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You know, the commercial series wherein a guy fixes his over-heating classic convertible by pouring a bottle of water in the radiator, or pulls his stuck pickup out of the mud with the horse team in the trailer behind his truck.
I was driving through Detroit this afternoon when my Viggen 'vert coughed and died in the third lane from the right as I was accelerating away from a multi-car wreck that resulted in both outside lanes blocked and a 3 mile back-up. I drifted to the broad right hand shoulder with no power, diagnosed the problem as the inlet pipe popping off the throttle body, and used the trunk screwdriver to loosen the band clamp so I could securely seat the pipe and tighten the clamp before driving off. (Pushing the pipe back on without loosening the clamp did not work when I tried that).
Two minute repair on the shoulder of a multi-lane interstate in one of the more dangerous parts of Detroit/Highland Park and I was on my way again!
->Posting last edited on Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:41:24.
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: I lived that TV commercial today......, MI-Roger , Thu, 7 Aug 2014 17:12:23 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OT: I lived that TV commercial today......, Ron, Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:54:33
- I hate those commercials..., Cary, Sat, 9 Aug 2014 14:34:17
- Re: I hate those commercials..., dtechakacheaptech, Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:08:28
- Apparently being able to fix things is viewed as odd..., MI-Roger , Sun, 10 Aug 2014 05:07:32
- Hilarious!, Noel, Mon, 11 Aug 2014 05:46:49
- Re: Apparently being able to fix things is viewed as odd..., RS , Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:48:38
- Absolutely hilarious, thanks, Cary, Sun, 10 Aug 2014 06:59:53
- Congratuations, No Snaab, Fri, 8 Aug 2014 04:10:17
- Um, you do know what those commerical are for, right?:), Craig, Thu, 7 Aug 2014 21:29:18
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