Date:         Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:41:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: improbable fixes
Comments: To: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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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
>>