The Scout is dead

Posted: 8/26/2004 9:58:19 AM EDT

Went out to fire the old Scout up today. The damn gas pedal wasn't working for some reason. Looked down to see what the prolem was. the gas pedal arm is snapped in half. kind of hard to see it in the pic, but hanging from the top center of the pic is the broken section. atleast i have 10 others to rob parts off of. too bad i had to leave them all in kentucky.

long live the Scout!!

Posted: 8/26/2004 10:01:11 AM EDT

[#1]

Tis but a flesh wound!

ByteTheBullet (-:

Posted: 8/26/2004 10:03:16 AM EDT

[#2]

Duct tape and chewing gum...that'll fix it for a while.

Posted: 8/26/2004 10:03:19 AM EDT

[#3]

Time to rig that cable operated throttle now! (AKA Bailing Wire)

MT

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:16:06 PM EDT

[#4]

Gotta fix it up then it will be good for another 25 years....

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:18:32 PM EDT

[#5]

You should sacrifice the Scout to the Bulletfest gods.

Got tannerite???

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:24:25 PM EDT

[#6]

[cavvet]I told you that thing was crap!![/cavvet]

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:26:09 PM EDT

[#7]

IDIOTS!!! You gotta use J.B. Weld and a beer can!

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:38:05 PM EDT

[#8]

duct tape a flip flop to the stub

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:49:31 PM EDT

[#9]

Ah....they have these things called "welders" that are used to fix such problems.

If the Scout is anything like every single other thing IH ever made, the arm is probably made out of forged, high carbon steel, 4 times as heavy as it ever needed to be.

So, just how heavy is your foot?

Arc

Posted: 8/26/2004 12:52:07 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
duct tape a flip flop to the stub

I don't think Kerry would like that

Posted: 8/26/2004 1:09:45 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
You should sacrifice the Scout to the Bulletfest gods.

Got tannerite???

Yes! Must fill with bullets!

Posted: 8/26/2004 1:21:30 PM EDT

[#12]

I've owned two Scouts in my life time. Wish I still had the last one.

Posted: 8/26/2004 3:30:07 PM EDT

[#13]

I told you that you should have gone back and towed that broken down one from I-5 back home with you.

What do you think guys would be going against nature to put a fly-by-wire throttle on a Scout?

Posted: 8/26/2004 3:32:13 PM EDT

[#14]

Weld it.

Posted: 8/26/2004 7:38:17 PM EDT

[#15]

Bro, I thought you were talking about that little boy in Utah who got lost fishing with his dad. He's a boyscout..I haven't heard anything in a couple days so my heart skipped a beat reading the title of the thread...

Posted: 8/26/2004 7:38:53 PM EDT

[#16]

JB Weld!

Posted: 8/26/2004 7:43:36 PM EDT

[#17]

that'll buff right out ...

Posted: 8/26/2004 7:46:04 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Time to rig that cable operated throttle now! (AKA Bailing Wire)

MT

<snort!> I had a friend who rigged the throttle on his VW Beetle with kite string (thru decklid vents over car thru sunroof to be pulled by hand) when the cable broke. Drove it like that for a week or so that it took for the parts to come in.

Posted: 8/26/2004 7:52:17 PM EDT

[#19]

Shoe string, a 30rnd mag body, and two wood screws should hold her in place.

Posted: 8/26/2004 8:06:03 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Time to rig that cable operated throttle now! (AKA Bailing Wire)

MT

<snort!> I had a friend who rigged the throttle on his VW Beetle with kite string (thru decklid vents over car thru sunroof to be pulled by hand) when the cable broke. Drove it like that for a week or so that it took for the parts to come in.

Guy at work did that once, took both of his shoestrings out and rigged it like that. Came out under the back seat IIRC. Drove with one hand on the wheel and the other hand in the back seat tuggin away at the strings to give it gas. It was funnier than shit watchin him try to shift it!

Posted: 8/26/2004 8:10:05 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Went out to fire the old Scout up today. The damn gas pedal wasn't working for some reason. Looked down to see what the prolem was. the gas pedal arm is snapped in half. kind of hard to see it in the pic, but hanging from the top center of the pic is the broken section. atleast i have 10 others to rob parts off of. too bad i had to leave them all in kentucky.

img.photobucket.com/albums/v406/kooter/P1010027.jpg

long live the Scout!!

You know, I can't say I've ever known anyone who owned just ONE Scout. Did they come with an extra parts car when you bought one new or something?

Posted: 8/26/2004 8:12:34 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Time to rig that cable operated throttle now! (AKA Bailing Wire)

MT

<snort!> I had a friend who rigged the throttle on his VW Beetle with kite string (thru decklid vents over car thru sunroof to be pulled by hand) when the cable broke. Drove it like that for a week or so that it took for the parts to come in.

Guy at work did that once, took both of his shoestrings out and rigged it like that. Came out under the back seat IIRC. Drove with one hand on the wheel and the other hand in the back seat tuggin away at the strings to give it gas. It was funnier than shit watchin him try to shift it!

When the wipers on my old beater Dodge died during a winter sleet/rain storm I jacklegged a pulley system for the wipers using shoelaces. Tied to both wiper arms passing thru the passenger compartment thru a slightly lowered window. Drive a bit, grab the shoelace 'clothesline' & give it a quick left/right jerk=cleared windows. Worked good enuff to get me home.

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