[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 76 --- ( limping home )

[Nate Wall]

In the 225,000 miles I had my '85 Jetta TD, it never
failed on the road mechanically, nor was it towed for
a mechanical failure (although it was towed twice for
being parked in "No Parking" zones).

It only failed to start once. That was from a
fractured glow plug fuse.

--Nate
--- "H.Hagar" <h_hagar at prcn.org> wrote:
> Great story Val  that's the American "SPIRIT".    
> For the Beginners and Newbies
> let me say why I talk so much about LIMPING HOME.
> 
> My first diesel (car)  was a GM pissup  1/2 ton  V8
> "ROCKET".
> 
> I had nightmares about towtrucks following me all
> over the place --- The AAA
> guy in town told me he was following me at times.
> Yes I had to pay him 60 
> dollars to get home.  ---why a nightmare ? it
> happened at a time when the IRS
> had demolished my finances.
> The history of the introduction of small diesel cars
> to America is full of tow trucks.
> How many of you got towed ????  and how many did you
> hear of , that got towed ??????.
> The rabbit is a beauty in this, that it fits on a
> small trailer.
> 
> My best limping home story ?  ---Landrover , fall of
> 1970  way up in the interior of British
> Columbia.  Motorola Alternator falls apart and
> shorts out. Yes I rewound the thing
> with a hank of plastic coated wire and got home.
> ---no shit.
> It was done on a high snow-covered plateau with many
> witnesses.
> 
> For those of you who are electrically clued in ---I
> wound it single phase
> to charge up a reconnected Ni-Cad   1.2 Volts per
> cell. After charging
> I reconnected the cells to 12 volt.----and here I am
> with a story of limping
> home with a grin on my face.-----and money in my
> pocket from a bet that
> I could not do it.
> Love that "ANNABELLE"  1960 Series 2   109 "
> wheelbase 3/4 ton.  1.25L
> gasser.
> 
> The most surprising thing about this story ---was
> that the swine's actually paid up !.
> 
> How did I get it started ?  jacked up one rear wheel
> and kicked tire in high gear
> with my foot. (I had no power for the starter -OK?)
> 
> Yes I will send you picture of the Ni-Cad if you
> like.
> 
> Hagar.
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