I've seen a lot of things where the driver could have saved the cost
of the tow, if they would have had the smallest amount of brains.
    These are not rocket science but these fixes got me home.
Broken alt./water pump belt late sunday night. Fix: the Ac belt almost
fits. Way to loose, but enough to drive 175 miles home and to
work the next day.
    In my 1980, coming home from work, all of a sudden dead. Nothing
not radio.  Battery cable broke right off the starter. Green with
corrosion I cleaned the end as best I could, and connected up
my jumper cable from there to the starter. Ran great, 25 miles home.
                  How needs spare parts anyway..
                       ERic

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
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