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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Largest Duct tape job ever?Me and the mrs GTA travelled around Australia in a keenascampers campervan for 6 weeks. On the last leg home, we were gonna camp near sydney. It was a slightly damp day and as we were driving i saw blue lights coming up behind us. I indicated and slowed to a stop. 15 seconds later we were rammed at the back by the new South Wales fire department which caved the whole back end of the bus. It still drove though!
We were escorted to the nearest town where i bought a temporary tailbar with the lights. but....we still had 2 hours to sydney. it was a whit van, so we bought 3 rolls of white duct tape and created a 'false rear' of the van and drove without a hitch into the capital.
When we got back to the hire place, the aussie in charge said it was the most impressive van repair he had ever seen and took many photos.
I uttered the party line. If it cant be fixed with tape, it cant be fixed.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 16:14, 1 reply)
Did the same in 2001But for 8 weeks, 5 weeks north to Port Douglas and 3 weeks to head back. Best experience of my life! It's hard to do that in a camper without it breaking down, the scary bit was, it was at the time of the murder of that British backpacker.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 11:23, closed)
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