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Post Your Strange Trail fixes That Work!

Had a friend following us through some trails in a 2 wheel drive Furd...
390 4 speed...going thru a rough section he bounced the rear axle off the ground several times....finally a loud snap...

He broken the tailshaft in the trans right where the splines ended.

we pulled the tail shaft housing,,,fished the broken piece of shaft out of the driveshaft yoke,,,,ground it down with an angle grinder and used 4 batteries,,jumper cables and some old 6011 welding rods to cobble it back together....

Of course we couldn't get the shaft dead center, so we just left the tail shaft housing off, and eased it back to camp....

after we trailered it home,,,he tried a drop clutch burnout in the driveway...
dang weld held......for about 1/50 of a second !!:haha:
 
Day 3 on our way back through the Rubicon head of the starter broke off and rendered the starter utterly useless. (It was brand spanking new by the way) We had to bump/push start the truck, in some cases down a hill. After an afternoon of downhill rock racing in a full size, it was getting dark and we were only about 2 hours from the exit. Half way up Cadillac hill the front drivers side tire slid off a rock and pinned me in a crevas killing the motor (Stupid carberators). Needless to say there was no push starting the truck. The truck was wedges between the front and the back and the only way it was going to move was to get it started and in gear.

My brother aka "ToolBox Tommy"... has some hairbrained ideas, some are just retarded, others you just look at him and smile. Then there is one of those times when you look at him and want to give him a big pat on the back. This was one of those times.

Tom-"Why don't we jack up the front end, put the rear in nuetral and leave the front end unlocked. The driver side is pinned. We could wrap a wench around it and pull start it!"

Well my buddy in a jeep was not willing to drive back down Cadillac hill in the pitch black darkness. So he went into town to sleep and wait for the parts store to open to get me a new starter, My brother "ToolBox", my brother-in-law and myself slept in our seats.

The next morning, we were determined to get it running, hoping that someone would come by to lend a helping hand, however no traffic throughout the night or in the morning, left us to our own thoughts. I remembered I had the Hub Socket and 3/4" rachet and joked that we could just crank start it, based on speculations ToolBox made the prior evening.
Well guess what... IT FREAKINNG WORKS!!!! Video Below! Some minor swearing.... you have been warned.

CAUTION AT WORK, Some minor Swearing!!!
Crank Starting a rig without a starter
 
Wrenchen66 said:
Day 3 on our way back through the Rubicon head of the starter broke off and rendered the starter utterly useless. (It was brand spanking new by the way) We had to bump/push start the truck, in some cases down a hill. After an afternoon of downhill rock racing in a full size, it was getting dark and we were only about 2 hours from the exit. Half way up Cadillac hill the front drivers side tire slid off a rock and pinned me in a crevas killing the motor (Stupid carberators). Needless to say there was no push starting the truck. The truck was wedges between the front and the back and the only way it was going to move was to get it started and in gear.

My brother aka "ToolBox Tommy"... has some hairbrained ideas, some are just retarded, others you just look at him and smile. Then there is one of those times when you look at him and want to give him a big pat on the back. This was one of those times.

Tom-"Why don't we jack up the front end, put the rear in nuetral and leave the front end unlocked. The driver side is pinned. We could wrap a wench around it and pull start it!"

Well my buddy in a jeep was not willing to drive back down Cadillac hill in the pitch black darkness. So he went into town to sleep and wait for the parts store to open to get me a new starter, My brother "ToolBox", my brother-in-law and myself slept in our seats.

The next morning, we were determined to get it running, hoping that someone would come by to lend a helping hand, however no traffic throughout the night or in the morning, left us to our own thoughts. I remembered I had the Hub Socket and 3/4" rachet and joked that we could just crank start it, based on speculations ToolBox made the prior evening.
Well guess what... IT FREAKINNG WORKS!!!! Video Below! Some minor swearing.... you have been warned.

CAUTION AT WORK, Some minor Swearing!!!
Crank Starting a rig without a starter
Click to expand...


THAT was impressive. Good work.
 
Wrenchen66 said:
Day 3 on our way back through the Rubicon head of the starter broke off and rendered the starter utterly useless. (It was brand spanking new by the way) We had to bump/push start the truck, in some cases down a hill. After an afternoon of downhill rock racing in a full size, it was getting dark and we were only about 2 hours from the exit. Half way up Cadillac hill the front drivers side tire slid off a rock and pinned me in a crevas killing the motor (Stupid carberators). Needless to say there was no push starting the truck. The truck was wedges between the front and the back and the only way it was going to move was to get it started and in gear.

My brother aka "ToolBox Tommy"... has some hairbrained ideas, some are just retarded, others you just look at him and smile. Then there is one of those times when you look at him and want to give him a big pat on the back. This was one of those times.

Tom-"Why don't we jack up the front end, put the rear in nuetral and leave the front end unlocked. The driver side is pinned. We could wrap a wench around it and pull start it!"

Well my buddy in a jeep was not willing to drive back down Cadillac hill in the pitch black darkness. So he went into town to sleep and wait for the parts store to open to get me a new starter, My brother "ToolBox", my brother-in-law and myself slept in our seats.

The next morning, we were determined to get it running, hoping that someone would come by to lend a helping hand, however no traffic throughout the night or in the morning, left us to our own thoughts. I remembered I had the Hub Socket and 3/4" rachet and joked that we could just crank start it, based on speculations ToolBox made the prior evening.
Well guess what... IT FREAKINNG WORKS!!!! Video Below! Some minor swearing.... you have been warned.

CAUTION AT WORK, Some minor Swearing!!!
Crank Starting a rig without a starter
Click to expand...

That is one of the most impressive things I have ever seen:thumb:.

^^^^^dhcomp hit enter first^^^^^
 
Wrenchen66 said:
Day 3 on our way back through the Rubicon head of the starter broke off and rendered the starter utterly useless. (It was brand spanking new by the way) We had to bump/push start the truck, in some cases down a hill. After an afternoon of downhill rock racing in a full size, it was getting dark and we were only about 2 hours from the exit. Half way up Cadillac hill the front drivers side tire slid off a rock and pinned me in a crevas killing the motor (Stupid carberators). Needless to say there was no push starting the truck. The truck was wedges between the front and the back and the only way it was going to move was to get it started and in gear.

My brother aka "ToolBox Tommy"... has some hairbrained ideas, some are just retarded, others you just look at him and smile. Then there is one of those times when you look at him and want to give him a big pat on the back. This was one of those times.

Tom-"Why don't we jack up the front end, put the rear in nuetral and leave the front end unlocked. The driver side is pinned. We could wrap a wench around it and pull start it!"

Well my buddy in a jeep was not willing to drive back down Cadillac hill in the pitch black darkness. So he went into town to sleep and wait for the parts store to open to get me a new starter, My brother "ToolBox", my brother-in-law and myself slept in our seats.

The next morning, we were determined to get it running, hoping that someone would come by to lend a helping hand, however no traffic throughout the night or in the morning, left us to our own thoughts. I remembered I had the Hub Socket and 3/4" rachet and joked that we could just crank start it, based on speculations ToolBox made the prior evening.
Well guess what... IT FREAKINNG WORKS!!!! Video Below! Some minor swearing.... you have been warned.

CAUTION AT WORK, Some minor Swearing!!!
Crank Starting a rig without a starter
Click to expand...

That was awesome man when i heard that motor kick in i laughed my ass off. ****ing genius:waytogo:
 
Smoke can be a good thing

I have an old '82 Jimmy with the 6.2 that I have been rebuilding since last November. It runs, but smokes (black) badly. I get the usual blue smoke and white smoke when she's cold, but that's normal (though I would be happy if the blue went away quicker).

Anyway, I'm coming down from the moutains (I live in Colorado Springs) the other day, and a car-load of school-age punks started giving me shot about the black cloud (which is excessive, yes, but that's a different thread). Now, I'm 46, a retired Army Officer and too old and generally pissed off most of the time. I could have done stupid things like actually fight with the little ****s (only 3, and likely inexperienced and untrained), but when you fight with <18 year olds, you're the one in trouble with the man.

So, since their complaint was about the smoke, I just pulled forward a bit, and when my tailpipe was next to their open windows, I stood up on it, damn near red-lining it.

Couldn't see the damn car for about 30 seconds!

And, as they were choking pretty badly (hahaha), the bull**** coming from the car ended, too.

Not a trail fix, per se, but it was a clever (I think) solution to the problem.
 
went through a creek one time......kinda fast with a K5, 4 inch lift and 35's and sucked water into the engine through the factory air cleaner.

Though i hydro locked it, it wouldnt crank over and didnt have any deep spark plug socket or even a 5/8 socket to get the water out.

so we pulled the valve covers and used a prybar to open the exhaust valves while a buddy tried cranking before we fried the starter or drained the battery.

It was a PITA but it got us out of the ditch
(it was hacket or longwater here in CO, forget exactly)
 
I once had a battery come loose and when it slid into the fan the entire wiring harness got pulled off the engine and nothing worked All of the belts were also trashed. The battery was split and leaking acid. I turned the battery on its side to think a minute.
I ended up rigging enough wiring to be able to attempt starting the engine. Before I did that, I took the best belt and used it to keep the water pump and alternator spinning. No power steering.
We used vise grips to hold wires to the battery and I layed under the truck to touch one to the starter.
Once the engine was running, I took all loose wires out of the engine bay and the battery rode i the back. We didn't stall the whole way back.

From then on, always make sure the battery cannot come loose. Keep a fully charged extra battery in the back. Vise grips and extra wires also stay in the tool kit.
 
oh i half expected to see some pictures in this thread but great stuff just the same..
 
Had a ball joint come loose playing in the mud, in a 86 scottsdale quad cab. Luck have it another guy was playing in the same area. We found a big log and put in front of my truck and used his winch over the top of the log to lift mine out of the mud. Had a bunch of wire hangers from my works uniform company and used to wire the truck back together. I couldn't turn right to far but she got me the 35 miles back home.
 
My friends Ford F-150 pickup had a dead fuel pump one day about 10 miles from his house...he pondered what to do,then an idea made his eyes light up like a bulb!..

He dumps out the windshield washer bottle,and he puts gas in it from the can he always keeps in the bed of his truck..then he yanks the hose off the wiper nozzle on one side,and plugs it onto one of the vent tubes of the carb!
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pretty clever moment
 
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