sometime you have to get creative when there is no time or money for parts. There used to be a show called Roadkill ( or at least the first 3 or 4 episodes ) dedicated to these kind of shenanigans.
The type of people who do this always have a ratchet set plus a toolbox containing zip ties, vice grips, a roll of GOOD duct tape and a roll of Gaffer Tape in their trunk.
Tech friend had a rotted fuel line. He used a big pepsi bottle to collect as much fuel as it would hold, drained his coolant overflow and filled it with gasoline then ran the line to the pump to limp the car into work a couple miles instead of paying for a tow.
Drove to work for 2+ weeks with vice grips on the rear flex line due to a rotted backing plate on my comanche, and the calais, and come to think of it the beater 'bu. Drove for almost a year with looped power steering lines on my Calais when the pump went out as I knew it was destined for the scrap heap. Kept the windshield really well waxed as the wipers didnt work on beater 'bu ( works like rainx ). Used a couple of " abandoned" street signs and box of a hundred tech screws for floors in my Calais. We also bolted 3x2 box tubing side to side thru the floor because my friends said when they were driving behind they could see the tops of the bucket seats get closer together every time I went over a bump LOL. ( those 2 fixes held for years ) Welded the diff in a friends cutlass when the pin came out and it grenaded the rear.
Yup pretty redneck but only called in car-sick once in my life.
