What's your best jimmy rig?

FiveLiter · 03-20-2004, 10:10 PM

Me and a couple of buddies were in the garage bs'ing around and we started talking about this. I'm talking about when you use your mad McGuyver skills to come up with a temporary (or not, for that matter lol) fix for a problem.

One of mine: I lost the clips that hold the fan shroud to the radiator so I looked around in my toolbox and found some nylon zip ties. I tied the fan shroud up to the radiator with them. :jeff:

What are some of yours?

**AdRock** · 03-20-2004, 11:34 PM

When i was in Wyoming going to school one of the guys was gonna trade in his car for a lesser payment but the thermostat was stuck shut. You couldn't drive it more than 5 minutes before it would heat up. So we decided to change it out before going over there, then Murphy's Law took over. Both bolts holding the housing on snapped. So rather than go through all the hassle of drilling it out just to get it to the dealer we got some JB Weld and pretty much sealed the new thermostat in there permanently. Then we put a little of the weld on the end of each bolt and stuck them back in the holes in the housing. After letting it sit for 2 days we filled it up, low and behold it held perfectly. I that thermostat ever goes out the person that owns it is screwed.

CHips · 03-21-2004, 12:55 AM

i used electrical tape to hold one of my rifles together

**bighoss88lx** · 03-21-2004, 01:08 AM

Soda cans to splice exhaust pipe together has to be one of my worst ones I guess. I've used zip ties on a lot of stuff, but they do that in NASCAR for a lot of stuff.

The Blue Beast · 03-21-2004, 01:46 AM

most of mine deal with paintball stuff... none with cars... sorry

V6Alex · 03-21-2004, 02:00 AM

ha, using almost a quarter roll of duct tape to attach an intake hose to my blower and to keep it from collapsing. :d'oh:

no more duct tape now.

dcm4136 · 03-21-2004, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FiveLiter

Me and a couple of buddies were in the garage bs'ing around and we started talking about this. I'm talking about when you use your mad McGuyver skills to come up with a temporary (or not, for that matter lol) fix for a problem.

One of mine: I lost the clips that hold the fan shroud to the radiator so I looked around in my toolbox and found some nylon zip ties. I tied the fan shroud up to the radiator with them. :jeff:

What are some of yours?

Try holding your fan shroud on with electrical tape ( I left the zip ties at home that day). This weekend we ziptied my buddies hood shut when his hood latch broke. then he drove to houston with it like that. :d'oh:

Hammered · 03-21-2004, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FiveLiter

Me and a couple of buddies were in the garage bs'ing around and we started talking about this. I'm talking about when you use your mad McGuyver skills to come up with a temporary (or not, for that matter lol) fix for a problem.

One of mine: I lost the clips that hold the fan shroud to the radiator so I looked around in my toolbox and found some nylon zip ties. I tied the fan shroud up to the radiator with them. :jeff:

What are some of yours?

When we got Jess's LX it had eletrical wire holding the shroud to the radiator..Nice neet little knots...I fixed that quickly..

streetstang03 · 03-22-2004, 08:13 PM

I used a coat hanger to hold up the right side exhaust pipe of my old stang to keep it from ratteling around till I could get it to the shop after the hanger broke!! :flag:

enouf4u · 03-22-2004, 09:57 PM

the best one i seen was a fule rail that was held down by a sping.

**bandit** · 03-22-2004, 10:05 PM

best one i've seen would be on my first car.

my old '87 Lebarron.

for some reason the parking break never really worked. well one day i was under it changing the oil and i noticed a bungie-cord... and guess what.. it was patching together a broken parking break cord. O_o no wonder it didn't work.. damn bungie cord stretches... parking break cord is NOT supposed to streatch!

but i thought it was rather funny.

-jeff

joestang96 · 03-22-2004, 10:23 PM

when i had my '96 i went to bradzoil to get my inspection sticker, the guy told me he couldnt pass me until i got a full-length exhaust(with the tail pipe coming out the bumper).. because he had seen that i had cut the pipes after the cats... anyway, $ and time were an issue so i went home and luckily i still had the muffler and pipes so i just hung it using the stock exhaust hangers and some exhaust tape and a shirt hanger.. and the guy passed me. (the ghetto rig barely held up, but fortunately it wasn't a long drive)

and because im so cheap and half-ass at everything i do.... it seems like everything i own is rigged somehow or another.
:d'oh:

ZYMACH1 · 03-23-2004, 10:48 AM

i once used jb weld to fix my cracked starter on my old LT1...talk about ghetto...

2k4mk1 · 03-23-2004, 02:54 PM

Electrical tape around a radiator hose.
Beats walking home in te middle of the night.

redrum · 03-23-2004, 06:56 PM

when the hood was stolen off my car, the top part of the hoodlatch was stolen as well, so the safety hoodlatch wouldnt work anymore, just the cable release part... so we jimmied a cable thru the fiberglass of the hood and put a masterlock on it to make sure it wouldnt fly up and hit the windshield... glad those ghetto days are over... whew.

03-20-2004, 10:10 PM	#1
FiveLiter Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 270 Trader Rating: (0)	What's your best jimmy rig? Me and a couple of buddies were in the garage bs'ing around and we started talking about this. I'm talking about when you use your mad McGuyver skills to come up with a temporary (or not, for that matter lol) fix for a problem. One of mine: I lost the clips that hold the fan shroud to the radiator so I looked around in my toolbox and found some nylon zip ties. I tied the fan shroud up to the radiator with them. :jeff: What are some of yours? __________________ 1993 5.0 LX Coupe Stock.

03-20-2004, 11:34 PM	#2
AdRock If you hate me, then read my sig Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On The Move Posts: 5,415 Trader Rating: (5)	When i was in Wyoming going to school one of the guys was gonna trade in his car for a lesser payment but the thermostat was stuck shut. You couldn't drive it more than 5 minutes before it would heat up. So we decided to change it out before going over there, then Murphy's Law took over. Both bolts holding the housing on snapped. So rather than go through all the hassle of drilling it out just to get it to the dealer we got some JB Weld and pretty much sealed the new thermostat in there permanently. Then we put a little of the weld on the end of each bolt and stuck them back in the holes in the housing. After letting it sit for 2 days we filled it up, low and behold it held perfectly. I that thermostat ever goes out the person that owns it is screwed. __________________ '02 Stang GT Just cause you don't understand what's going on ...don't mean it don't make no sense And just cause you don't like it,...don't mean it aint no good And let me tell you something Before you go taking a walk in my world,...you better take a look at the real world Cause this aint no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Can you say "feel like shit?"Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit I aint happy about it, but I'd rather feel like shit than be full of shit! And if I offended you, Oh I'm sorry, But, maybe you need to be offended But here's my apology and one more thing........Fuck you! Cause you can't bring me down

03-21-2004, 01:08 AM	#4
bighoss88lx Killing is my Business...And Business is Good! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Elmendorf, Tejas Posts: 5,960 Trader Rating: (1)	Soda cans to splice exhaust pipe together has to be one of my worst ones I guess. I've used zip ties on a lot of stuff, but they do that in NASCAR for a lot of stuff. __________________ 1988 Mustang LX

03-21-2004, 01:46 AM	#5
The Blue Beast xploder Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helotes, Texas Posts: 2,388 Trader Rating: (0)	most of mine deal with paintball stuff... none with cars... sorry __________________ -Patrick

03-22-2004, 08:13 PM	#9
streetstang03 GO SPURS GO!! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: HOME OF THE 2005 NBA WORLD CHAMP SPURS!! Posts: 343 Trader Rating: (1)	I used a coat hanger to hold up the right side exhaust pipe of my old stang to keep it from ratteling around till I could get it to the shop after the hanger broke!! :flag: __________________ FOR SALE!! $7400 OBO! 2000 Mustang GT (Black) Mods: FRPP C-Springs, KYB GR-2 struts, KYB Gas-A-Just shocks, C&L TrueFlow 85mm inlet pipe w/ open K&N filter, Flowmaster 40's Looks/Fun Stuff: Mustangtuning.com black headlights, Mustangtuning.com crystal clear foglights, Chrome 17x9 03 Cobra wheels (275/40/17s on all four), shortie antenna, NR white face gauges, Bullitt fuel door, Bullitt grill, white bumper inserts Click Here for More Info!

03-21-2004, 12:55 AM	#3
CHips Elitist Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,587 Trader Rating: (1)	i used electrical tape to hold one of my rifles together

03-21-2004, 02:00 AM	#6
V6Alex my 6 > my cobra Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: san antonio Posts: 354 Trader Rating: (0)	ha, using almost a quarter roll of duct tape to attach an intake hose to my blower and to keep it from collapsing. :d'oh: no more duct tape now.

03-22-2004, 09:57 PM	#10
enouf4u karma Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: new braunfels Posts: 745 Trader Rating: (0)	the best one i seen was a fule rail that was held down by a sping. __________________ AKA-Blewbullitt

03-22-2004, 10:05 PM	#11
bandit ☆★lSs★☆ Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cibolo, TX Posts: 15,187 Trader Rating: (0)	best one i've seen would be on my first car. my old '87 Lebarron. for some reason the parking break never really worked. well one day i was under it changing the oil and i noticed a bungie-cord... and guess what.. it was patching together a broken parking break cord. O_o no wonder it didn't work.. damn bungie cord stretches... parking break cord is NOT supposed to streatch! but i thought it was rather funny. -jeff __________________ LSS Member #22

03-22-2004, 10:23 PM	#12
joestang96 trojan man! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Worth / Longview TX Posts: 3,328 Trader Rating: (0)	when i had my '96 i went to bradzoil to get my inspection sticker, the guy told me he couldnt pass me until i got a full-length exhaust(with the tail pipe coming out the bumper).. because he had seen that i had cut the pipes after the cats... anyway, $ and time were an issue so i went home and luckily i still had the muffler and pipes so i just hung it using the stock exhaust hangers and some exhaust tape and a shirt hanger.. and the guy passed me. (the ghetto rig barely held up, but fortunately it wasn't a long drive) and because im so cheap and half-ass at everything i do.... it seems like everything i own is rigged somehow or another. :d'oh: __________________ 2001 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6-R 2000 Mustang GT Bassani o/r x-pipe, flowmaster catback, 75mm tb & plenum, eibach sportlines, pro 5.0 shifter, k&n myspace

03-23-2004, 10:48 AM	#13
ZYMACH1 MY GF SAIDS I'M BORING Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SAN ANTONIO, TX Posts: 1,658 Trader Rating: (0)	i once used jb weld to fix my cracked starter on my old LT1...talk about ghetto... __________________ 03 ZINC YELLOW MACH 1 RIP MODS: 4.10's K&N Aircharger MAC UCA's & LCA's MAC O/R X Spintech Mufflers Superchips Microtuner Yeah it's automatic NEW RIDE 2004 TORRID RED GTO MODS: XPIPE DYNOMAX BULLETS HSW 150 SHOT NITTO DRAGS FAST INTAKE TUNE CAM AND NO, IT'S A 6-SPEED

03-23-2004, 02:54 PM	#14
2k4mk1 DONT HATE ME CUZ YOU AINT ME!!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: SanAntonio Posts: 6,376 Trader Rating: (2)	Electrical tape around a radiator hose. Beats walking home in te middle of the night. __________________ 04 Oxford White MACH1,5 SPD with IUP,K&NAircharger Borla Stingers,SLP Catted X pipe,Tri-ax,SCT Flashtune,Max Mtr Spt 4 bolt adj C/C plates, Drilled/Slotted rotors all 4 corners 281 rwhp on Mustang Dyno,306 rwhp on a Dynojet 94 Black Lightning Daily Driver&85GT FACH1 Project under construction

03-23-2004, 06:56 PM	#15
redrum ...So I dub thee Unforgiven. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Aggieland & SATX Posts: 8,261 Trader Rating: (0)	when the hood was stolen off my car, the top part of the hoodlatch was stolen as well, so the safety hoodlatch wouldnt work anymore, just the cable release part... so we jimmied a cable thru the fiberglass of the hood and put a masterlock on it to make sure it wouldnt fly up and hit the windshield... glad those ghetto days are over... whew. __________________

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