Thanks for the great posts Dave. Stimulates the ingenuity in us.
I've always carried some leather and self-tap screws to fix small fuel tank leaks, but now i'll have to add aerostart, silastic, bolts and washers too!
Printable View
Thanks for the great posts Dave. Stimulates the ingenuity in us.
I've always carried some leather and self-tap screws to fix small fuel tank leaks, but now i'll have to add aerostart, silastic, bolts and washers too!
oh, did you want me to do fuel tanks too? Soaps the answer....
What other survival bodges are you interested in
Omo for brake fluid?
trees as springs and propshafts?
stripping parts out of the engine to get it home? (done this in a 2.25 petrol)
44 gallon drum for a radiator?
One of my rellies once hauled a veteran Buick out of the junk pile behind our shed in Winton, got it running, made a ute body out of scrap timber, then found the tyre size had not been available for decades. He wanted it for roo & feral goat shooting on properties. No need to worry about registration in those times.He cut the beads off the knackered tyres, wound rope round and round the rims, forced the tyres over the rope, and tied them on with fencing wire and Cobb & Co. hitches. No lights no windscreen, virtually no brakes. He used it for years after that.
Bet the roos heard him coming though
The Buick was for carrying the carcases. The shooting was from the ground at tanks and bores during the night, with a six cell torch slung under the barrel of a bolt action single shot .22 rifle. I think the torch was the most expensive item in old George's establishment. He died in the late seventies aged 92. A tough old bird, he had been a drover, dogger, roo shooter, fencer, and tank sinker (with horse drawn scoops) all his life, worked into his seventies, and never lived east of Longreach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly