84 vanagon:  plastic fuel rail end blew off.  plugged it with a penny.(fits
very snug) then 5min epoxy on the outside.  Was on my way in about .5 hour.
Lasted over 1 year!
Robert

>From: "John D. Foster" <jidd@JIDDWARE.COM>
>Reply-To: "John D. Foster" <jidd@JIDDWARE.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:50:33 -0800
>
>Lets see, these aren't all Vanagon-specific but usefull none the less.
>Mostly from my four-wheeling days:
>
>*Made a gasket for a power-steering gearbox out of a mudflap while on a
>4wd trail. Actually had to make several to get out. Suprisingly enough,
>mudflap gaskets have a very short service life. (but are much better than
>no gasket at all!!)
>
>*Used soda/beer cans & hose clamps to patch exhaust header leaks
>
>*Devcon'd a fuel tank puncture wound
>
>*ViceGrips to clamp off a broken brake line
>
>Hmm... those are some of the good ones that come to mind.
>
>Cheers,
>
>JD Foster
>'86 Westy
>Mariposa, CA
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: don spence <dspence@OANET.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:14:25 -0700
>Subject: Re: [VANAGON] " you fixed it with what?!"
>
> > As travel season is approaching and there has already been a fair bit
> > of discussion re: what spare parts to carry I'd like to invite one and
> > all to contribute to a " you fixed it with what?!" list.
> > Who knows, tales of other's creative fixes may get one of us out of a
> > jam.
> >
> > For example, a friend and his family (wife, two young girls) were
> > heading up a remote highway in northern Alberta for a Christmas visit
> > with grandma in a Hyundai. Thirty miles from nowhere, -20 C, the fan
> > belt pops.  No spare. No tools. What to do?
> > For some unknown reason, the wife, whom I have never known to wear a
> > dress, was carrying a pair of pantyhose in her luggage. Yup, stretched
> > and tied the panty hose around the pulleys and limped slowly into the
> > next settlement.  I've also heard of it being done with duct tape
> > (don't leave home without it). I have wrapped up burst rad hoses
> > successfully with Gaffer tape. (better than duct tape-used in the film
> > biz)
> >
> > Anybody else made emergency repairs with "available" materials?

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