and passanger and >> stretched the bungee into third and let the bungee hold it in fourth. >> This lasted for many months, >> The "death of fourth" happened leaving WVA going though the mountains. Saw >> a lot of people waving as they passed me having a top gear of third, >> Or at least I tink they was waving. >> ed- 91 DoKa- now with four gears >> |
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