resourscefull!..
I had a heater hose pop once,and the only thing I could think of to plug it with was a peice of a tree branch!..I snapped off two "dowels" and stuffed em in the busted hose!..I left the radiator cap loose to avoid pressure build up,and limped home 20 miles..
Then there was the night we were "camping"..(more like DRINKING..
) and my friends battery goes dead...we find out his alternator is junk,due to the battery welding itself to the underside of his hood,after several hard jumps on the trail to our campsite!...
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We had a 20 mile ride home,and nobody had jumper cables!..everyone else takes off,leaving my friend to fend for himself..I hated for him to leave his car behind,for it was likely it would be stripped by morning(not a good area,theives would ride dirt bikes there looking for cars to rob,steal,and wreck)..
So rather than leave it,I took MY battery out,after starting my truck,and put it in his car,while he stood there holding my positive battery cable,so it wouldn't ground out!..then I put his dead battery in my truck,and we took off..he followed me to my house,where I had a few spare alternators,and put one in it..took 4 hours to fix the fusible link though,which turned out to be the REAL cause..I tested the old alternator at work the next day,and it was charging normally!..I think the fusible link had only a few strands left,and they melted as soon as I tried starting it with the "new" alternator on!.
