Tony B Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) Boot laces? Dear Friend! What do you think BALER TWINE is for? So aying I was given as an 18th birthday present an old straight six Vauxhall Velox ex military staff car. That had a three gear coloum shift that was tied togethr with boot lace. The best one I've seen was an old long line dredge used at a sandpit. 'It runs on 10 p pices'.:wow::wow::wow: Sure enough start procedure was place 10 p coin acros starter terminals. Edited July 18, 2011 by Tony B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlenAnderson Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Years ago, when my younger sister was having driving lessons, I was charged with finding her a suitable "first car". A friend's younger brother was parting with an Austin 1100 for the princely sum of £140 and it seemed like a good idea...I was living and working in south London at the time, and the car was in Greenwich. I had to get it home to mum's in Canterbury, and it seemed like a tidy enough motor to drive down no worries. I set off in bitter February weather to do the 50 odd mile trip. Only a fiver in my pocket and well before the days of mobile phones. I got to about Gravesend on the A2 when I lost all power. I thought I'd run out of petrol, but when I came to a stop the engine was ticking over lovely. Turns out the throttle cable had broke. Well, next to no money and no AA cover. No tools and an empty boot. Sunay night late too, and everywhere was shut in those days at that time of day. Looked like I was in for a bit of a walk... Then I had a brainwave - the car had one of those simple mono cassette players and a single speaker on the back shelf. I pulled the wire out from under the carpet, tied it off to the throttle linkage, passed it over the engine and through the front grille and back towards the drivers window. It wasn't long enough to reach through the window, so I had to hang my arm out by the mirror to pull it. I tied a loop around my finger and set off. Got me all the rest of the way home, but I nearly ended up with frostbite! I had to trundle along at about 45 (not so dangerous back then) and stop every 5 minutes to thaw my hand out!Hindsight being such a wonderful thing, I'd have stopped to look for a longer bit of wire I suppose!Glen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 The best things i have found to repair all manner of faults is, e-metal, black nasty and green string, i have patched up multiple holes is engines, gearboxes and axles with e-metal. fulcrum seals are a common thing to go on mmlc, so if needed the oep 220 is drained and replaced with grease. my old man had a s3 landrover that became detached from its fuel tank after being filled up as the straps where rusted through, his boat fuel can soon found its self being transferred between the 2 for the rest of the time he owned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyboy Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 My little story is partly desperate bodge, partly mother of all recoveries and a very nasty RTA to suit. One Sunday afternoon I’m in Morrison’s doing my shopping with the then, current Mrs Matt and the phone rings; a good friend of mine had been involved in a major RTA in his Steam lorry, it was bad, he needed recovery and the vehicles had left the road. So left the shopping trolley in the middle of the shop dashed straight there in my car, wondering as you do what I was going to see when I got there. Well basically Police, Fire service and ambulances a Volvo Estate car missing it’s front, in the middle of the road, a bmw wrapped around a tree and a steam lorry amongst the trees, on top of the BMW. The Police where very helpful they told us to get on with it, further investigation revealed that the Steam lorry had left the road and had collected a tree and the complete suspension and drive unit from the BMW (with wheel still attached) all this was stuck under the chassis and dug into the ground. The front of the lorry was embedded into the BMW, the steering box was smashed and the front cross member was hanging off, the chassis was bent, a rear spring was bent and the cab needed more than a good T-cut, oh and that lovely smell of leaking petrol to keep you on your toes. So to all you recovery experts how would you solve this one? Luckily our yard was only 4 miles away and with two Fordson Majors, a good team of people, all the recovery equipment we could get in the back of the land rover and enough fags for a recovery operation as serious as this, we got too work. We dug out all the debris from under the wagon and it took a land rover and a tractor double heading to drag the lorry off the bmw, back onto the road. So with no brakes (some nice hills) and no steering it was time to go. Our Mate Nigel using nothing more than a length of rope managed to make an A-frame by attaching each end to the track rod on each hub, tying a knot in the middle and that went on the coupling of the tractor (remember no front cross-member to pull on). So now we had the ability to steer and tow, just not stop; so the second tractor on a push pole, coupled up to the back to act as brakes. Off we set Escort vehicle in front clearing the way, lots of flashing lights, a bit of shunting to get off the main road and it was mission accomplished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 My little story is partly desperate bodge, partly mother of all recoveries and a very nasty RTA to suit. oh and that lovely smell of leaking petrol to keep you on your toes. More than enough of a problem with petrol about ( and fumes) a fire still in the boiler and hot clinker in the ash pan. Aside from closing the dampers down, the risk of petrol fumes being drawn into the fire box area is still there. Aside from extinguishing the fire with water. However in saying that immediately after an accident what are the drivers concerns; His own condition ( injury), Assisting others. shutting down the fire? While this may not follow a military mode transfer that to the position of a Skoda- Sentinal tank in battle. Operating a boiler on uneven ground, and into a battle zone would have to be a different set of experiences Doug:cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Nothing to do with MVs. I have had my washing baskets since nineteen-hundred-and-frozen-to-death, well as with anything that gets used, it begins to wear out. The washing (in particular the smalls!) fall out during transportation. So the cubed one decided to make my life better! Its amazing what you can do with duct tape!!!! :-D:-D:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timinder Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I bet all that duct tape cost more than a new basket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 But it does save buying a new washing basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I'd rather be going shopping for duct tape than a washing basket any day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I'd rather be going shopping for duct tape than a washing basket any day....actually so would I!!!!!!!!!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toner Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Have to agree with that ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 actually so would I!!!!!!!!!! :cool2: Either we are misisng something here, or in aprevious thread the Lady has excersised her perogative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz2 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Thinking further of petrol hazards reminded me of trips away and returning home with match sticks ( tips broken off) blocking off rust holes in a petrol tank. Another trip involved using a plastic container under the bonnet as a fuel supply tank. Those were the days before petrol dissolved plastics rapidly! My first car was an Austin A30 so fuel consumption was not high and a gallon container lasted some distance. Doug:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Either we are misisng something here, or in aprevious thread the Lady has excersised her perogative.absobloomingrightly!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Wouldn't dare argue darling! :kissoncheek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 I once drove my Saracen from Winchester, to Sherfield English, via the tight winding lanes on the outskirts of Romsey,... fault wasn't a really serious one, but quite nerve-racking.... it was about 10.00pm, on a cold winters night, icy roads and only my n/s headlamp was working!... I couldn't swap it to the o/s as I'd left my tools at home!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 No explanation needed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 No explanation needed... [ATTACH=CONFIG]48842[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]48843[/ATTACH] It was definitely not me this time Bernard ! :shocked::shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just done one actually. One of the Dodge sidelights went dead open cicuit. The result melted in all the plastic insulator on the bulb holder. So I was left with the casing , inside was the right angle holder for the bulb fitting. I happned to have a couple of LED bulbs. They are one pole as opposed to two pole of the filament. So how to quickly get something working. First - Solder a wire to the + point of the bulb. Diodes are polarity sensitive, there DIODES! Second - Solder wire to side of bulb. Third - Wrap whole thing in insulating tape to prevent short and also bring diameter up to the diameter of the hole in the right angle. Fourth- Force tape wrapped bulb into hole, add super glue to edge to fix. Then wire on. The result in a tremendous improvment on the old filament. As an added bling I glued reflective tape round the inside of the lamp. I've also aquired two strips of LED diodes. These have been fitted by lossening the support bar of the front wings and slipping a couple of cable ties through. The strips are flat againgst the support and hidden. I have wired them into the sidelights. The result is in daylight you see nothing. When it gets dark, the strips light up the whole wheel well. No doubt of the width of the vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 It was definitely not me this time Bernard ! :shocked::shocked: This was Graham Germany's Scammell, he did it himself.....four entered the Beltring trial, four where damaged, some more than once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 This was Graham Germany's Scammell, he did it himself.....four entered the Beltring trial, four where damaged, some more than once! It is tough being a real man's truck ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 As we have so many new members with a mechanical aptitude now, I though it might be a good idea to bump this thread.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth dawe Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I've been in the motor trade since I was 16 and the list of bodge jobs is endless lol. Once welded a vehicle block which was cracked right through the water jacket with just chemical metal. ......and bugger me it worked, I knew the guy who owned it......but when I saw it again it had a new owner, if he only knew!!!!! ( never trust people who say there scrapping the car soon and won't sell it on) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alixcompo Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 In the late 70'S I had an Anglia van which I bought from a windmill repair man for £23.50. It was the most abused vehicle I ever had yet always got me home. Once the mechanical fuel pump packed up. Fortunately windscreen washers had become compulsory by then. I tipped the water out,got some petrol into the washer bottle, used the screen wash plastic pipe to the carb and drove home giving a couple of pumps on the washer button every now and then.:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I've been in the motor trade since I was 16 and the list of bodge jobs is endless lol. Once welded a vehicle block which was cracked right through the water jacket with just chemical metal. ......and bugger me it worked, I knew the guy who owned it......but when I saw it again it had a new owner, if he only knew!!!!! ( never trust people who say there scrapping the car soon and won't sell it on) What! Bodging just to get rid of it out of the garage eh? Blimey that's a first! :rotfl: In the late 70'S I had an Anglia van which I bought from a windmill repair man for £23.50. It was the most abused vehicle I ever had yet always got me home.Once the mechanical fuel pump packed up. Fortunately windscreen washers had become compulsory by then. I tipped the water out,got some petrol into the washer bottle, used the screen wash plastic pipe to the carb and drove home giving a couple of pumps on the washer button every now and then.:laugh: Excellent stuff....that would have been long squeezy push in the dash button then, the how did your thumb feel in the morning? :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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