Popular Post RowdyRebel Posted January 30, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2016 So we're out in the back 40 dumping a load of downed limbs onto the burn pile when the farm hand's truck dies. "Can't be out of gas...still shows 1/4 tank on the gauge!" he says. I grab a stick and tell him to check the tank. Sure enough, BONE DRY! So, he starts talking like we're going to have to hoof it back to the barn with the gas can. I notice there is a LITTLE BIT of gas sloshing around in the can...not much, but it's better than nothing. I pick up an aluminum 16 oz miller lite bottle with a screw-on cap that somebody had discarded in the bed of his truck and think "This just might work" as I tell him to pull the rubber line from the fuel pump where it hooks to the steel line to the tank...and we can stick the hose in here and maybe make it out of here. While he was doing that, I used a little WD40 to rinse the remnants of the wannabe beer out of the bottle, and had to remove the spout from the gas can to get anything to pour out. CAREFULLY, I filled the bottle...got about 14 oz of gas from the can, poked a hole in the lid for the hose to pass through, and bungeed it up where we could slip the hose into the bottle. Now a 1970-something Ford F250 won't go far on 14 oz of gas...but it got us back to the barn so we didn't have to walk. Use whatcha got to get done what needs gettin done. 5 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGiant2 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I always have liked miller. Now I know it's the best beeeeeeer Quote We the unwilling, Lead by the unqualified, are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 a 71 ford 302 will run for 13 miles on a quart of gas mixed with almost a gallon of diesel fuel also. smoked and rattled a bit but made it Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmyb Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Reminds me of a show on tv here down under called bush mechanics. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Reminds me of a show on tv here down under called bush mechanics.Not "busch mechanic"........"miller mechanic" 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322367 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Not "busch mechanic"........"miller mechanic" I prefer Shiner...but the empty miller bottle worked in a pinch. If it'd been full, I probably would've just watered the hay field with it to get the bottle. It's only alcohol abuse if it's GOOD beer. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 NR 101 1 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/43786-working-on-my-redneck-engineering-phd/#findComment-322371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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