[Bill Douglas]

Not difficult, but innovative.

I was hitch hiking in Africa half a lifetime ago and I got a really good ride in a BMW. Suddenly the mounting bracket for the alternator broke so lose fan belt. I broke some wire off a farm fence and wrapped it around the alternator and broken bracket, then got a lump of wood and whacked that in with a rock to bring it up to the right tension LOL. That got us going again. The guy was very pleased as his car would have been stripped out if he had left it there. He had me to stay at his place and the next day carried on with the big drive south.