Run away cars

[Dean Hoffman]

Sob, sob, twang, twang. I sense a country song coming on.

[Bob F]

Then again, since I only read plain text, I had no problem reading hisa text.

[Bob F]

I had the throttle linkage/spring come apart on a '66 Chev van on the freeway. It didn't want to slow down. I reached over, unhooked the engine cover between me and the passenger seat, opened the cover and pushed the throttle to low as I exited. No problem.

[The Daring Dufas]

It's astounding what one can do with an understanding of how the machines around you work. My 1980 Dodge van ran out of gas on the freeway and I pulled the engine cover and air cleaner then looked around the junk in the van for different aerosol sprays until I found a few that were combustible. I sprayed a phone equipment cleaner into the carb to get me running down the shoulder and got up on the road and hit 60 mph then coasted down an exit ramp to the driveway of a service station where I used starting fluid to pull up the driveway to the pump. I gassed up and went back to work. Simple huh? *snicker*

TDD