Recent content by PromiseKeeper

Baling twine from the old school small hay bales. I got caught maybe 40 miles from home in a hard rain and the wiper motor died. I disconnected the wiper linkage from the motor, tied a length of twine to each wiper arm and cracked the front windows enough to get a length inside the car on both...

Agreed on the spare key saving me from walking. Years ago, I had my trusty beagle riding with me coming back from a hunt. As I came back a country road, a tree limb was blocking it. I got out to drag the limb off the road. I had left the car running and of course the dog put his foot on the arm...

I once had a similar problem. At someone else's suggestion, I opened the bleeder at the back wheel on the opposite side from the master cylinder. I put a container under it to catch what came out and made sure the master cylinder didnt go dry. It probably took a quart of brake fluid but my...