Best MacGyver story....

[texag93]

Driving my old scout one day and the accelerator cable broke. Grabed a pair of vice-grips out of the tool box and JB welded them to the cable. I had to pull the accelerator cable with my hand and could barely see over the dash to drive... But I made it

I had the same thing happen with the accelerator cable on a Scout. It was the outer part like on a lawn mower throttle. Pair of pliers, bailing wire and some duct tape got us home.

[chief262]

Tied strings to broken wind shield wipers and ran them through the vents windows. Saw a guy use a hydraulic jack and some 2x4s on a exhaust manifold leak to get it inspected.

[Bowanta]

My wife and I were on our way back to Kansas from visiting family in the Waco/West Texas area back in February. On I35 north, right at the speedway we made a pit stop. Back in the car and I had to step on it oin the entrance ramp. I look in the rearview mirror and see whiote smoke (so I thought) and wondered what it was. Not goving it a lot of thought, we keep going. Less than a 1/4 mile down the road the bells go off in the car and the car starts to shut down. I look at the temp gauge and it is PEGGED... I slow down onto the shoulder and come to a stop and kill the engine. Wife ask whatit is and I say I don't know. Pop the hood on my Company car and finally figure out the top radiator hose has come off the radiator. We sit there for a bit and I start the car. Turn off everything I can, and with the flashers on I take off. Run it up to about 80, Throw it in Neutral, turn the key off to kill the engine and coast (on the shoulder) for abotu a half mile. Continue to do this for about 2.5 miles until we hit a exit ramp and coast into a Convenience Store. $45 for a gallon of antifreeze, cheap pliers, and a package of hose clamps.. Got it fixed up and took off.

[wgoodtx]

In 2003 living in the dorms at SFA a kid was mad and kicked the water pipe to one of the sinks in the community bathrooms. Needless to say it broke behind the shut off valve and water was flooding the rooms on the floor. None of the RAs knew how to stop it except to call the maintenance crew. So I went outside broke a pine limb off shaved the end down with my pocket knife and jammed it into the pipe to stop the water. Worked like a champ.

[TallTexan]

In 2003 living in the dorms at SFA a kid was mad and kicked the water pipe to one of the sinks in the community bathrooms. Needless to say it broke behind the shut off valve and water was flooding the rooms on the floor. None of the RAs knew how to stop it except to call the maintenance crew. So I went outside broke a pine limb off shaved the end down with my pocket knife and jammed it into the pipe to stop the water. Worked like a champ.

Fine redneck engineering

[cheez]

I could fill pages and pages on this thread. A couple come to mind.

Very much shortened version of this story. My buddy was driving me home after a rough night. He jumped 281. He didn't stop or slow down, he just went straight across. When we landed there was an awful noise coming from under the hood. We hop out and check and the alternator belt had come off. We'd had to have his car jumped off just before so we knew we couldn't kill the engine. I put the belt back on WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING!

Another time, I headed out with a dually pulling a double axle cattle trailer to haul some steers about 30 miles. By the time I got back there were 5 tires on the dually and 2 left on the trailer. I had a lot of flats/blowouts and ended up taking tires off the trailer to put on the truck. Did I mention the truck overheated during this ordeal? But, in the end, I made it home.

[Uncle Doug]

Once when I was a kid before 24 hour gas stations at every exit my dad and us ran out of gas along I-10. As it was a camping trip we had a couple of gallons of white gas (colman fuel) with us. That old econoline van ran great on the white gas and we made it into the next town to camp out in the service station parking lot until day break.

[Mister Bubba's bulletman]

Seen it done like this. Not by me.

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We hop out and check and the alternator belt had come off. We'd had to have his car jumped off just before so we knew we couldn't kill the engine. I put the belt back on WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING!

[cowboy1g5]

I passed over Village Creek yesterday, and it brought back some memories.

To make a long story short, a buddy and I has been riding four wheelers all day. The creek was low at the time, and we found a place to get on the opposite sides of our trucks. He was going down a the side of the creek, and out of nowhere one of his front wheels breaks off due to a rusted out rim. Here we are stuck on the wrong side of the creek trying figure out what in the world we we're going to do. I just so happen to spot an old evinrude, 50hp or so cowling, buried in the sand. I dug the cowling out. We put it under the hub of the broken wheel, and used it like a ski to get back to the truck.

I'm sure I could think of a few more, but I wanna hear some of y'alls too.

Too cool!!

[huntingfanatic]

Duct taped two flashlights to my buddies ford fairlane back in 1977 and made a 2 hour drive back home from the deer lease. Never got stopped by the po-po

[BigThicketBoy]

I tore a boot on my wheeler up at the lease got a old pair of waders and some gorilla tape and made a a boot for it. It stayed on it for six months ridding thru mud water and sand,the motor blew on it and I sold it to a guy for parts. He called a couple weeks later to tell me there was no sand or water under it!!

[BIG IRON]

My eyes quite awake yet, and I thought it said rock first

I have done that also but it isn't worth bragging about

[Bucks&Ducks]

Duct tape and Vise Grips fix anything. Well most anything. explosives for the rest.

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[meathunter]

I was driving from San Antonio to Rockport when a heavy cannot see 20 feet rain started coming down. Turned on my wind shield wears and some jack monkey had stolen them. Pulled into a gas station and started looking around for a solution. I purchased four sponges and put them under the thing the wind shield wipers are usually attached to. Worked well enough to get back to Rockport. I am a coach and the next morning I was asked about thirty times by coaches and kids coming into the field Ouse the story behind the sponges on my truck.

[BigThicketBoy]

Duct tape and Vise Grips fix anything. Well most anything. explosives for the rest.

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Thats just cool. Rednecks are world wide!