There was an article is American Survival Guide about doing exactly that, a
couple of years ago. The guy had his wife hold the propane bottle in her lap
in the cab, while a length of garden hose (what was handy at the time) ran
out the window, and snaked up under the hood, into the throat of the carb. To
run the motor, he would step on the accellerator, thereby opening the
butterfly valves, and she would simultaneously open the propane valve. It got
them home from camping in the desert. It was a gasoline engine, by the way.
Jim
MVTrucker@aol.com wrote:
> The thread on propane use reminds me of the time I ran out of gas
> on an Interstate. Was driving my customized 1971 Chevy van, the
> one we live in when doing our cross country jaunts, and there we were
> sitting on the shoulder of the highway. I got out the propane cylinder
> from the camp stove and shoved the hose into the carb and turned
> it on. Engine started right up and though I had no throttle control, I
> was able to drive to an exit. After getting off, I stopped at a house
> where a lady was mowing her lawn. Explained the situation and she
> went to a shed and got me a 5-gallon can of gas that I could use. Of
> course, I took the can to a filling station and had it refilled before
> returning
> it to her.
> Joe Young
>
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