I do like it when a sticky situation calls for some quick thinking. LIke a novice I reversed the Hilux of a mates driveway and forgot about the drop off on the side, spun the wheel and promply bottomed out on the lower strut. The right front wheel was not even slighlty touching the ground and the left rear was also light on traction and the ute was teetering, going no where. (now play Macyver music) I got the bottle jack out and jacked up the front so the wheel was at the same level as the drive way atleast, turned hard right so the tyre was just and only touching the edge of the driveway. I moved all the weight in the tray to the left rear, nervously got into the drivers seat and selected reverse, and dropped the clutch and shot backwards. The bottle jack fell over the right front wheel bounced back up onto the driveway and I was back on track. WIN!
kiwicon,
Nov 14, 9:21am
where does the chewing gum wrapper enter the story!
mugenb20b,
Nov 14, 10:33am
It's MacGyver. And, I would've just lowered the tyre pressures on the two tyres that were on solid ground.
bigjerry,
Nov 14, 10:55am
Well you would have still been stuck but with flat rear tyres. I had to use the jack because the car was sitting solid on the wishbone at the front. The FR tyre was airbourne.
davidgb,
Nov 14, 2:24pm
good on ya. now go buy duc tape and SAK, you never know when you may need them.
mrfxit,
Nov 14, 3:28pm
LOL yep been there done that trick about 1976 with a Mk 1 Zepher. Done it a few time since for various reasons.
Mate , he gets into a sticky situation every week. Tune in again next week for more.
trogedon,
Nov 15, 5:38am
Ok, next week tell us how you overcame North Korea??
marte,
Nov 15, 12:45pm
One episode of MacGyver used part of the NZ film 'Race for the yankee zephyr'. It was a jetboat scene where the baddies boat misses a curve & gets stranded on a river island.
bigjerry,
Nov 15, 12:56pm
also, i like duct tape because it makes "no no no" sound like "mm mm mmmmm"
whqqsh,
Nov 15, 2:23pm
doncha love it when a plan comes together. now all youve got to do is weld a broken piston (which was actually a con rod) with a coin, jumper leads & a car battery then you'll truly the Mac
trogedon,
Mar 5, 12:03am
Solving the national debt crisis and bringing back mullets as a viable hairstyle would be good for starters.
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