[porsche tech]

While in the Army in 1969 or 70, I was driving my VW notchback on the autobahn when it quit. I was right next to an emergency phone so I picked it up and the guy on the other end didn’t speak English, so I just kept saying the mile marker (kilo) number in German. A short time later another guy that didn’t speak English rolled up in a roadside assistance vehicle. I tried to tell him it just quit and he immediately reached into the little sheet metal tray under the fuel pump on the engine and found a small roll pin. It was the pivot pin for the mechanical fuel pump. He wedged it back in place, I gave him 20 Marks or something (there appeared to be no charge for his service). It wasn’t 10 minutes from the time he pulled up behind me until I was driving away!