McGiver would be proud...

[ShellScale@aol.com]

This past weekend we took my M19 out for an actual track inspection and after
running well for most of the day it developed a miss while heading upgrade.
After turning at the end (beginning actually) of track and heading back across
the mountain it simply quit running about 4 miles into the return trip. A
quick spark plug check (the first thing to check <g>) found it to be clean...
no buzz from the box... Hmmmm... A voltmeter confirmed that my alternator had
failed and the headlight, strobe, brake light, and markers had drained the
battery. With the unappealing thought of pushing the car 8 miles back from the
middle of nowhere we went to work on a solution. The second car with us was
charging properly but to switch out batteries would be a chore. We soon took
some extra wire I had taken with us and stripped off the insulation and
wrapped it around the plug from a 12 volt camcorder battery. We then connected
the other end of the wires to my cars electrical system, one quick crank and
we were off... without headlights this time... holding our breath as that
little battery gave us it's all. We made it back to the last crossing from
home when I turned on the headlight... the ignition failed... and when I
turned the light off the ignition picked back up.

I thought this tip might save someones day in the future. It really saved
ours!! :-)

Richard D. Shell
N&W 1411