From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 14:06:47 PST
I did similar with denatured alcohol once. Bad gas guage, ran out of
gas. walked a mile to a hardware store and bought a couple gallons of
alcohol. After priming the carb, the car started, and got me to a gas
station. I had to keep pumping the gas though to get enough alcohol
into the engine to run it.
I seriously thought about shooting a little starting fluid into the
air intake on the deuce this morning. It was very difficult to start.
MVTrucker@aol.com wrote:
>
> >can a guy use propane to start off your beast as a booster?
> I don't know if that would work but I can share an interesting
> experience about using propane. I was driving my custom old
> Chevy van and ran out of gas on an Interstate. I grabbed the
> bottle of propane that is used with a Coleman Camp Stove.
> This has a rubber hose attached to the outlet. After removing
> the air cleaner from the carb, I inserted the tube into the
> throat of the carb and turned the propane on. The truck started
> right up! I did not have throttle control, but the rpm's were high
> enough to get me going and into high gear. Made the first
> exit, saw a lady mowing her lawn, figured she had to have
> some gasoline around. She did, a 5-gallon can. I dumped it
> in the van and went to a service station, refilled the can and
> returned it to her.
>
> >Ah! Proof that a) Joe has a lot of trucks and b) Joe has a lot of trucks
> which got stuck. Now I am a true believer :-)
>
> The problem turned out to be the nut behind the wheel... Me.
> Joe Young
>
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