Car repair for dummies-Darwin award edition

[maynard]

As long as we were talking about urine, here is a true story:

Hero Helped Save His Burning B-17 By Urinating On The Fire & Drove Off Waves of German Fighters

Maynard Harrison "Snuffy" Smith was such a screw-up, he joined the US Army to avoid jail. He earned the nickname, “Snuffy Smith,” because no one could

www.warhistoryonline.com

 

[CaptRandy]

Towing empty boat trailer to pick up boat. Shackle that holds axle in place broke. Wheel moved backward and outward. Pulled over pulled out winch cable and wrapped it around axle. Pulled axle back in line and towed the rest of the 80 miles to pick up boat. Went to trailer shop and got correct shackle to install.

 

[JHaydon]

Don't know it its ture or not, but heard a similiar story about a pilot who couldn't lower his landing gear due to a hydraulic leak. Urinated into the reservoir to get enough pressure.

I'd have urinated too, but I never would have made it to the reservoir...

 

[ih574]

As a 17 year old kid, I was driving with my two buddies for a two week exploration of the US east coast. Driving a 1973 Mercury Capri 4 cylinder. We were about 100 miles away from home when temps started going up along with an alternator idiot light. Opened up hood and saw there was no belt. Pulled out my shoe laces (from my black Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars) and tied them up to make a belt. Didn't work - they slipped too much. Knotted the shoelaces every three or four inches and that was just enough to keep the temps under control and some power from the alternator. Found an auto parts store at next exit.

 

[maynard]

Panty hose works well, as well as giving you an added benefit.

 

[equiprx]

Panty hose works well, as well as giving you an added benefit.

There was a commercial somewhere online.
I don't recall if it was for the Jaguar XK120 or Stockings but it was great.

 

[AngliaGT]

Panty hose works well, as well as giving you an added benefit.

And you could wear them when nobody's looking.

 

[mikephillips]

I can just see a group of teenage boys on the side of the road with a sign, "We're stuck, please throw out your pantyhose as you go by"...

 

[ih574]

As teenage boys, we used our shoelaces but told everyone we used pantyhose. Then one of my buddies went into the ad business.

 

[equiprx]

As teenage boys, we used our shoelaces but told everyone we used pantyhose. Then one of my buddies went into the ad business.

That's the ad I remember.
How could i forget?
I still don't know what they are advertising, or care.

 

[pdplot]

Rear motor mount bolt on my 62 Corvair broke and the engine fell out. Car coasted to a stop on Route 22 near Dover Plains, NY.. Walked to a nearby garage, drove back with the mechanic; he jacked up the motor, wired it up with baling wire and I got home ok.

 

[maynard]

Not eligible for the award, but...

 

[John Turney]

That's the ad I remember.
How could i forget?
I still don't know what they are advertising, or care.

> Pretty Polly Homepage <

 

[AngliaGT]

I hate it when that happe

Not eligible for the award, but...
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Maybe that's the spare that was low on air.

 

[maynard]

I hate it when that happe



Maybe that's the spare that was low on air.

Look at the car's front right tire.

 

[Gliderman8]

Look at the car's front right tire.

I looked and it’s not there.

 

[maynard]

Yes it is. Just not on the car.