Not mine but it deserves an honorable mention for it's use of plumbing parts 
What's your best McGyver repairs?
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I bought a 6401 Parts saw, when I pulled the clutch cover I found that evidently the e-clip came off and they lost the end washer and rim drive. Not to be deterred they kept the saw running with a piece of #12 copper wire in the e-clip groove. Note they neglected to replace the rim drive. No wonder it turned into a Parts saw.
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I have chainsaws and chainsaw accessories.
Used copper wire for a choke lever, swapped the power head off a brush cutter to a loop handle trimmer shaft, spliced an old plug wire from a bad coil onto an old working coil with no plug lead, all to get the frankenhusqy running, and used dirt to extinguish the three fires that occurred on it.
Give it a good squeeze and it will start first or second pull.
Runs ‘till the bottle goes flat.
The above setup proved the new fuel filter was trash and there was nothing wrong with the carb.
Here, just to avoid having to dump fuel from a ginormous powerhead.
Is that a Wright C70-D hitting the sauce?
I noticed the variable timing lever....
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That's more Jed Clampett than McGyver, but hey, who am I to judge.....lol
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When my partner backed into a tree stump I used my pevey bar to bend his bumper back into position.
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Plastic welder epoxy on the 200T fuel tank from where it bumped a knot while climbing. -Still have the new tank hanging above the bench, it's been there for years.
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Not mine, but saw on CL a while ago. On the bright side it's got a very efficient roll cage for the saw now.
Is that a Wright C70-D hitting the sauce?
I noticed the variable timing lever....[/QUOTE]
Yes. I have two plus a crankcase.
But despite my efforts it wouldn’t ‘pop’. Set it aside for later.
I noticed the variable timing lever....[/QUOTE]
Yes. I have two plus a crankcase.
But despite my efforts it wouldn’t ‘pop’. Set it aside for later.
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Ain't nothing in this world that can't be fixed by using some super glue and/or a good selection of zip ties. 
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More Jed Clampett than McGyver, fellow gave me this trimmer missing carb. $6 carb and the Skoal can air filter box.
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Can't think of any saw fixes right off the top of my head. But...Ninja 900 blew a 30 amp fuse and left me stranded on the side of a busy freeway for a few minutes until I found an aluminum can and broke the pop top in half and stuck it in there in place of the fuse and was on my way.
Cotter pin came out of a lower ball joint on an old Supra letting the nut back off and the spindle came loose putting the left front a-arm on the ground.
I was going slow around a corner when it happened. And miraculously, I found the nut and a nail that fit perfect and had it rolling in just a few minutes.
Have started dismantling a hazardous old elm that's been slowly dying for the past decade or more. It's precariously situated a couple of feet from the house, and a few feet from a power line, and about twenty feet from the front fence and forty feet from the side fence, with large, high, not so sturdy limbs in all directions.
I've been up on top of the house nibbling away at the small ends of the branches I can reach with my 16 foot reach(with 4' extension) PPT-2620.
Before I get it ready to drop I will have done my greatest McGyvering with rigging these big, heavy, high, wide-spreading, unstable limbs from afar to lower them safely to the ground.
I expect to incorporate all manner of lines, ropes, straps, cables, chains, pullies, snatchblocks, ladders, a bow and arrow, heavy plywood and 4×6's along with some large cedar poles, an 11,000 pound pickup, and probably three or more different chainsaws before the trunk finally hits the ground.
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One of my customers painted the parts of a Fugly saw, and had me rebuild it afterwards. Osha stickers made it look less like graffiti.
Best?
Hmmm.
Those were all my Dad’s and his buddies.
Like doing a quick weld with a battery, or putting a piece of paper in a fuel pump to get just a little more throw to get the Willy’s out of the bush, or using a leather shoelace as a fan belt on an old pickup, or using boomers and chains to keep a broken centre bolt leaf spring in place, or using a piece of a log as a skid in lieu of a spare tire.
Wait a minute! I’ve done all of those and many more, but I didn’t invent them..
None of our Mcgyvers come close to those of those who came before us.
Hmmm.
Those were all my Dad’s and his buddies.
Like doing a quick weld with a battery, or putting a piece of paper in a fuel pump to get just a little more throw to get the Willy’s out of the bush, or using a leather shoelace as a fan belt on an old pickup, or using boomers and chains to keep a broken centre bolt leaf spring in place, or using a piece of a log as a skid in lieu of a spare tire.
Wait a minute! I’ve done all of those and many more, but I didn’t invent them..
None of our Mcgyvers come close to those of those who came before us.
What does coarse black pepper, keens dry mustard and egg whites all have in common?
I have seen some darn good fixes now. I have tried to weld magnesium parts with less than stellar success and then covered it with JB. I took several not just one worn piston an taped a hundred dimples in the skirt with my slag hammer then put new rings back on and hoped for another go round. Recently needed a new carb, so dug through my carb box to find a similar one. The offset was wrong so made two studs with similar offset. That one is a great success because it still runs great. Thanks
I have seen some darn good fixes now. I have tried to weld magnesium parts with less than stellar success and then covered it with JB. I took several not just one worn piston an taped a hundred dimples in the skirt with my slag hammer then put new rings back on and hoped for another go round. Recently needed a new carb, so dug through my carb box to find a similar one. The offset was wrong so made two studs with similar offset. That one is a great success because it still runs great. Thanks
All standard radiator repair items
In Canada...
