mickey mouse and good ol jerry rigs

Yeah, it's amazing what you can do when you have no choice! I once borrowed a friends early '60's VW bug and while out in the middle of nowhere the fan belt broke. No spare naturally....or tools for that matter. I didn't want to fry the engine by driving it without the fan working but didn't want to have to walk 20 miles for help either. Sat and pondered a moment when I remembered that a generator is just a little electric motor. I found a piece of wire by the side of the road and jumped across the battery and field lead on the regulator and viola! the generator/fan is now spinning. I just drove it at low rpm in 4th until I got to a gas station where a new belt was installed.