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My heroes have a very old Volkswagon sedan (at least 20 years old). They're driving in the desert. They break down. I'm thinking a broken fan belt. I know very little about cars. Can't even drive but I've had this happen to cars I was riding in.
What sort of tools do you need to fix a fan belt? I need them to need to borrow a tool for plot purposes.
I know you can use a string or pantie hos or the like to temporarily fix a fan belt but they have three more hours of driving in the desert to go. I'm thinking they need more than that. They get help from a mechanic driving by and she could have some sort of makeshift fan belt that fits. Any ideas?
I would like this to be a problem that results in the car overheating beforehand, which is my experience with fan belt problems. But I could use a different sort of breakdown. It needs to be something that really makes the car stop. It's a very junkie car. They wouldn't stop just because the car was in bad shape. They would drive until it stopped. They aren't entirely helpless in terms of skills, so instead I need them to have to borrow a tool. They can fix cars a little but they have no tools at all with them (long story). And I need the problem to be simple enough that they can either fix it with tools and what the mechanic who stops to help them has at home or with something you could buy at a very small town hardware store. They have to get going again in hours.
Someone has suggested a broken throttle return spring. But that sounds a little more complicated. I'm not sure how much they'd have to take the car apart to fix it and if the mechanic could conceivably have a replacement part on hand. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
What sort of tools do you need to fix a fan belt? I need them to need to borrow a tool for plot purposes.
I know you can use a string or pantie hos or the like to temporarily fix a fan belt but they have three more hours of driving in the desert to go. I'm thinking they need more than that. They get help from a mechanic driving by and she could have some sort of makeshift fan belt that fits. Any ideas?
I would like this to be a problem that results in the car overheating beforehand, which is my experience with fan belt problems. But I could use a different sort of breakdown. It needs to be something that really makes the car stop. It's a very junkie car. They wouldn't stop just because the car was in bad shape. They would drive until it stopped. They aren't entirely helpless in terms of skills, so instead I need them to have to borrow a tool. They can fix cars a little but they have no tools at all with them (long story). And I need the problem to be simple enough that they can either fix it with tools and what the mechanic who stops to help them has at home or with something you could buy at a very small town hardware store. They have to get going again in hours.
Someone has suggested a broken throttle return spring. But that sounds a little more complicated. I'm not sure how much they'd have to take the car apart to fix it and if the mechanic could conceivably have a replacement part on hand. Any suggestions?
Many thanks!
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