a pair of women's tights to replace temporarily a broken fan belt and get a car moving again?.........theres a story in the mid-1970s where a woman's car broke down and she saw two policemen passing, they asked her if she needed help...after looking under the bonet one of them requested her to remove her tights( in a suitable dicreet manner) order to fix the fan belt until the car could be sent to the garage.....so has any of you used this method to fix a fan belt on a car?...........and does it really work?.....
2006-11-08 06:24:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I have never tried it, but, the first thought to come to mind is how slick the surface of the pulleys are, how slippery nylons are, and how much they stretch when pulled on.
Given this, I cannot imagine how it would work with something as stretchy and slippery, sliding along a slick surface. As soon as the engine turns over the first time, I would think there would be no traction and nothing would be accomplished--except you got a woman to remove part of her clothing.
2006-11-08 06:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by michael p 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It used to work fine in the old days but nowadays cars have a lot more things running off the same belt like power steering, air con etc as well as the alternator so it probably wouldn't be possible on today's cars.
2006-11-08 06:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by IanM 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard of this but tend to believe it's more myth than fact. Nylon wouldn't survive the heat found under a modern car's hood! ;-)=
2006-11-08 07:23:30 · answer #3 · answered by Jcontrols 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would work on the old "v" belt pulley's in an emergency but the new serpentine pulley systems would not be an application where this would work.
2006-11-08 07:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by jarhed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it works
2006-11-08 06:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by zskip62 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like an urban myth to me
2006-11-08 06:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by SKYDOGSLIM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I saw that in a movie!
2006-11-08 06:26:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no clue but thats a good story though and i bet it would work and goood question
2006-11-08 06:33:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋