Solost, Yes, at the time I signed up to this amazing MB, I had 3 ea. Willys, all 1948s. One CJ-2a, one Wagon, & a Pickup. I now own different 48s, a CJ-2a & a pickup. Finding a wagon will have to wait as these two are not Daily Drivers, (DDs). Yet.
Owning & driving old rigs as DDs gives me a fair amount of opportunities to practice my MacGyver skills.
My Baja also broke that throttle cable. I just wired the throttle at about 5/8ths, and drove it home. I added a throttle cable to my spare parts bag that night. The bag already contained one distributor, one carburetor, one fuel pump, two fan belts, and four spark plugs. No clutch cable. With the bobbed front & rear of the Baja, space for spares is very limited. One has to draw the line somewhere.
One December day, just out of Sardis B.C. the Baja just died in the middle of the road. There was water, now ice, in the fuel. The fuel line was frozen solid. After pushing the Baja off to the side of the road, I took the fuel line loose at the fuel pump & used that broken throttle cable to clear the ice out of the fuel line. About five miles later it did it again. Out came that broken throttle cable! Two or three more times, & I got back to town.
The tank already had one can of Heat in it to prevent this from happening. When I got back to civilization, I went to the airport & bought five gallons of Av-gas. The problem was solved.
I grew up poor. The first fix that I recall making is when I was about 9 YO. The timer on the drier stopped working. This led to trying to dry clothes on a clothes line. In Western Oregon, this really does not work well.
So, without permission, & a little experimenting, I found the problem & bypassed the timer. Now when the door was closed the drier ran. My sisters were so happy to have dry clothes, that they took turns watching the clock for the drier. My mom was very pleased. About five years later, I replaced the bad timer with a good used one that I stole from a dryer going to the scrap yard. My sisters were very, very, happy.
I could go on & on, but it is now close to my bed time. Good night.
