And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Good improvisation. My battery improvisation is to leave the connection on the negative post loose so I can remove it each time I park my '82 Jeep for longer than 2 hours because of a drain on the battery I've not been able to isolate. When I put ol' Woodrow away for the winter, and then pop the connection back on to the battery, she fires right back up.
Tree Mike is right, vice grips preferred with duct tape 2nd and electric ties a distant third but then only with at least 3 spaced along the plier handles
I used a C-clamp to get my son's car going, telling him to go buy a $3 generic battery terminal at any auto store. Ten years later and I still haven't gotten my C-clamp back.
WRT the mystery drain on the battery . . . I drove a Honda for awhile that had that problem. No way I could have diagnosed it myself, but I did a lot of Googling. One contributor claimed that the memory for the radio station presets would cause such a drain. So I pulled the fuze for the radio (which also disabled the dash clock and the automatic shoulder belts) and had no more trouble with the battery.
Good improvisation. My battery improvisation is to leave the connection on the negative post loose so I can remove it each time I park my '82 Jeep for longer than 2 hours because of a drain on the battery I've not been able to isolate. When I put ol' Woodrow away for the winter, and then pop the connection back on to the battery, she fires right back up.
ReplyDeleteThat's BULLSHIT man! Everybody knows you use vise grips. Sheesh, I can't believe I have to tell you people!
ReplyDeleteThe vice grips are on the column shifter where the arm broke off...
DeleteOr the windshield wiper control
DeleteOr as a handle for the window crank.
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Tree Mike is right, vice grips preferred with duct tape 2nd and electric ties a distant third but then only with at least 3 spaced along the plier handles
ReplyDeleteI used a C-clamp to get my son's car going, telling him to go buy a $3 generic battery terminal at any auto store. Ten years later and I still haven't gotten my C-clamp back.
ReplyDeleteIs it really a dumb idea if it works???
ReplyDeleteGood ole Southern American ingenuity.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't want to travel any real rough roads with that setup. Ignoring that it's genius!
ReplyDeleteHa Ha I love the zip tie ,its even tension adjustable, Freakin genius man.
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of pliers just like that. Stanley, before they went cheap chinesium. Is there anything US steel can’t do?
ReplyDeleteI see you've met my father.
ReplyDeleteNow do jack-handle jump starts.
I've done worse in a pinch.
ReplyDeleteAnother proud graduate of the Wile E. Coyote School Of Engineering: The Acme of Quality And Excellence!
ReplyDeleteWRT the mystery drain on the battery . . . I drove a Honda for awhile that had that problem. No way I could have diagnosed it myself, but I did a lot of Googling. One contributor claimed that the memory for the radio station presets would cause such a drain. So I pulled the fuze for the radio (which also disabled the dash clock and the automatic shoulder belts) and had no more trouble with the battery.
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