"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
04/29/2015 at 21:07 • Filed to: None
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"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs)
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Specially if you own an old car. Seriously, this shit saves lifes. I literally mended my Tipo's throttle linkage today with some duct tape and a couple paper clips. That's some McGyver shit, right there. Zipties, too, are the shit. I'd used them before, but mostly to keep fuse boxes and breakers in place after the original bolts had lost their thread, but never to afix moving parts to each other. Now, since I don't really trust duct tape to carry me around until I can get a replacement part on Friday, I drilled a couple small holes at the linkage base and used some zip ties to keep the cable in place.
Took me less than twenty minutes total for both repairs, I didn't get stranded on the sidewalk and I didn't spend any Money in towing and repair costs. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but really, that's why you should learn to wrench your own car.
jkm7680
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
04/29/2015 at 21:12 |
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Woooo for ghetto repairs!
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BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
> jkm7680
04/29/2015 at 21:15 |
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Haha, true, though I fortunately won't have to look very far for a replacement part as I bought an entire Tipo a while back for the exact purpose of taking parts.
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jkm7680
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
04/29/2015 at 21:17 |
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Haha, that’s a good plan.
CB
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
04/29/2015 at 21:20 |
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If she don’t find you handsome...
MrDakka
> jkm7680
04/29/2015 at 21:25 |
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Ghettotech is the pillar of engineering.
samssun
> BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
04/29/2015 at 21:43 |
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For $5-10, you can get a 500-1000 pack of zip ties that will last you for years. You’ll find all kinds of alternate uses, like different colored ones as markers for things (cable polarity, commonly used wrenches, etc). Then you’ll discover stainless steel ones, aka zip ties on steroids...
http://www.amazon.com/CargoLoc-32326…
http://www.amazon.com/Vktech-100pcs-…