Vapor Lock On A Beautiful NW Summer Day

pishta said

Get' er home! Been there......got back to base once with a boot band (elastic band) as a carb return spring. Also drove a Subaru about 30 miles home without a clutch. Just time the lights......and hope your starter holds up for the times you have to stop.

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Oh you bring back memories! Drove more than one VW with a broken clutch cable, grinding on the starter at the green light. Got a buddy that drove out of the desert on the battery, with the elastic from his underwear around the crank and water pump pulleys. Oh and New Years Day in Weed CA, the local NAPA farm store owner opened up to cross reference wheel bearing numbers and sold me the bearings, grease, and tools to replace the bearings. I backed the car off a chunk of firewood when I was done and finished my 1100 mile cross country trip. My father in law rigged a string from the carb, in through the wing window so my sister in law could get home one winter.

Geeze, this could be a thread all by itself couldn't it?