I'm going to toss out a couple that are not strictly LBC Bodges, but may give
someone the info they need to make it back home again ;^)
Great Bodge #1 - 8 or 9 years ago a friend and I were driving from Amarillo,
Tx.
to Petoskey, Michigan in a 1980 International Scout. As we were driving in the
middle of Missouri we heard a really scary "ptwang!!!" followed by a
clicking/scraping noise coming from the tranny. We pulled off to the side of
I-40
and sat looking at each other wondering what that was. Mike tried to start the
engine, and the cranking was accompanied by the horrid clacking/scraping noise.
Now, Scouts are tall creatures, and so we rolled under the truck and pulled the
flywheel inspection plate and took a look inside. What we found was that one
of
the tangs on the pressure plate had sprung loose and was scraping against the
bellhousing until it found a little outcropping at which time it was smacking
into
it and attempting to self destruct the whole thing.
Enter BodgeMan! Hero of broken auto owners everywhere! I poked around in the
boot and found my trusty Vise-Grips and a coat hanger and snipped of a bit of
wire
to wrap around the tang and hold it down so it wouldn't rub. A bit of
"clutchless" shifting later and we were on our way! We wound up getting about
100
miles per bit of coat hanger (mpboch?) and after 2 coat hangers we were back
home
in Michigan!
Bodge #2 - Same friend, Mike, had an old Dodge Dart with a 225 Slant 6 in it.
The
starter went out and he didn't have the money for another so we ground a notch
in
an extra pulley on the crank and used a boat motor starter cord to pull start
it.
That engine had in excess of 300,000 miles and so little compression that you
could roll it over by hand pretty easily. Mike used the rope starter for
almost 2
months before he finally fixed it. Wonderful conversation piece at the gas
station. :^)
Happy Bodging!!!
Arlie
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