Worst bodge you have seen
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V8forweekends said:
Morningside said:
I know someone who fitted a light in his garage and wired it up using bell wire, CB coax and joined using cellotape! When I told him of my horror. All I got was "it's all wire innit".
I got called in to deal with one of my mates electrical mashups. He and another pal who was helping him with some kitchen alterations decided they wanted to disconnect on of the lights in the kitchen. Instead of tracing the cables back to a junction box, they lifted the floorboards in the bedroom above and (thankfully having turned the power off), cut through wires and restored power until they found the one they needed. They then joined the cables that needed reconnecting (including 30 amp ring main) using 3amp male/female connectors for extending table lamp leads.
His wife thought this may be wrong and suggested I had a look at it.
And this is why we wound up with part P.
matchmaker said:
V8forweekends said:
Morningside said:
I know someone who fitted a light in his garage and wired it up using bell wire, CB coax and joined using cellotape! When I told him of my horror. All I got was "it's all wire innit".
I got called in to deal with one of my mates electrical mashups. He and another pal who was helping him with some kitchen alterations decided they wanted to disconnect on of the lights in the kitchen. Instead of tracing the cables back to a junction box, they lifted the floorboards in the bedroom above and (thankfully having turned the power off), cut through wires and restored power until they found the one they needed. They then joined the cables that needed reconnecting (including 30 amp ring main) using 3amp male/female connectors for extending table lamp leads.
His wife thought this may be wrong and suggested I had a look at it.
And this is why we wound up with part P.
Dunno about worse bodge or clever thinking but on my dads Maxi the speedo had packed up so he built himself a rev counter and marked on it the rough MPH. for 4th gear.
Years ago a mate turned up at my house with a full race crossflow engine in his MK1 Escort saying he was running it in before replacing it in his F2 stock car.
Fair enough you could say but the engine was fastened to the gearbox with two pairs of molegrips, he hadn't bothered with the bolts as the engine was only in there temporarily.
More recently I was asked to give a hand removing a sound system from a Corsa as it was to be returned to the lad who had just sold the car. Among many wiring bodges was the thick power cable leading from the under bonnet battery to the large amp in the back, it ran along the scuttle, around the outside of the A pillar behind the wing top and into the car under the door seal.
Fair enough you could say but the engine was fastened to the gearbox with two pairs of molegrips, he hadn't bothered with the bolts as the engine was only in there temporarily.
More recently I was asked to give a hand removing a sound system from a Corsa as it was to be returned to the lad who had just sold the car. Among many wiring bodges was the thick power cable leading from the under bonnet battery to the large amp in the back, it ran along the scuttle, around the outside of the A pillar behind the wing top and into the car under the door seal.
dme123 said:
Have we had this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQJg2fCORE
I'm not entirely sure if this is done for a laugh or if they really are that inept that this was the best way they could think of to flush the engine.
So that's what liquid cooled means! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQJg2fCORE
I'm not entirely sure if this is done for a laugh or if they really are that inept that this was the best way they could think of to flush the engine.
David A said:
pingu393 said:
I'm working on a "bodge" to clean-up the discs on my 330. I'll upload a video when it's finished. I expect a call from the HSE 
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Spinning plus angle grinder?.http://youtu.be/_cya2g6Mdag
Just imagine it at 2,500rpm
pingu393 said:
David A said:
pingu393 said:
I'm working on a "bodge" to clean-up the discs on my 330. I'll upload a video when it's finished. I expect a call from the HSE .
Spinning plus angle grinder?.http://youtu.be/_cya2g6Mdag
Just imagine it at 2,500rpm
(On a related note I'm frankly terrified of taking my 8in 4-jaw chuck to 2500rpm, not least because my lathe was originally designed to be 480rpm max and I've upped the power and top speed somewhat)
PositronicRay said:
Did it work?
Yes, but the problem is that wood is too flexible and the spindle is too small. The tool is good for getting the rough rust off the disc and out of the drum, but the disc is so hard that the tool lifts the workpiece rather that cutting it, even if I start the cut from the inside.I really need a bigger lathe (or one whose bed can be separated from the headstock) to allow bigger diameter parts to be turned.
I enjoyed the maths and the engineering behind the project (see http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&a... for the full story). I could probably have rigged up a Heath Robinson design based on a driven rear axle that would have worked just as well. It may have be better as it would have been secured across the hub diameter rather than a 13mm diameter shaft in a Jacobs chuck.
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Edited by pingu393 on Monday 3rd November 19:33
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