Out in the middle of nowhere and no money our wageneer jeep alternater froze and we stopped before destroying the serpentine belt. We ended up bypassing the alternature by trying various looping combinations to get it to work the other stuff so the car would at least be drivable less the charging system. The only intelligent issue was making sure the water pump would not be running backwards. It worked so well that we just charged the battery up in needed till we sold the the car a while later.
next time i will tell the story of fixing a new mercendes radiator breakage. Cause by all the belts deralling from gravel getting kicked up between the pullys and belt. We should of taken it easy in the dirt with this sedan.
and the landrover that blew a rear differential in the Iranian desert. (We drove it to hard and fast for a low geared car). We fixed it on the spot all day.