Worst car repairs/Best bodges

[Norledge]

Oh thanks friend.

[Ruan]

To be fair, I've picked some of the nicer ones in that!

You're proud of being a bodger, mind!

Not to mention, half of those pictures, I was party to saying "yeah - that's defo an acceptable way of doing it"....

[Norledge]

Haha do you have one of the Poolow tyre when we took it off at the pub?

[Ruan]

I considered posting it, but decided otherwise... Seen as you asked...

[Norledge]

Bwahaha still makes me laugh.

For background - these tyres were less than 3000 miles old.

*Obviously we drove the pub on private roads*

[toseland]

All i see is racing slicks...

nowt wrong with them tyres =D

[Piggy]

great for the winter them....nice bit of wire to dig into the ice!

[procta]

I considered posting it, but decided otherwise... Seen as you asked...

how about firing 160 bhp through a set of skinny tyres that could just take the power for 85 bhp kseries engine,


taking the car over 4k rpm in the wet was a no no, it would just spin for the sake of it, also in the dry it would wheel spin up into 4th gear if you pushed it hard enough too!

[E_KEL95]

My greatest bodge was using washing line to hold fuel lines up had to be done 3 o'clock in the morning and needed home to my bed lol

[eskimogod]

Inner tube and zip tie cv boots

[John1.4]

That... has made my night if it's for real just... wow

[Sambarker]

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Still holding air now!

[Poodle]

I don't even understand the point of that, it'll still piss CV grease everywhere... Definitely qualifies for a worst repair lol. I should have taken a pic of the freelander i was working on earlier, huge amounts of gaffa tape, two-pack and a wedge of wood just to hold the side-repeater in place... which didn't have a bulb in.

[eskimogod]

Haha it was a very temp repair for some slightly split boots on my mums Alfa 156 she was off to France the next day all fixed properly now!

[Niall]

The sump i fitted to my new engine was weeping oil from what i thought was just a dent (turned out to be a crack). Had to wait till the end of the month for a new sump but needed to stop the oil leak...

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Body filler it is!

[mr_fish]

oooh tyre pictures allowed?

When I bought my estate, having a nosey around it, said to the woman, 'you wanted to get your money's worth out of that tyre', whether she was telling the truth but she said she was none the wiser on it...



3 points if ever I saw it.

[ADV_93]

I considered posting it, but decided otherwise... Seen as you asked...

What tyres were they Ruan?

I had 4k out of a set of RainSport 2's and they nearly looked like that...

[Norledge]

What tyres were they Ruan?

I had 4k out of a set of RainSport 2's and they nearly looked like that...

Rainsport 2's

[ADV_93]

What tyres were they Ruan?

I had 4k out of a set of RainSport 2's and they nearly looked like that...

Rainsport 2's

Haha, i had them almost 2 years ago now, was a n00b back then. (Well more than i am now)

Dem soft sidewall
Dat lift off over steer
Dem lock ups

[Ruan]

They were Avon ZV3s iirc!?

[Frosty]

Gaffa tap to hold exhaust together obviously seemed like a good idea to someone

[bashbarnard]

Typical vauxhall/sabb owner that

[Choppin]

Oi don't put Saab owners in the same category as idiot Vauxhall owners!! Just rude!!

[zx_volcane]

flap in the airbox had bost, so no air for de-misting front window - bit of cardboard + icecream box and gaffer, no problem

[mr_fish]

Tom, that is a terrific lash!

I so approve of that.

[Niall]

Tom, that is a terrific lash!

I so approve of that.

Thats not a lash. Thats engineering at its finest!

[mr_fish]

Tom, that is a terrific lash!

I so approve of that.

Thats not a lash. Thats engineering at its finest!

sorry, overlooked the gaffa tape involved. True engineering as Niall says

[j-n-88]

Previous owner of my car stuffing chicken wire in the mid pipe rather than fitting the cat like he said he'd done!!

[Jonahinoz]

Hi,

I trust our readers sensible.

I have cured a leaking wheel cylinder by undoing a pipe union and blocking it with a bleed nipple ... which meant no braking to that wheel. This was only so that I could drive home ... very carefully. Probably best if you don't do the same.

Wife phoned to say the exhaust of her MG Midget was scraping the tarmac. I drove to her, we swapped cars. I tied exhaust up with bit of string, and headed for home. Doing 50mph on bypass, exhaust dropped again. Mirror, HGV behind. Indicate left, then poked arm towards sky to attract attention (hood was down) and applied brakes fairly hard but not crash-stop level. Suddenly there was this terrible screeching, a horrible smell, and lots of smoke ... as the HGV shot past me with all eight wheels locked. If I hadn't been on the verge by that time, he would have gone over me. Lesson learned? Use rope next time.

I also have used a Hi-lift jack to adjust body on my £250 Citroen 2CV (with 3 months tax and MOT) A car had reversed into the front in the morning, and it was tailgated in the afternoon. Previous owner then lost interest in it. It took me longer to trailer it home than to get it back on the road.

One of our RAF drivers had to change a front wheel on a 52 seater coach. Despite removing all the wheel nuts, the wheel wouldn't come off. He wrapped himself round the front axle and tried to kick it off. His mate pointed out that it would help if he jacked the wheel off the ground first.

I have also watched a 4 ton Bloodhound missile hanging from a Lancer Side Loading Fork truck. The hydraulic pipe to the jack had burst, so we shoved a tool box underneath. The tool box shattered, and the only thing that stopped everything falling over .... was my Sergeant standing under the missile, holding it above his head. He sort of shouted at us to do something. Dreadful language!

Happy days.

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