Bodged repairs, show us your worst!

[Vista]

A pet hate of mine in shipbuilding too!

[Rally Pack 2000]

What car is that? If its a Jeep then those vice grips were probably put there by the factory!

[Vista]

2 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

What car is that? If its a Jeep then those vice grips were probably put there by the factory!

No idea, sorry. 

[katana]

4 hours ago, Vista said:

A pet hate of mine in shipbuilding too!

Ok, they do look untidy but almost better that than those pointed cut ends that are more adept than any surgeons scalpel for opening up, fingers, wrists, forearms and biceps to extensive blood flow - you need the vice grips to stem the blood flow! 

[chinkamon]

Just going through a few bits on the cortina before the weekend, 

When I bought the car the prev owner put new h4 headlights in and a couple of inches of new wiring to them,

I then put a fusebox in an relays for power hungry circuits.

Never removed the lights before....

The old twist and hope connectors..

What's worse is its next to a bloody crimp connector so it's not like he didn't no

[Johnny Boy]

That's why you should have a fire extinguisher in your classic car.

Bonfire waiting to happen.

[chinkamon]

4 hours ago, Johnny Boy said:

That's why you should have a fire extinguisher in your classic car.

Bonfire waiting to happen.

Too true

[Vista]

Mole grip guy is up to his old tricks again!

I have no idea what tricks this guy his up to though! 

[Rally Pack 2000]

7 hours ago, Vista said:

I have no idea what tricks this guy his up to though! 

Those pesky inner guards always get in the way when you want to lower it that extra inch.

[katana]

16 hours ago, Vista said:

Mole grip guy is up to his old tricks again!

Total overkill IMO - cable ties would have sufficed . . . . black ones mind you, white or coloured are weaker!

[Rally Pack 2000]

On 12/12/2022 at 22:55, katana said:

Total overkill IMO - cable ties would have sufficed . . . . black ones mind you, white or coloured are weaker!

Its an old Skool bodge so hes obliged to use metal clamps, Cable ties are only for the Modern Plastic bodge repairs.

[Vista]

Which bright spark thought this shocking bodge was acceptable?

[Rally Pack 2000]

19 minutes ago, Vista said:

Which bright spark thought this shocking bodge was acceptable?

Bruce Willis, With a Vengeance?

[Miniliteman]

10 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Bruce Willis, With a Vengeance?

Maybe MacGyver or B.A.?

[Rally Pack 2000]

8 minutes ago, Miniliteman said:

Maybe MacGyver or B.A.?

I was going to go with MacGyver as well but I had to roll with the battery branding.

[Miniliteman]

True story: many years ago a co-worker was testing a battery charger. He used a multimeter to test the battery voltage every hour or so. What he didn't know was that someone else just used the same multimeter to measure current through a motor. When co-worker 1 next used the multimeter to measure voltage (which was still in current mode) the thing plus the battery terminals disintegrated with a big bang. Co-worker 1 escaped unhurt, co-worker 2 wasn't seen for a few days ...

[eeb43]

On 12/12/2022 at 11:55, katana said:

Total overkill IMO - cable ties would have sufficed . . . . black ones mind you, white or coloured are weaker!

wheres the brakes and shock absorber!!!!!!!

[Miniliteman]

2 hours ago, eeb43 said:

wheres the brakes and shock absorber!!!!!!!

It's a small trailer.

[Vista]

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WTF is going on here? Cut off rubber mallet heads?

[Rally Pack 2000]

I can smell burning rubber but the wheels haven't spun? 🤔

[Vista Estate]

3 hours ago, Vista said:

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WTF is going on here? Cut off rubber mallet heads?

Someone wants hitting over the head with the mallets.

This wasn't a cheap bodge. Why didn't they get proper mounts 🤔

[Vista]

1 hour ago, Vista Estate said:

Someone wants hitting over the head with the mallets.

This wasn't a cheap bodge. Why didn't they get proper mounts 🤔

From what I read, it wasn't to mount the exhaust, it was to try and reduce the drone from it. They do appear to have put thin insulating blocks between the exhaust and the rubber but no idea how effective it proved to be.

[Vista Estate]

6 hours ago, Vista said:

From what I read, it wasn't to mount the exhaust, it was to try and reduce the drone from it. They do appear to have put thin insulating blocks between the exhaust and the rubber but no idea how effective it proved to be.

Perhaps he should have kept hitting himself on the head with the mallets. That would have replaced the drumming with a ringing 🤣

[Rally Pack 2000]

13 hours ago, Vista Estate said:

Someone wants hitting over the head with the mallets.

This wasn't a cheap bodge. Why didn't they get proper mounts 🤔

Its the current financial crisis you cant even buy a cheap bodge any more!

11 hours ago, Vista said:

From what I read, it wasn't to mount the exhaust, it was to try and reduce the drone from it. They do appear to have put thin insulating blocks between the exhaust and the rubber but no idea how effective it proved to be.

I thought about using a mallet to remove the constant drone in my ear too but the solicitor suggested divorce instead.

[Miniliteman]

10 hours ago, Rally Pack 2000 said:

Its the current financial crisis you cant even buy a cheap bodge any more!

I thought about using a mallet to remove the constant drone in my ear too but the solicitor suggested divorce instead.

Mallet could get you in trouble, divorce is probably expensive. As a first step to remove the constant drone try this