Macgyver style trail repairs!
08-29-2008, 02:07 PM
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Macgyver style trail repairs!
I wanna see what you all have come up with to temporarily fix your rig while on the trail?.. you know just to get you home.
Ive used a dog leash, and a shoe string as a throttle cable! lol.
Ive used a dog leash, and a shoe string as a throttle cable! lol.
08-29-2008, 02:44 PM
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When I had my 82, I happened to grenade a rear U-joint on a trail outside of Bullhead. I didn't have a spare, so I used a couple of ratchet straps to hold the shaft up and limped my way back home with the front wheel drive. It wasn't easy turning those 33x12.50 MT's with no power steering and the 4wd engaged!
So far, that's the only trail repair I've had to do...
So far, that's the only trail repair I've had to do...
08-29-2008, 03:41 PM
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my rear end blew up and i drove home in 4 wheel drive using only the front diff and the rear was clunking the whold way. it was painful :[ the whole thirdmember snapped
08-29-2008, 03:51 PM
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i was out wheelin and my o2 sensor wires got burnt on my exhaust, and it blew the big efi fuse. didn't have an extra one of those on me, but i had some regular flat fuses! so i popped the clear plastic top off of the blown efi fuse, and wedged one of those flat fuses in there diagonally so it made connection. zip tied the Lil fuse to the big fuse and off i went!
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08-29-2008, 06:16 PM
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On my first trip through the Rubicon, we had lots of carnage and just as many MacGyver repairs:
- http://www.off-road.com/toyota/trips...n98/page2.html
Had a bent drag link repaired with a couple of wrenches welded to it. A broken motor mount was fixed by wrapping chain around it. Then the same truck that had the motor mount repaired, pretzeled a rear drive shaft. I figured that truck was down for the count. But the next morning, one guy had the shaft off and was beating it on a rock to get it fairly straight:
Then another guy with a home made flatbed on his pickup broke out a hack saw and cut off a few extra pieces of angle iron, Then a couple of batteries were pulled out of various trucks, a pair of jumper cables from another truck, some welding rod from another and about 6 pair of dark sunglasses for a welding shade and the angle was welded to the sides of the shaft to brace it up:
The guy was able to drive out under his own power.
- http://www.off-road.com/toyota/trips...n98/page2.html
Had a bent drag link repaired with a couple of wrenches welded to it. A broken motor mount was fixed by wrapping chain around it. Then the same truck that had the motor mount repaired, pretzeled a rear drive shaft. I figured that truck was down for the count. But the next morning, one guy had the shaft off and was beating it on a rock to get it fairly straight:
Then another guy with a home made flatbed on his pickup broke out a hack saw and cut off a few extra pieces of angle iron, Then a couple of batteries were pulled out of various trucks, a pair of jumper cables from another truck, some welding rod from another and about 6 pair of dark sunglasses for a welding shade and the angle was welded to the sides of the shaft to brace it up:
The guy was able to drive out under his own power.
08-29-2008, 08:01 PM
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On my first trip through the Rubicon, we had lots of carnage and just as many MacGyver repairs:
- http://www.off-road.com/toyota/trips...n98/page2.html
Had a bent drag link repaired with a couple of wrenches welded to it. A broken motor mount was fixed by wrapping chain around it. Then the same truck that had the motor mount repaired, pretzeled a rear drive shaft. I figured that truck was down for the count. But the next morning, one guy had the shaft off and was beating it on a rock to get it fairly straight:
Then another guy with a home made flatbed on his pickup broke out a hack saw and cut off a few extra pieces of angle iron, Then a couple of batteries were pulled out of various trucks, a pair of jumper cables from another truck, some welding rod from another and about 6 pair of dark sunglasses for a welding shade and the angle was welded to the sides of the shaft to brace it up:
The guy was able to drive out under his own power.
- http://www.off-road.com/toyota/trips...n98/page2.html
Had a bent drag link repaired with a couple of wrenches welded to it. A broken motor mount was fixed by wrapping chain around it. Then the same truck that had the motor mount repaired, pretzeled a rear drive shaft. I figured that truck was down for the count. But the next morning, one guy had the shaft off and was beating it on a rock to get it fairly straight:
Then another guy with a home made flatbed on his pickup broke out a hack saw and cut off a few extra pieces of angle iron, Then a couple of batteries were pulled out of various trucks, a pair of jumper cables from another truck, some welding rod from another and about 6 pair of dark sunglasses for a welding shade and the angle was welded to the sides of the shaft to brace it up:
The guy was able to drive out under his own power.
08-29-2008, 08:12 PM
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I keep a roll of duct tape and zip-ties of various sizes stocked in the tool box for minor situations, but I have yet to need them for N E thing...
knock on wood...
knock on wood...
08-30-2008, 10:32 AM
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I've ripped a brake line out before - have someone apply steady pressure so on the brake pedal so that fluid comes out *do this slowly* then pinch it with a pair of vice grips - fold it over a few times on itself and bleed out the other 3 wheels top it off with fluid and you're off - just not too fast.
