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Saga Lout · 6th June 2022, 07:29

I used to be white van man a long time ago, I was in Birkenhead in a VW van and the throttle cable snapped, I still had many drops to do so I phoned the office to let them know and to get a new cable, I then popped out a bung on the bulkhead and fed the cable through into the cabin, this allowed me to pull the cable by hand but it was tricky changing the gears. It all worked out though. Another time I'd done a drop with a 7.5 tonne curtain side truck on the other side of Oxford, we pulled into Thame services for a stop on the way back. When I turned the key to start the engine, the starter just clicked and the lights went dim so I knew it had an electrical fault, it was getting dark and there was no way of getting it mended where it was, there was a slight gradient and I bump started the thing and set off up the motorway, by the time I got to Wigan the lights were almost gone and I rolled into the yard and killed the engine, left a note for the next driver and went home.

6th June 2022, 07:29	#9
Saga Lout This is my second home MG ZT and Rover 75, Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Wigan Posts: 3,276 Thanks: 2,556 Thanked 2,685 Times in 1,037 Posts	My bodge. I used to be white van man a long time ago, I was in Birkenhead in a VW van and the throttle cable snapped, I still had many drops to do so I phoned the office to let them know and to get a new cable, I then popped out a bung on the bulkhead and fed the cable through into the cabin, this allowed me to pull the cable by hand but it was tricky changing the gears. It all worked out though. Another time I'd done a drop with a 7.5 tonne curtain side truck on the other side of Oxford, we pulled into Thame services for a stop on the way back. When I turned the key to start the engine, the starter just clicked and the lights went dim so I knew it had an electrical fault, it was getting dark and there was no way of getting it mended where it was, there was a slight gradient and I bump started the thing and set off up the motorway, by the time I got to Wigan the lights were almost gone and I rolled into the yard and killed the engine, left a note for the next driver and went home.