Worst bodge you have seen
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I bought a R5 Turbo off a mate once, he had just had a respray and the body shop had to replace the front bumper (big bodykit type one) as they had broke it while it was in there, when i took the front bumper off, it was screwed to a piece of wood they had screwed to the chassis, not even a nice bit of wood, a bit of 30x20(ish) mm they had just snapped to length.
Wish i had a pic but it was around 8 years ago now.
Wish i had a pic but it was around 8 years ago now.
ked, but hopefully patched rather than simply ignored.CrutyRammers said:
Steffan said:
p4cks said:
The sump of my Clio Williams was sealed with white bathroom sealant.
Oh Dearie Me. On a Williams??? Did any oil remain in the sump?Gilhooligan said:
I guy on my college course jubilee clipped a couple of beer cans round a rusted part of his exhaust. It actually held for a couple of months too!
A mate of mine used a beans can, 2 jubilee clips and a bit of milliput on his spitfire exhaust as a bodge.It passed three MOT's and was still on there when we lost touch.
Snowboy said:
Gilhooligan said:
I guy on my college course jubilee clipped a couple of beer cans round a rusted part of his exhaust. It actually held for a couple of months too!
A mate of mine used a beans can, 2 jubilee clips and a bit of milliput on his spitfire exhaust as a bodge.It passed three MOT's and was still on there when we lost touch.
I know someone who did that with a Rolls Royce! The car was in an unbelievably poor state and the owner would think nothing of carrying a car axle on the back seat.
I think that the car was featured on a television news programme due to it being so dirty and I believe that it was sold to RR upon the owners death.
I think that the car was featured on a television news programme due to it being so dirty and I believe that it was sold to RR upon the owners death.
Cutting the hole in the floor of a 1965 Mini bigger, and bending the 4 foot long gear stick a few degrees, to get it into 2nd and 4th gear. Changing the rear engine mounts would have achieved the same thing.
I also pop riveted tin plate over big holes in the sills from the inside, and got it through the MOT.
I also pop riveted tin plate over big holes in the sills from the inside, and got it through the MOT.
selym said:
I bought a Golf Mk2 with an odd issue with the windscreen washer. It would squirt now and then, but never when you really needed it to.
I tracked it down to the switch (a toggle switch, as the stalk had lost the ability to operate the squirt) that had been wired into the 'door open, light on' switch. It would only squirt when the drivers side door was opened!
Just....why?!
It's logical! When wiring in the toggle as a bodge around the broken stalk, you look for a wire behind the dash that's carrying 12v. Presumably he had the door open at the time, so this would appear to be a lovely live wire, perfect for the intended use.I tracked it down to the switch (a toggle switch, as the stalk had lost the ability to operate the squirt) that had been wired into the 'door open, light on' switch. It would only squirt when the drivers side door was opened!
Just....why?!
Found some photos..
s p a c e m a n said:
I bought an escort with a cosworth brake conversion, drilled disks too.
Drilled with a power drill in a garage
Drilled with a power drill in a garage
PugwasHDJ80 said:
coins welded to the vanes of a turbo to give it more "power"
whole thread about it somewhere
I welded some pound coins to a manifold as a quick egr delete whole thread about it somewhere
fivetenben said:
We'd have the metal tool box and tyre under there too when we were working on it. We weren't actually working 'under' the car though, just in the wheelarch, not that that's an excuse...
I had an AX come of its jack whilst changing a drive shaft gaiter and felt the wheel arch brush past my ear as I scrambled out of the way (gravel car park [first mistake] I heard the stones shift and give me a warning)
Learnt the hard way... now use a trolley jack and at least one axle stand for every under car job since
Old Series Land Rover, rear spring hanger collapsed into the chassis due to rust, the farmer fix was a thick section of wood just wedged in place... The ride was so rubbish anyway you'd never have known, bodge lasted at least a month before some serious welding was undertaken.
Morris Minor with a very rusty driver's side floor, remember seeing the road whizzing under my feet for most of a summer, then the seat legs went through... my mother's drive is very bumpy, but still... so, there's a theme here, not the same piece of wood, but another decent section of old joist or some such, cut to length this time, precision stuff you know. That lasted until the MOT test in the winter.... 8yr old me swapped sides in the back to keep my feet dry!
Morris Minor with a very rusty driver's side floor, remember seeing the road whizzing under my feet for most of a summer, then the seat legs went through... my mother's drive is very bumpy, but still... so, there's a theme here, not the same piece of wood, but another decent section of old joist or some such, cut to length this time, precision stuff you know. That lasted until the MOT test in the winter.... 8yr old me swapped sides in the back to keep my feet dry!
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