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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A number spring to mind...A Honda 125 with a holed piston? Drill it out, fit a nut & bolt with a bit of loctite, file the bolt head round, and voila!
Exhaust on a Marina fell in half? Cut open a handy beer can and fix it in place with some spare electrical wire (from the reversing lights, I think). The insulation melts on to the exhaust pipe for added security.
Trying to fit a Honda 50 engine in a Honda 90 Sport frame? (Only 1 mounting bolt fits, at the back) An old windscreen rubber stretched from one foot peg, over the tank to the other foot peg work a treat!
Hole in your Marina petrol tank (after running over some random scrap from the back of a pikeymobile)? While your mate puts his finger in the hole, get a small branch from a tree, whittle it into a point and bang it in with half a brick!
Fuse in your rover keeps blowing? Cut an inch long piece of 6" nail and bung that in! (Don't try this at home; it melted the wiring loom and started a fire in the engine bay)
Not got a light for your rolly? Dip a torn off bit of shirt into the petrol tank, remove a plug cap and using an insulated screwdriver, make the spark go to earth through the rag and, voila! Fire!!
I've got loads of them: Gaffer tape makes good butterfly stiches, a few cheap plumbing fitting can replace a £40 Saab hose (£40!!), Cornflakes boxes make excellent gaskets..
(, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 17:18, 1 reply)
According to family legendMy late uncle's father repaired a big end bearing of a 1920s Chevrolet with the inner bark cut from a tree branch. Hot oil and the thing hardened, lasted long enough to get them back to town.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 0:10, closed)
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