Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Like many others I used to carry a sturdy stick in my Mark I Fiesta to 'fix' the starter motor in the mornings.
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number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 18:34,
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Hillman Imps too. To which end there's a starter button in the rear where the engine is (so not really the boot) that you can press having hit the starter motor to unjam it first
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Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 20:15,
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Austin 1300s too and not forgetting Minis!!A good old fashioned "Krooklok" was quite handy at giving them a thwack!!
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Vambo, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 21:05,
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b reg maestro toogot funny looks on nights out, tottering around the car with stick looking as if I was about to recreate a fawlty towers sketch though
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pottybeaver is neither a potty nor a beaver, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 22:47,
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My dad had a similar stick in his montego.To fix the sticky fuel-cut off valve.
It used to jam open so the engine kept running once you'd turned off the ignition.
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Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 23:05,
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Ihad a cricket stump for my Cortina.
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Many's the time I had mine in gearrocking it backwards and forwards to unjam the bloody thing
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 10:11,
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