[Vwdiesel] stranded

[Frank G. Pival]

I have two items that should be in your emergency kit. RESCUE TAPE ( the 
real stuff).... fixes just about any leaking hose...and Nylons...you can 
fashion a emergency fan belt out of them...miracle stuff to help you 
home in an emergency!
Frank


On 5/21/2012 1:06 PM, Stephen Kraus wrote:
> I had the same thing happen....with no warning. CV Join blew up and took
> out the ball joint as well on the steering.
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Chris Geiser<cfgeiser at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> With all the talk about what to carry on a trip - got me to thinking that
>> despite logging upwards of a million miles in vw diesels thus far, I've
>> been stranded very rarely - how about everyone contribute what has left
>> them dead stranded on the road and maybe what they learned to deal or
>> prevent in the future?  That can help people calculate the cost / benefit
>> ratio of carrying extra stuff:  Here's what I've got:
>>
>> 05 Jetta - last weeks catastrophic turbo failure (nothing to learn that I
>> know of)
>> 92 Ecodiesel: CV joint failure (now I no longer ignore clicking CV's for
>> very long!)
>>      Heater core failure (no way that I know of to spot or prevent; maybe
>> carry a precut by-pass pipe to stick between, cut and connect heater hoses
>> to get you home?)
>> 82 diesel vanagon: water pump belt (now carry a spare belt and can change
>> it in less than 15 minutes!!)
>>
>> I guess that seems like a pretty short list given my life in a vw!  I know
>> I've driven home (carefully) with broken brake lines and a parking brake,
>> duct tape over a leaky hose, or limped home on battery with alternator out
>> or without power steering, but very rarely stranded where I sit!
>>
>> Interested in what other smarter better looking people have experienced!
>>
>> Chris
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