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Old 28-02-12, 01:52
Alex Blair (RIP) Alex Blair (RIP) is offline
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Default Road side repairs

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Originally Posted by Phil Waterman View Post
Hi Alex

The insulating spacer broke in half while cleaning water out of the carb on the side of the road one day. Didn't have a spare with me so painted the broken ends with Permatex and put a hose clamp on it to hold it till it hardened, long story short I've been driving it that way for probably 15-20 years.

Cheers Phil
When you know what you are doing..what you need..and how to fix it ,a fix is usually what ever you have in the tool box..under the seat or in the glove box..
If you can cobble up a fix and it works well,if some times pay to leave it..although I would always have a new one stashed in the dash somewhere...
Run'er til she breaks again..and repeat the process..
True grit..!!
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