Funniest Vehicle Fix or Repair

[89PBR96]

Looks like zip ties

 

[Ranger Kip]

yeah, I would not do that o_0 I'd leave the bumper off.... or weld it back together. wait, is it plastic? If its plastic, get a soldering iron and use that to melt it back together, not joking, I have done that to Brad's bedliner!

 

[97RangerXLT]

2) I hit some dumb ass kid on the freeway after he cut in front of me and slammed on his breaks. The front of my truck was smashed in to the point i didn't want to be seen in it, so we tied a chain around the front bumper bracket, tied the other end to a tree, threw it in reverse, and make it look good as new. Took it into the shop later to have insurance pay to fix it up right, but that was about 5 months after "the fix."

Lol I did the same repair to my 1988 Delta 88's front bumper after taking out a sign with it back in 94. the valence panel was all smashed upwards. the actual bumper had to be replaces as it had a big notch in it from the sign, but the valence panel was able to be pulled out to perfect condition by the rope/bumper/tree method.

Held the entire front bumper and drivers side headlights together with duct tape on my parents 86 Olds Ciera when I was in HS after some asshat ran a stopsign. held the car together until it was fixed properly. (about 3 weeks later).

AJ

 

[stefanruss28]

one time a guy came into our shop asking why his car wouldn't start so we gave his the obvious diagnoses (fuel filter/starter/coil/etc) so he comes in after he replaced the starter and says "Ok i changed the starter and i realized that the car was in (D) drive the whole time"

i was laughing for a good couple hours after i heard the guy say this haha

 

[Bennybooster]

what did you use to stitch it?

Yeah those are zip ties, one of my friends quads has the plastics all stiched up with zip ties.... the stupid thing looks like frankenstien

 

[98RedRanger]

right before my buddy swapped out the 300 I6 in his F150 for a 302 he decided to "fix" it by draining the oil out and revving it WOT, when the motor didn't blow, they dumped sand in the oil fill, and tried again. still didnt kill it, then next morning the damn truck started right up, with one helluva knock though

Thats called Built tough right there. Those 300 straight sixes don't die without a long hard fight that's for sure.

 

[Tony Raine]

got me home

no, the handle isn't anywhere near as close to the fan belt as it looks

 

[Ranger Kip]

Thats called Built tough right there. Those 300 straight sixes don't die without a long hard fight that's for sure.

I saw a Ford Bronco at the shop, during the Cash For Clunkers (damn waste if you ask me), they put double the amount of chemical in it, and even though this truck was beat to hell with a handbasket, it was running crisp, they ran the chemical through it a few times and found out it was "burning" it. They pulled the engine, put in a blown one from a junker they had sitting outside and called it dead. I had to pull it apart for them to part it out though, leave me with all the hard work, those a-holes.....

But at any rate, watching that truck run for that long and hearing that it was "burning" what they called "engine killer" (we always called it this, I never heard what they put in the engines, probably something simple though), into a Bronco engine, and seeing it run like the first day off the assembly line kinda made me feel good inside, because I have always felt that even though vehicles are innanimate objects, every single one is different in some way shape or form, they all run similar, but not the same, some can break due to a defect, others wont, etc, the parts that make up an engine are alive. (p.s. it was a 1978 Ford Bronco with a custom Orange body, black cage, and a white soft-top, but was rusted to hell, it was a used farm truck).

Then again, me being a vehicle nut spreads back to me collecting toy cars =P I have a lot....

 

[dp88]

Didnt thay put somethin like liquid glass in the engines? Sillica or something?

 

[2.9XLT]

Yeah, it was silica sand. It was supposed to turn solid when the engine got hot, and then it would lock up the motor.

 

[Ranger Kip]

Well, it did not work on this motor, it spat it out in the exaust apparently, it stalled out because it blocked it up. Used a poking stick to unclog it and it started up again.

 

[88Turbo]

Well I was driving my old chevy truck and bottomed out on a big bump, ripped the fuel pump wires out somehow, anyways I tried and tried to get the wires back on the top of the tank with out dropping it but it wasnt gonna happen. So instead of dropping the tank, I decided to rip the rusty old box off (perfect excuse to build a wood bed someday) and fixed the problem. Then placing a peice of 2x6 across the frame and bolting it on, held the tank back up with a bunch of rope and speaker wire, works pretty good lol

Also with the same truck to fix the rear diff that had a big hole in it I filled it with fluid then slapped a thick layer of bondo on it then sprayed some primer on it.

Then I had an old 3 wheeler with a stripped counter shaft, so I grinded all the teeth off an old sproket I had, then bought a bran new one, welded them together and ran the bolts through for the clip, worked as a great spacer. Never had any problems with it.

 

[88Turbo]