What's your biggest Bodge? - Page 2

polinsteve · 6th June 2022, 18:22

When the fuel pump on my old Mk ll Ford Consul failed, i acheived a 20 odd mile trip home by using the push button windsreen washer pump. It was not very efficient but with various aching fingers I got home. It ruined the washer pump so I upgraded to electric. I changed the valve radio to a transistorised unit at the same time (an impulse buy while buying the electric pump at Cliffords of Brighton).

victorgte · 6th June 2022, 19:05

1985 bought an Austin Allegro 1100 deluxe.
Red with beige interior.
I can even remember the registration number OOL 236R. A 1976 car.

Oil light would flicker a bit on tick over when hot. A worn engine but it ran ok.

A "mate" suggested I put a can of STP in the oil to see if that helped. Me being young and stupid put in 4 cans. Light never came on again right up until the car was written off in a head on collision.

Live crash testing in those days. No dummies.

rrobson · 6th June 2022, 21:48

I crashed into my bonnet going through the start / finish line at spa a couple of years back.

Having driven the car there and without breakdown cover the only option was to chisel the windscreen out and drive around the local towns looking for a b&q type place who stocked some Perspex sheet.
Luckily I found somewhere so I hacksawed the rough shape out trackside and stuck it in with gaffer tape.
Thankfully I put the back wipers on because it rained on the way home…

You’ll also be happy to hear the car is still going with a new windscreen fitted and a donor roof ready to go on…

KWIL · 7th June 2022, 07:45

Farnborough Air Show many years ago. A stone punctured the radiator element in the Triumph Herald my brother in law was driving. Took the radiator cap off and filled hole with chewing gum. We got home 30 miles by careful driving with the heater full on and a little added water.

Ian G · 7th June 2022, 08:15

Ford 100e with N/S sill made from a 3" x 3" wooden fence post

BillyMG · 7th June 2022, 18:10

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Originally Posted by rrobson

I crashed into my bonnet going through the start / finish line at spa a couple of years back.

Having driven the car there and without breakdown cover the only option was to chisel the windscreen out and drive around the local towns looking for a b&q type place who stocked some Perspex sheet.
Luckily I found somewhere so I hacksawed the rough shape out trackside and stuck it in with gaffer tape.
Thankfully I put the back wipers on because it rained on the way home…

You’ll also be happy to hear the car is still going with a new windscreen fitted and a donor roof ready to go on…

You've won it for me mate that's some brilliant bodgering !!!

v-man · 7th June 2022, 19:07

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Originally Posted by BillyMG

You've won it for me mate that's some brilliant bodgering !!!

For the story on that 25 see - https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=224545 and yes agreed Reece did come up with a clever solution.

polinsteve · 9th June 2022, 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by cbr1100xx

Me dad once had a little nissan sunny and forgot about the mot, when he realised that it had run out,took it to the local garage where it failed on a rusty sill.
Back home , got an old biscuit tin out of the shed , folded it over 3 or 4 times and pop rivetted it on.
Bit of filler , coat of underseal and back to the garage within a hour.
Passed with flying colours but the tester was a bit baffled as to how he welded so quick and made it look so neat and tidy.

Stan

I found my Duckhams oil cans did a good job on the floor of my Consul. However, just to be sure I bonded mine with fibreglass matting with another layer under the carpet.

bl52krz · 10th June 2022, 10:00

My only bodge was on my Vauxhall shovit. On the way with my friend in his Allegro, Aahhh the memories, going to Rhyl for the day with the kids, and noticed when stopped at traffic lights, steam coming from under the bonnet. Stopped the other side of lights, lifted the bonnet, and found that the one core plug had deleloped a hole in it. Oh sugar. Don’t carry spare core plugs funnily enough. Walked down the road looking for a piece of metal big enough to cut a core plug from. Found a piece after about five minutes later. Cut a circle slightly larger than the core plug, and tried it in the cavity on top of the old one. I had got some epoxy resin in the boot from another job on a friend’s car, so used some on the back of patch, and then fitted and hammered the patch in, more in hope than certainty. That patch was still there when I scrapped the car around five years later.Never leaked. That is the only bodge I can ever remember doing.

Norman2CV · 10th June 2022, 10:57

I had a customer bring a 2CV in to me complaining of heavy steering and wandering cornering. it turned out that someone had rendered the underside of the rotten chassis with cement and sprayed it with shultz underseal ! When i lifted the bodyshell off the chassis a tape measure showed the axles were over an inch and quarter out of parallel ! ! It left my workshop with a shiny new galvanised chassis.

6th June 2022, 19:05	#12
victorgte I really should get out more....... MGTF, MGZT, Range Rover Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 2,802 Thanks: 395 Thanked 633 Times in 446 Posts	1985 bought an Austin Allegro 1100 deluxe. Red with beige interior. I can even remember the registration number OOL 236R. A 1976 car. Oil light would flicker a bit on tick over when hot. A worn engine but it ran ok. A "mate" suggested I put a can of STP in the oil to see if that helped. Me being young and stupid put in 4 cans. Light never came on again right up until the car was written off in a head on collision. Live crash testing in those days. No dummies. __________________ MG TF 135, MG ZT, Range Rover P38

6th June 2022, 21:48	#13
rrobson I really should get out more....... 75 tourer cdti, MG ZS 180, nissan terrano & 1.8t rover 25 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pontefract Posts: 2,643 Thanks: 17 Thanked 295 Times in 218 Posts	I crashed into my bonnet going through the start / finish line at spa a couple of years back. Having driven the car there and without breakdown cover the only option was to chisel the windscreen out and drive around the local towns looking for a b&q type place who stocked some Perspex sheet. Luckily I found somewhere so I hacksawed the rough shape out trackside and stuck it in with gaffer tape. Thankfully I put the back wipers on because it rained on the way home… You’ll also be happy to hear the car is still going with a new windscreen fitted and a donor roof ready to go on… __________________ How to view a car - everything you need to help you inspect a used car VIS motor tester avalible to local members Injector removal tool and auto gearbox pressure tester now available

7th June 2022, 08:15	#15
Ian G This is my second home Small Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Land of the Eel Posts: 6,315 Thanks: 2,328 Thanked 2,991 Times in 1,431 Posts	Ford 100e with N/S sill made from a 3" x 3" wooden fence post __________________ The man behind redfive

10th June 2022, 10:00	#19
bl52krz This is my second home Rover 75 cdt club + Rover 2.5 KV6 Conni SE Join Date: May 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 11,386 Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 2,262 Times in 1,729 Posts	My only bodge was on my Vauxhall shovit. On the way with my friend in his Allegro, Aahhh the memories, going to Rhyl for the day with the kids, and noticed when stopped at traffic lights, steam coming from under the bonnet. Stopped the other side of lights, lifted the bonnet, and found that the one core plug had deleloped a hole in it. Oh sugar. Don’t carry spare core plugs funnily enough. Walked down the road looking for a piece of metal big enough to cut a core plug from. Found a piece after about five minutes later. Cut a circle slightly larger than the core plug, and tried it in the cavity on top of the old one. I had got some epoxy resin in the boot from another job on a friend’s car, so used some on the back of patch, and then fitted and hammered the patch in, more in hope than certainty. That patch was still there when I scrapped the car around five years later.Never leaked. That is the only bodge I can ever remember doing. __________________ Great Barr, Birmingham.

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6th June 2022, 18:22	#11
polinsteve Gets stuck in 75 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: UCKFIELD Posts: 502 Thanks: 35 Thanked 122 Times in 85 Posts	When the fuel pump on my old Mk ll Ford Consul failed, i acheived a 20 odd mile trip home by using the push button windsreen washer pump. It was not very efficient but with various aching fingers I got home. It ruined the washer pump so I upgraded to electric. I changed the valve radio to a transistorised unit at the same time (an impulse buy while buying the electric pump at Cliffords of Brighton).

7th June 2022, 07:45	#14
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,952 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	Farnborough Air Show many years ago. A stone punctured the radiator element in the Triumph Herald my brother in law was driving. Took the radiator cap off and filled hole with chewing gum. We got home 30 miles by careful driving with the heater full on and a little added water.

10th June 2022, 10:57	#20
Norman2CV Regular poster Rover 75 Saloon. Pre Production. Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: Callington Posts: 90 Thanks: 40 Thanked 72 Times in 25 Posts	I had a customer bring a 2CV in to me complaining of heavy steering and wandering cornering. it turned out that someone had rendered the underside of the rotten chassis with cement and sprayed it with shultz underseal ! When i lifted the bodyshell off the chassis a tape measure showed the axles were over an inch and quarter out of parallel ! ! It left my workshop with a shiny new galvanised chassis.