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Date:         Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:40:00 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: improbable fixes
Comments: To: Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <2B6A314F-FF61-4470-8D04-D0506EEFEA37@gmail.com>
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Drove my '63 Doka 700 miles home w/ the gas pedal duct taped to the floor as the pedal mount broke off at the floor pan. I had to use the top of my foot under the pedal to ease off on the gas.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-where there is a will, there is a way?

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@gmail.com>wrote:

> In a similar vein, back in the mid-70s I was commuting home to Virginia > across Key Bridge from Georgetown Univ. at gridlock time of the afternoon. > The accelerator cable on my 66 VW squareback disintegrated at the pedal, > the little metal crank stamped onto the end of the cable came off. So no > control of engine speed. Fortunately the engine lid is inside, and I was > able to pull the cable back to the engine compartment, run it forward over > top of the seats, and wrapping the cable end around a screwdriver now had a > hand throttle control and was able to drive it home for the more > conventional fix. Shifting gears was interesting, but traffic was so > congested and slow, a brief no hands on the wheel for a shift was not too > dangerous. > > Ted > > > Theodore Hoekman > thoekman@gmail.com > 19 York St. > Newbury, ON N0L 1Z0 > (519)719-0342 > Blog:http://Tedspassivesolarhouse.wordpress.com > > On 2012-11-25, at 8:13 AM, ed donnen wrote: > > > Someone mentioned during the "fell out" thread about wanting to hear > about > > improbable fixes- so here goes. > > I once had a fuel filter split on the way home during rush hour. I used > > the barrel from my clickable federal pen, shaved down the ends to fit > the > > line, tied up tight to the line with the pen spring at both ends. > > ed-91 DoKa- the VanPool motto was, "Many are cold, but few are frozen" >

-- Tom Buese


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