Posted by notjustair on October 02, 2016 at 06:01:17 from (70.195.0.148):
I posted something in another forum and it got me to thinking. In a pinch we've done some crazy things. What's the craziest thing you've done in the heat of battle to "get it to run until we're done"?
Every year we used a Farmall H on a Grain-o-Vator auger cart. I think there was something wrong with its starter. I never remember it running without pulling it. Each morning during harvest we pulled it and then it sat and ran all day in the field. I'm sure rebuilding that starter would have been cheaper than the fuel.
When I owned a bus company I had a new (to me) bus that was still on sub duty. I couldn't get the carb right so it would start good. I still have no idea how the carb got that messed up in 47,000 miles. Anyone that tried to start it would run the batteries down getting the 429 going. I could always get her going but it still took cranking for its first route of the day. Once it was running that day it was a jewel. I was scheduled to have surgery to remove three sections of my colon. A driver was scheduled to take that bus out on a night route that night when I was in the hospital. On my way to the hospital I started that bus and it idled all day so she could use it that night. Once I was healed I fixed that four barrel Holley! The majority of the issue was the smog equipment. That's all still in a box in the shed.
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