Been there and done that! My Fiat X19 busted the cable...I took the top off, ran a cord from the carb to me in the drivers seat...got me home, but wuz HELL in Dallas traffic. --- On Mon, 8/24/09, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 9:30 PM > One of > the mechs at Kenny Hill in Austin told me that they had a > little old lady customer come in one day with her > accelerator cable broken. She had taken a piece of > clothes line and run it down the side of the car and into > the engine compartment and drove the car from her house > to Kenny Hill to get it repaired by pulling on the > clothes line through the window with one hand for throttle > control while driving with the other hand. > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Neil > <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 9:08 PM > > > I saw a guy 'makeshift' an > accelerator cable out of a wire from an electric fence....it > was funny watchin' him get shocked. > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 3:37 PM > > Carry > > a couple of spares and stay out of Muskogee. > > > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, singlecabboy > > <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 1:29 PM > > > > > > Carry a extra throttle cable.I broke > > one two years in a row in Muskogee OK. I figured > i'd > > either carry a spare or change routes to Eureka > Springs.I > > think Dan broke one somewhere and it helped him out. > > Paul Smith > > > > 2009 Zone Tour 1999-2009 ,10 years of Trucking > > > > H.B.B > > > T.C.B > > Transporters at the Point 6 October 9,10,and > 11, > > 2009"Love all,trust a few,Do wrong to none" > > > > > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 9:15 AM > > > Look > > > for some originals at the next swap meet. > > > > > > --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Mike > Hayes > > > <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: Generator pulley? > > > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:22 AM > > > > > > > > > The new ones I've been getting > > > are spot welded to the center hub part > > > > > with 3 welds and they break those welds. > > > > > > sammie smith wrote: > > > > Reasonably so. Check it occasionally and it > will > > > usually give you fair > > > > > warning before catastrophic failure. I > > have > > > never had one crater on > > > > me on the road. Have usually noticed > > > deterioration before failure. > > > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 8/23/09, atx /<atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>/* > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: atx <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: > > Generator > > > pulley? > > > > To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" > > > <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Date: Sunday, August > 23, > > 2009, > > > 10:47 PM > > > > > > > > Thanks for the > lists, a > > pulley > > > wasn't on mine. It will be now. > > > > > > > > Also, I remember > Dan > > having a > > > good list. > > > > > > > > So it's an easy > > enough > > > fix, and worth carrying a spare, but is > > > > failure of this > part > > common? > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > sent via iPhone > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug > 23, > > 2009, at 9:26 PM, > > > Mike Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > <http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Wow such a small > > list. > > > :-) I'm sure there is something > I > > forgot. > > > > > > > > I carry that > and.... > > > > > > > > points > > > > cap > > > > rotor > > > > condenser > > > > 1 set > plugs > > > > 1 long plug wire > > > > 1 engine > > gasket kit > > > > 1 set of wheel > bearings > > > > nuts, bolts, washers > and > > > cotter pins > > > > a well used but > good > > > distributer > > > > new fuel pump > > > > clutch cable > > > > throttle cable > > > > old but good coil > > > > bulbs, fuses extra > wire > > > > high temp silicon > > > > jb weld > > > > duck tape > > > > zip tie's > > > > Flash light > > > > > small floor jack > > > > 4 way lug wrench > > > > couple of fuel > filters > > > > couple feet > > of fuel line > > > > 5 quart jug of oil > > > > brake fluid > > > > Toolbox > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Alma Jo Barrera > wrote: > > > > There is an > unspoken > > > emergency kit that should be carried with > you > > > > at all times. > > > > > > > > 1. fire > extinguisher > > > > 2. belt > > > > 3. pulley ( yes I > have > > had > one > > > just shatter) > > > > 4. shims > > > > 5. woodruff key > > > > 6. fire > extinguisher > > (again) > > > > 7. accelerator > cable > > > > 8. clutch cable > > > > > > 9. flares > > > > 10. cold beer > > > > > > > > Other Vokies can > probably > > add > > > to the list, I am a fairly newbie > > > > and still don't > know > > all > > > the ins and outs. > > > > > > > > I was told that as > soon > > as the > > > belt brakes or pulley goes out to > > > > pull over..no ands, > if or > > buts > > > about > it. > > > So I have just made that > > > > my rule of thumb. > > > > > > > > Alma jo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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