Strange and Unusual temporary or permanent repairs

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:12 pm

Got into a fairly humorous discussion at the parts store the other day about odd methods of repair

I think the strangest sounding one that I've used was:

Fixed a gas tank leak (dime sized puncture hole) on my old ford with a bar of ivory soap

Then forgot about it and drove around with it like that for 3 days

So what weirdness do you fellers have patched up?

List:
JJH-- Ivory soap patching hole in gas tank
Tom-- Panty Hose tying door shut
cgass--Reattached borrowed vehicles muffler and exhaust with handcuffs and zipties
infernicus-- Plastic, ziptied and ducked CV boots
infernicus-- ratchet strapped R&P
gtommec-- jump box battery
ramble-- Ford Tempo doorlock -shed door sliding bolt lock, and some sheet metal screws
2006 KJ-- log and ratchet strap broken axle "keeper"

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:17 pm

Had to tie my door shut ( well passenger door on a 55 Ford) with my then girlfriends panty hose when the latch broke, next day was Sunday never thought about it until we were walking out of church and there they were blowing in the wind....................
there's others but well :oops:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:26 pm

get enough people responding and we may just have to have a Poll with a prize lol

cgass · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:40 pm

Borrowed my friends 88 Thunderbird and had the muffler and exhaust fall off. Reattached it with a couple pairs of handcuffs and a zip tie. Worked for about 36 hours before I could get it fixed.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:49 pm

This is the probably the sketchiest one i've seen:
http://www.break.com/index/no-wheel-no-problem-1973198

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:02 pm

cgass - haha that's kinky....

as for the tree holding up the trailer

i've done that, and seen it done for broken rear axles and what not while driving home using the front diff to pull along

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:03 pm

Ohhh man, here we goooooo.

This one isn't so bad.

Torn CV boot? No problem!

Nothing a little heavy duty plastic, zip ties and gaffers tape cant fix!

Break a weld on your Rack and Pinion? Ratchet straps work great!

I don't know why I fixed it though.. The straps worked for over 1,000 miles.. :shock:

I thought I had a better shot, I'd have to look for it.
Here is a video coming out of the trail before "fixing" it with the straps.
http://youtu.be/KcECmCdc99M

cgass · **Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:15 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

cgass - haha that's kinky....

Ha, it's not as bad as it sounds. I use them for work (security).

gtommec · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:05 pm

back when I was like 16 or 17 I had a Pontiac Sunbird and my alternator went out on me, I had a new alternator but needed to get home to my tools so I drove until my battery was dead and then I took the power wire off of my amp in the trunk and hooked it to my jump box and drove the rest of the way home using my jump box for power.

eyehatetofu · **Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:08 pm

infernicus wrote:

Break a weld on your Rack and Pinion? Ratchet straps work great!

I don't know why I fixed it though.. The straps worked for over 1,000 miles.. :shock:

Hahahaha. I did the same thing a couple months ago. Broke the R&P on a washboarded out dirt road, and all I had in the Jeep were some heavy duty cam-lock straps. The temp fix worked quite well. Drove around all week until I could swap out the busted steering rack. :JEEPIN:

ramlebliberty · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:18 pm

I had a 86' ford tempo and after taking a mercedes to the rear passenger side, the door wouldn't close anymore... Solution, a run to home depot and a shed door sliding bolt lock, and some sheet metal screws! :SOMBRERO:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

Oh man I just saw this and have to run to work, many great stories of a old Chevy truck named "Pig" that was my best buds and to this day still holds a warm place in our hearts :jester:

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:43 pm

ive used a ratchet strap and 3 inch thick log to hold in a tire/wheel after breaking a rear axle. hahaha. got it off the trail. thank the lord for a locker

like this but with a log

NewOldTimer · **Posted:** Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:14 pm

A friend of mine had an old Datsun 510 that he beat the snot out of off road.
The "door locks" were the pin latch type door locks that you'd find on the doors of a public restroom.

They served a dual purpose as door locks, and also served to keep the doors from opening
as the stock latches didn't work either. :ROTFL:

candpliberty · **Posted:** Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:00 am

I drove an old retired Meister Brau Ford beer truck as a kid. In a down pour rain storm, the wipers quit. Did the string out both vent wings and had the co pilot run the string back and forth. Worked like a charm!!!!

gtommec · **Posted:** Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:24 am

a couple years ago at Uwharrie while coming out of the soup bowl I had a strut spacer fail turning my Tracker into a Delorean. We ratchet strapped my strut back into place (without a spring) so I could drive it back down off of the trail to the trail head and load it up on the trailer.

sorry no pics of the fix though

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:57 pm

i did this to a friends 95 Dodge Neon. belt to the alternator broke and it was after the time on a Sunday that parts stores were open. So we charged up the battery and tied a pair of panty hose around the pulleys nice and tight. Guess what it worked for about 10 miles to get them home. I had seen it in a movie couldn't believe it really worked

slipinkramer · **Joined:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:00 pm **Posts:** 43

The 3" log and ratchet strap beats all! 2006 KJ, my hat is off to you.

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