Drove my '63 Doka 700 miles home w/ the gas pedal duct taped to the floor
as the pedal mount broke off at the floor pan.  I had to use the top of my
foot under the pedal to ease off on the gas.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-where there is a will, there is a way?

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Theodore Hoekman <thoekman@gmail.com>wrote:

> In a similar vein, back in the mid-70s I was commuting home to Virginia
> across Key Bridge from Georgetown Univ. at gridlock time of the afternoon.
>   The accelerator cable on my 66 VW squareback  disintegrated at the pedal,
> the little metal crank stamped onto the end of the cable came off.  So no
> control of engine speed.   Fortunately the engine lid is inside, and I was
> able to pull the cable back to the engine compartment, run it forward over
> top of the seats, and wrapping the cable end around a screwdriver now had a
> hand throttle control and was able to drive it home for the more
> conventional fix.  Shifting gears was interesting, but traffic was so
> congested and slow,  a brief no hands on the wheel for a shift was not too
> dangerous.
>
> Ted
>
>
> Theodore Hoekman
> thoekman@gmail.com
> 19 York St.
> Newbury, ON  N0L 1Z0
> (519)719-0342
> Blog:http://Tedspassivesolarhouse.wordpress.com
>
> On 2012-11-25, at 8:13 AM, ed donnen wrote:
>
> > Someone mentioned during the "fell out" thread about wanting to hear
> about
> > improbable fixes- so here goes.
> > I once had a fuel filter split on the way home during rush hour.  I used
> > the barrel from my clickable federal pen, shaved down the ends  to fit
> the
> > line, tied up tight to the line with the pen spring at both ends.
> > ed-91 DoKa- the VanPool motto was, "Many are cold, but few are frozen"
>

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Tom Buese