Don't you just love previous owners
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Don't know if there is a thread on this, but what are the worst bodges you have found on your classic?
I will start of with this lot of wiring I recently found. 3 days of work later the loom is almost ready to be re-wrapped. About a carrier bags full of the previous owners wiring I have removed! This clutch change escalated quickly
And this gem behind the dash feeding the aftermarket washer pump. Looks like the original yellow wire burnt out and he soldered the blue cable onto the burnt out mess! This was tapped onto the radio and cigarette lighter feed. I have now converted it back to a manual washer pump
Show your worst!
I will start of with this lot of wiring I recently found. 3 days of work later the loom is almost ready to be re-wrapped. About a carrier bags full of the previous owners wiring I have removed! This clutch change escalated quickly
And this gem behind the dash feeding the aftermarket washer pump. Looks like the original yellow wire burnt out and he soldered the blue cable onto the burnt out mess! This was tapped onto the radio and cigarette lighter feed. I have now converted it back to a manual washer pump
Show your worst!
garagewidow said:
what an utter mess.
it surprises me how many 'restored' cars I see that also have awful wiring.i mean at least cable tie them up so they don't flop all over the place.
in the above pic I can't stand those coloured crimp only terminals,unreliability waiting to happen.
+1it surprises me how many 'restored' cars I see that also have awful wiring.i mean at least cable tie them up so they don't flop all over the place.
in the above pic I can't stand those coloured crimp only terminals,unreliability waiting to happen.
And you can see the marks where he didn't even have a crimp tool and used side cutters
Nik da Greek said:
Admittedly the cooling system of an MR2 contains rather more convoluted plumbing than your average cow, but that's no excuse for the most shameful of bodges; RADWELD
On the particular example I had the misfortune to own, it seemed that the P.O. had kept bunging the foul gunk in until it was basically full.
...by which I mean the entire cooling system. Full. Of radweld
I had to chisel it out with a screwdriver
That looks like a nightmare! On the particular example I had the misfortune to own, it seemed that the P.O. had kept bunging the foul gunk in until it was basically full. 
...by which I mean the entire cooling system. Full. Of radweld
I had to chisel it out with a screwdriver
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