Ghetto repairs

[hardtail]

With a Volvo.........nobodys taking odds on that one..........LOL

I bet he has the right window position for the proper draft, though I would recommend closing the stove door.........thought I had just about parked the Subaru after 430K but htis has me wondering

Great stuff guys keep it coming,,,,,,expecting a really good entry from McGyver..........

[A.K. Boomer]

ghetto repairs rock! good stuff guys keep em coming - just might joggle a few memories of my own - I have my fair share.

That window cranks so heavy duty I hope there's never a side impact (ouch)

Had a bro who had a wood stove in one of his "vehicles" (it was a meatwagon for dead people)

great starter repair,,,, now I got one just by seeing that -- about 20 years ago --- had a girlfriend with a dodge daytona shelby - I think it was turbo'ed ?

anyways - we get home after eating out somewhere and I smell coolant - pop the hood and here's a pin hole leak wizzing about a foot long stream - coming right between the head and the block, "Oh crap" - she goes "what" I said "Its cylinder head removal time",,,

Get ready to shut the hood in disgust and for the heck of it jam the unused end of the toothpick I had in my mouth from eating out right into the leak - a little pressure and walla - sealed it - next thing I think I said to her was "hey - hand me that rock"
toothpick held up for a couple years and then she sold it --- we didn't even think about the "fix" till after it was long gone...

[Toolguy]

Andy, if you have a good battery on the mower you won't even have to put gas in the mower. You can probably cut the grass using only the starter.
You'll be the first on the block with a hybrid mower.


Certainly not my work but I bumped into this a while ago and it seems to fit into the ghetto repair category.
Looks like things could get very interesting in the event of an accident.

He must be one of those SteamPunks I've been hearing about!

[gnm109]

It is just that sort of disgusting slovenliness that gives home shoppers such a bad name.


Next time do it properly, peel the bark off and daube on a bit of creasoate!

Your suggestion is an excellent one, except we can't get creosote over here anymore. The Greenies took it all away.

I like the wooden stick repair, though. That's clever!

[JRouche]

GREAT Topic!!! I love the off the wall fixes. I DONT care about the folks that want to say how dangerous, stupid, lazy, or give a better method for the fix. Screw THAT!! They were not there on the side of the road stranded. Or had to get a tool to limp by to get a piece of work done.

I WANT to hear about ALL the off the wall fixes. Like using a bungy cord to replace a fan belt. Yup, cut the steel ends off and tie the two ends together and limp into town 100 miles away.

Sometimes you just have to do what you can do with the stuff at hand... JR

[A.K. Boomer]

I remember having to jump start a vehicle where the front end was totally inaccessible,
(in a ditch or something) and all I could do was pull behind it yet my jumper cables would not reach --- but it was back in the day of steel bumpers, so I pulled up and touched bumper to bumper - stripped the thin layer that held the positive jumper to the negative the entire length - clamped the positive and neg. together and then hooked the remaining clamps to the pos. of both vehicles ---- rurururur voooooooooom...

Don't know if that was a ghetto repair - but it was definitely in the hood....

[grizzzly]

How to set a bead on a tire

[grizzzly]

problem using starting fluid (it might of helped if he put some in the tire)

[danlb]

Lowes wanted $1.49 for a faucet handle for my outdoor faucet.

They had mini vice grips for $.99 on sale.

The vice grips have worked perfectly for the last 6 months.



Dan

[danlb]

A piece of Pepsi can makes a great shim for mounting the muffler to the header of a 1973 Triumph Bonneville 750 vertical twin. You are supposed to use an asbestos spacer.

It lasts till you hit about 75 on the freeway. Then you have hot exhaust hitting your ankles when the metal blows out.


Dan

Edit. I could have sworn I typed vertical twin, but it came out V twin. Sigh.