[Rockhounds] Vehicles

Charles Baran kcbaran at arczip.com
Sat Nov 24 23:25:48 PST 2007


Gives new meaning to holding it together with bailing wire and duct tape.

Chuck

John Siebel wrote:

> Would you believe an 88 Acura Legend with 265,000 miles on it? This 
> puppy hauls two people, three 80lb dogs, half a cord of firewood and 
> all the rocks we can gather. A few years back and 50 miles out of 
> Prineville, Oregon we bottomed out and tore out the oil plug. I 
> coasted down the hill and stuck a stick in the oil pan. Then dumped in 
> a pint of break fluid. A few miles down the road some campers gave us 
> a half gallon of chainsaw bar oil and a quart of transmission fluid. 
> We drove back to Prineville, changed the oil the next day and it's run 
> like a charm ever since.
>
> John
>


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