Build an Engine With a Paper Clip

Diesel Survivalist

Posted February 2 2009 12:55 PM by jason.thompson
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Diesel Opinions

I would like to be stuck in the wilderness with a broken down truck and only one way to get out. Fix it or die.

That might be a little dramatic but I think it would be fun to get stuck somewhere and then have to fix the truck in order to get back to civilization. Ever since I was little I packed survival kits and tried to make it in the woods. My favorite books were military survival manuals and "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" by Bradford Angier. Today I watch Survivor Man and that other show similar to it (it is one of the few shows I can watch due to my self diagnosed attention deficit disorder).

Or maybe with the way the economy is going a real life survival situation might occur. Lets say it all breaks down and no services are provided including getting fuel. What would you do? I have no idea how to make gasoline but I could press my own soybeans.

Anyone have a good story about how they saved the day by getting a truck running with a paper clip and some duct tape? What would you pack in a bare bones diesel survival kit?

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Reader Comments:

1. i got one for this. one day driving down the road in the middle of nowhere my driverside rear tire decides to come off the truck, shears all 8 lugnuts off of course the brake rotor gets ground down on the pavement and this is a general mess. Now here's where it really got fun, im on the side of the road by myself. I think about the situation a little bit then decide ill take 2 studs off each wheel and put the spare on, easy right? wrong! Had to end up takin half the truck apart in order to do this, well mabey not halfthe truck but it was definatly some work takin hubs apart undoing everything for brakes and having to do all this just to get 2 freakin studs at each wheel it was crazy but it got me home the only thing that saved me is i keep a toolbox loaded with tools a floor jack some jackstands with me at all times

johneisenman - Posted February 8 2009 01:39 AM

2. I got to thinking about your response and I have to say that is a bad ass story.

jason.thompson - Posted February 10 2009 08:31 PM

3. I guess you could make ethanol or alcohol in a still. That would work in a gas motor.

jason.thompson - Posted June 19 2009 03:09 PM

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