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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Used to own an ancient bullnosed Tranny tipper truck converted to a camper van.It was crap but fun. One time, in the wilds of Wales, the exhaust grew a big hole. I sent the kids to forage in a ditch for a Pepsi can and I cut that up, exhaust-pasted it round the pipe and wrapped it all up with strips cut from an old curtain.
It stayed put for nearly a year, until I finally got round to buying a new exhaust, and it never leaked.
When I took the camper for the exhaust they quoted me the regular Tranny price. Turned out that the 'modifications' meant that it needed a specially-built longer exhaust than usual However, instead of charging me a fortune, the boss set two apprentices on it towards their City and Guilds or whatever. I paid the flat fee and they passed. Winner!
(, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)
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