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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Fractured GearThe 1970 Plymouth Valiant wouldn't start, and we had the hood open trying to puzzle it out. The starter seemed to be functioning but the engine just wouldn't catch, suggesting an electrical fault. Out of ideas, I had removed the distributor cap and with my finger was idly spinning the interior of the distributor in circles when I had a Eureka moment: you CAN'T spin the interior of a distributor around in circles, or at least you shouldn't be able to do so, since it's connected to the camshaft, or at least it's supposed to be. Sure enough, the plastic gear connecting the distributor to the camshaft had fractured.
Once we realized the problem, the repair was simple. It was getting to that point of realization that was hard.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 18:49, 3 replies)
.Solving the the problem is the (relatively) easy part.
Finding out what the problem actually is is always the bitch.
(, Sun 13 Mar 2011, 19:54, closed)
OoohYou're like the House of fixing distributor interiors!
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 4:45, closed)
Oh gee. You americans and your zany sense of yoomer.(
Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 8:10,
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