Now this may just be a good reason to have a long legged women
around...  where do I find one that can not talk?

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Rex Merriweather wrote:

> My girl friend has fixed both fan belts and hoses with pantyhose on her
> Jetta and Syncro Vanagon. Held up all day. Once she got it to a mechanic in
> Illinois who "Fixed" the belt, laughed at her temp fix and charged her
> $60.00. She got 10 miles, belt broke, pantyhose went back on and made it
> another 50 miles........
> www.stunttrumpet.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "don spence" <dspence@OANET.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: " 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?
> >
> >
>