Last week I got to fix a ford escort that a local garage had had an attempt at fixing(change a cv boot), and all they had managed to do was smash the cv so hard on the end trying to get it out of the hub that they had damaged the cv, the bearings, and then they had given up and told the lady that they wouldn't recommend driving the car too far because it was in bad shape and the cv was seized in and couldn't be got out. Apart from the fact that the axle shaft could have been pulled out from behind without taking it out of the hub, they had knocked the cv in hard enough to bugger the bearing and the cv, and had hit it hard enough to move the shaft a tiny bit using a force that was greater than the nut could exhert to pull the cv back through so the inner seal and bearing were loose and the wheel was wobbling all over the show.
I had to use a twenty ton hydraulic puller to get the cv out and then change the otherwise perfectly good bearings all because they had made a half hearted, ill conceived attempt at fixing the thing the wrong way.
mellisa2000,
Oct 1, 8:02pm
Cable ties around a wheel cylinder, no brake shoes!
mechnificent,
Oct 1, 8:07pm
Ha, which garage did that and did they call that a repair or just a stop-gap till next week!
panicky,
Oct 1, 8:19pm
seen a lump of 2 x 4 acting as a gearbox x member on a falcon ute.Also seen a ball bearing put into a flare to block the rear brakes of, so they could drive their 60's 2 1/2 tonne American heap to give me a sample w/cyl sample.
johnf_456,
Oct 1, 8:23pm
One of the most recent would be loads of zip ties on a broken engine mount.
satans_child_nz,
Oct 1, 8:28pm
zip ties can fix anything
mugenb20b,
Oct 1, 8:31pm
Yeah.broken seat frames too.
satans_child_nz,
Oct 1, 8:34pm
vice grip used as a steering wheel, and duct tape to cover exhaust leaks.
mugenb20b,
Oct 1, 8:42pm
I failed a'95 Jeep Cherokee on its wof inspection once. It had rust holes in the body near suspension components, floor and chassis rails (monocoque body). The owner picked the car up and brought it back for a recheck an hour later. He sprayed underseal in/on all the holes.
m16d,
Oct 1, 9:09pm
Many years ago I bought a VW that had the right front door pillar filled with concrete.
philltauranga,
Oct 1, 9:32pm
Early form of side intrusion bars!
mugenb20b,
Oct 1, 9:34pm
Holy $hit!
johnf_456,
Oct 1, 9:39pm
don't forgot that good old one called duck tape. You can even build a boat out of it if you are desperate, see mythbusters.
Other funny ones would be stripped threads from morons not realizing its a left hand thread, wires twisted together (not soldered etc)
mugenb20b,
Oct 1, 9:41pm
Duct tape. Duck tape! LOL. For taping ducks together!
mugenb20b,
Oct 1, 9:42pm
OMG!
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 1, 9:42pm
I am fixing one right now. Holden Vectra with broken manifold studs. Instead of removing and replacing the studs someone has gone to a LOT of trouble to construct an elaborate bracket system that pushes on the Manifold in an effort to hold it against the head. *facepalm*
Reminds me of back in the day when I took my old Fiat Panda to the dodgy mechanic around the corner for a WOF. I hadn't used the car for some time and had completely forgotten I had cut a hold in the door pillar big enough to put your fist through ready to weld in a patch.
The car came back with a shiny new WOF and I only realised a week later what had happened. Enough digression from me though!
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 1, 9:46pm
Hey! I recognise that guy! He re-powered my Uno for me. Its a little slower than factory now but the turning circle is better and the airconditioning more effective.
Oh and you wouldn't believe the fuel milage I get in the city!
Wow, jazz was right. Euro parts are cheap and available anywhere.
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 1, 10:06pm
Absolutely! Sometimes you do need to make minor modifications if a part dosn't quite fit but thats hardly difficult!
It just dawned on me. I bet thats what mapman was meaning when he said in the other thread that Fiat now use chery engines. He must have seen the picture too!
purple666,
Oct 1, 10:08pm
Handy bit of kit. Beats pushing them around on the jack.
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 1, 10:09pm
Wow frank123, And to think I was worried the WOF guy would complain because he could see where I had made/repaired a blow through when putting a patch in the floor of an old Uno!
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