How's this for dodgy fix of the week?

mongrelEB · May 3, 2004

You know how, with age, the threads on the manual gearknobs can sag, requiring it to be turned further to tighten it, so it winds up upside down?

Me and Graham worked out today that if you put chewing gum on top of the gearstick and then screw the knob back on, if you used the right amount it will fill up some of the space and the gearstick ends up being tight at a nice straight position again!
Hehe how's that for a dodgy fix?

eskyboi · May 3, 2004

On the escort (Celica 5spd).. i packed the threads with a bit of torn off copy paper. Worked a treat. Guess you could use a thick layer of plumbers tape too.

Whatever works and is cheap and easy I like

Parents laser.. the secondary throttle butterfly is operated by a vacuum motor with a metal link which the parents mechanic lost. Zip tie worked a treat!

thehat · May 3, 2004

yeah i need to do that to my gear knob likes to twist on me
good fix but haha

EvilChief · May 4, 2004

wd40, zip ties and chewing gum .... nice

davway · May 4, 2004

my dad once had a car and the whole stereo unit was held in by nothing but blue-tac!
if you cant fix it with blue-tac or super glue, it aint worth fixin!!

psycho chicken · May 4, 2004

lol dodgey fixes rule. My thermofans are held in with cable ties!

SPALDING GREEN · May 4, 2004

Loctite!

SiX_iN_a_RoW · May 4, 2004

haha i reckon sticky tape, zip ties and super glue are the handiest tools ever produced!

GreenMachine · May 4, 2004

let's not underestimate copper wire and race tape...

thehat · May 4, 2004

what about thumb tacks or staples

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TD302 · May 4, 2004

Nothing wrong with zip ties. Light weight and quick to remove. So are mine

marcuss · May 4, 2004

Had an XT with an XF radiator held in by 4 zip ties for 6 years. Daily driver no problems.

Big_Matt · May 4, 2004

whatever happened to hundred mile an hour tape? that stuff is the goods. 5 minute araldite works well too, leaves superglue for dead.

mongrelEB · May 4, 2004

Fence wire and PVA glue!

eskyboi · May 4, 2004

Got a good one for ya guys...

My grandfather who used to be an A Grade mechanic MANY years ago had an EH Holden with a missing radiator in the backyard. He used to move it around the yard often to stop killing the grass and mow etc..

So instead of sourcing another radiator (was his 2nd car and not in use), he installed into the front of it a black beer distilling bottle (around 20litres in capacity) and fed the pipework to that to allow the water to flow.

As a kid.. it was the weirdest thing i'd ever seen!

Rollin · May 5, 2004

you only need two tools - sticky tape and WD40.

if it moves and it shouldnt, use sticky tape.

if it doesnt move and it should, use WD40 :s6:

bushute · May 5, 2004

Agreed - race tape, cable ties and araldite. Got a great thread repairer for ya - STEEL WOOL! I used it to rethread a 12mm high tensile bolt holding a bobcat oil pump and didn't come loose in 2500 hrs of use!!!! Sold the bobcat a while back and expect its still going strong.

clevokid · May 5, 2004

Memo to self : Never buy a used car off anyone who has posted in this thread pmsl

GreenMachine · May 5, 2004

Rollin said:
you only need two tools - sticky tape and WD40.

if it moves and it shouldnt, use sticky tape.

if it doesnt move and it should, use WD40 :s6:

and you're an apprentice with WHICH big name car manufacturer??

psycho chicken · May 5, 2004

He's qualified now lol

I can be the dodgey apprentice from now on! However I'll be working for another big name manufacturer

mongrelEB · May 5, 2004

and you're an apprentice with WHICH big name car manufacturer??

Yeah, who do you think TAUGHT him about dodgy methods? Some of the dodgiest shit I've ever seen went on in a Ford dealership :fluffy:

EFFalcon · May 6, 2004

pop rivets and fibreglass... how my bumper came to be

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