Dad always carried a pair of slip joint pliers and a flat blade screwdriver in the tool pocket of his overalls. Give him a roll of baling wire and I believe he could have rebuilt any piece of equipment on the farm. Brother bought an IH 1456. It had a York a/c compressor on it. Mounting bracket was a very poor design. Belt kept getting loose. Dad used baling wire to rig a solution. It worked.

I recently used zip ties to fasten a broom handle to the clothes hangers in the back seat of my pickup so that my wife could hang more clothes back there for our vacation trip.