ThreeSheds Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 A friend has just bought a single seat hill-climb car and (luckily) decided to strip it before driving it... There are multiple bodges (asymmetric rear suspension due to putting the tie rods on different sides of the upright for example) but this one I just had to photograph... it's the clutch cable: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 that probably started as a temp bodge to get them to the end of the day.... and when it worked promptly got forgotton.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 This is why I find it hard to contemplate buying any "kit" or "rebuild" partly or fully "finished", because people are animals and I'd have to strip it back to almost bare & check everything was pukka just for peace of mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy996 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I used to make quite a bit of beer money finishing off other people's kit cars. Very few were fault free first time, that's why Caterham and Westfield have post build checks as part of their build process. The clutch cable bodge is a classic example of "There's nothing more permanent than a temporary fix!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 6/16/2019 at 1:21 PM, ThreeSheds said: A friend has just bought a single seat hill-climb car and (luckily) decided to strip it before driving it... There are multiple bodges (asymmetric rear suspension due to putting the tie rods on different sides of the upright for example) but this one I just had to photograph... it's the clutch cable: I have just done something very similar to fix a very expensive cable on the mower! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Bodgetastic must of worked fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glue Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 It's an 8.8 Bolt, whats the problem? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I once built a cable like that to get me home from work when my throttle cable snapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I drove for months in my old cavalier with a clutch cable held together with a larger choc block, no issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 No problem, is there ? it works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 When my throttle cable snapped I stripped a bit of electrical cable out of someone's elses wiring loom and threaded it through the existing throttle cable sheath. Worked a treat I drove my offroader for months without brakes so a bodge is a step up on my usual level of effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Mate of mine arrived at work with another mate laying in the engine bay of his golf operating the throttle, he was driving with his head out the window to see round the bonnet and shout instructions... No, he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanco Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Reminds me of a video short I saw years ago of a bus in India I think, a stone had holed the rad, so a small boy was being held out front catching the water, and passing the jugs/pans to his Dad to empty back in the open rad cap!.... needs must I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 That's magnificent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I had to do something similar with a snapped throttle cable on a 12J while abroad, using a terminal block and some green coated garden wire. It was only temporary, but had to last a couple of months until I got back to the UK. It turned out to be so sound that it was a pig to remove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Loving all these bodgetastic tales... So glad I posted this now! Hear are some of mine and one of my dad's (but I'm afraid that they are not on the same level as some of those above): Brake bodge #1 (on the road to India in a Series II): Made a new union in a fractured brake pipe by flaring it with a centre punch. The previous 'fixer' had obviously had problems with vibration and had made a helical loop to allow for movement... This left enough spare for me to remake the joint. Interesting perhaps that it then lasted years so perhaps I had changed the resonat frequency by shortening it... Brake bodge #2 (on the road to India in a Series II): Sealed a fractured brake pipe (another one) by squashing the end and rolling it up a few turns... Tow started a S1 80" fitted with a SII diesel after the electrics caught fire, and drove it home (about thirty miles) with no lights... My dad once carried on after total lights failure on an overnight journey from Nottingham to Cornwall on a Square Four combo, with my mum on the back holding a torch over his shoulder. Luckily it was June, so was a short night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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