Bush Mechanics

**subasurf** · 7th April 2009, 10:33 PM

Hey chaps, inspired by the old series on ABC, Bush Mechanics, I thought I'd start a thread where we can all chip in out ideas on how to fix common and not so common problems that pop up with your vehicle when it's most unwelcome....when ya in the bush. And naturally I'm looking for ingenuous ideas, nut just simple (uuuh replace the part with a spare) kind of responses

I'll start with a well known one.
Got a slight leak in your radiator that could spell doom for your car and yourself? Crack a raw egg down into the radiator to seal it

Haven't personally tried it, but it's be proven.

**Sleepy** · 7th April 2009, 10:50 PM

I'll borrow one from Jack Abslom.

Repair a leaky fuel tank with hand soap and bulldust squished up into a puty.

**V8Landy** · 7th April 2009, 10:51 PM

If your Chassis breaks open the fridge and have a beer or 20

**Sleepy** · 7th April 2009, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by V8Landy

If your Chassis breaks open the fridge and have a beer or 20

**digger** · 7th April 2009, 11:57 PM

small leak in radiator but too big for that sealer stuff to fix inside>>

cracked pepper... used it on a XL (63) falcon and when I sold it about 6 years later...still pepper in place!!!

also had at one stage a vauxall (stop laughing!!

:0 )
spring from accelerator went, all that was in the car was a pair of shorts with elastic in sides (one size fits all things) anyway, cut elastic out and tied in place....worked well for a few weeks!!!! (then I chickened out and fixed properly)

then it lost a small round cover plate from the top of the rocker cover...
a 10c piece and a rock, all fixed...still there when I gave the old girl away...
(making top value of car 10c) (the rock was to pound the 10c piece in place...)

(was about to park it and take plates off... err... to help the council you'll understand..

. and a bloke walked up and says, hey mate if you ever want to sell that can I give you my number I want one....

His face was funny when I stood up, handed him the keys and took the rego papers out of my pocket and signed it over to him for free... he checked to see I was the real owner about 10 times!!!

digger

**subasurf** · 8th April 2009, 12:53 AM

Classic. I've heard about the cracked pepper trick aswell, but never seen it done.

**Blknight.aus** · 8th April 2009, 05:13 AM

if you crack the chassis, cut down a tree, prop up the chaissis and lash the tree to it, ditto for a collapsed spring

laundry detergent if made thick enough works for brake fluid

you can splice a rope loop to replace a fanbelt

a jerry can on the roof syphoning into a fuel filter can bypass your lift pump.

**Bearman** · 8th April 2009, 10:05 AM

Big ends made out of leather
Wiper washer motor for fuel pump
Spinifex or any sort of grass to repair a flat
Length of twine/rope for broken accellerator cable
As said, pepper or soap to repair radiator (usually have to leave cap off so as not to build up pressure)
Spinifex resin to repair radiators,fuel tanks and cracked batteries

**subasurf** · 8th April 2009, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

a jerry can on the roof syphoning into a fuel filter can bypass your lift pump.

Yup, that's how I always tell my mates to test their engines if they are having issues with it conking out and stalling. Gravity feed the engine and if it runs, you know the problem is probably in the fuel line.

On big trips I always have enough tubing and a bottle to create a makeshift gravity feed tank on my roof rack in case I puncture (too badly for bush repair) my fuel tank.

**Sleepy** · 8th April 2009, 10:06 AM

I am told you can use water for brake fluid at a pinch too

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