Koda

Good sheetmetal work. I think I would've just made a bracket for the strut and ran square tube to someplace solid to bolt onto, but yours will look fixed right.

oldstata

I actually didn't fix this. I believe the owner did, I have my own concerns of this repair as to alignment specs and such. This. Was on a face book group and I have never seen a strut tower rot out like this before

oldsguybry

Depending on what the rest of the car looked like I probably would have done the same thing . Concerns about specs and other things of that nature go right out the window when that's the only car you have and can't afford another one . I'm not sure if that's the reason this guy did this repair but it looks pretty good to me . I'm not sure if it's " Wall of Shame " worthy .

Koda

I agree. Sometimes you can wing something by just building to where the car wants the part to be, but it's never going to be right. Best thing to do would have been to walk away; second best would be weld in an entire apron panel.

costpenn

Here's a Olds specific contender. Found this little gem during head bolt clean up my 71 350. Looks like someone didn't know you can just leave the stud alone if not used, or the guy didn't have a deep socket.

Rocketguy

I saw this in the salvage yard yesterday:

MDchanic

Is that an S-10 Blazer wheel?

- Eric

Funkwagon455

Depending on where one was when the tire failed, you might have done the same thing. IE: Bad neighborhood at night, in the desert with no phone/signal, getting chased by brain starved zombies!!

66 Olznut

I'm gonna guess mid 90s Tahoe.

Rocketguy

It's a six lugger. I'm guessing early '00s Tahoe Suburban

oldsguybry

My guess would be the zombies !

svnt442

I'm thinkin' high speed chase on a blown tire.

johncj5

I don't know if this is "Wall of Shame" worthy.
It's just trail fix... a broken main leaf clamped to the rest of the leaf pack to get my Jeep out of the woods and home, and then to get the spring replaced.

Professur

Nothing Fail about that. Fail would be if the clamps were rusted.

marxjunk

man..you need brake lines....stretching it like that..bad mojo...fixing the spring...nice

oldsguybry

OR if he had it held together with a coat hanger or something

Wait until I post some pics on my Buick .

76olds

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I never liked that truck anyway haha !!

johncj5

That's the e-brake cable that looks stretched due to the angle of the pic.
I sold that Jeep a few years ago, but I keep those clamps in the one I still have in case I break another spring.

cutlassjoe

In high school a buddy of mine had an old Ford F-150. The power steering pump leaked. His solution was...every other day he would put in a large McDonalds chocolate shake. the stuff was so thick it would work for a couple of days. When the pump would start to whine he would just refill it. It was hilarious because you could smell the shake in the cab of the truck. She was pretty much on her last leg and full of rust. Within a few weeks she went to the wreckers...

marxjunk

i see.....

oldsguybry

At least SOMEONE finally found a use for a McDonalds shake that doesn't require a trip to the bathroom .

oldstata

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See anything wrong ? Hahah

76olds

Somebody's husband will be going nuts after they see that. Haha, good pic!!

MDchanic

Or somebody's wife will be yucking it up with her friends about "Mr. Fix-It."

- Eric

oldstata

Not sure on this one if it qualify' sir not may need to zoom out n on the pic look at the zip ties

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ostie13

with a motor as perty as that who needs a hood. Probably blew off.

oldstata

If you zoom in their is a box end wrench sticking up and zip ties holding rad support to box end wrench

marxjunk

ive done worse with zip ties...just sayin'

MDchanic

Had a buddy whose starter motor was zip-tied to the block of his Toyota pickup about 20 years ago.
The starter on those is held straight into an indexed flange with 2 bolts, so the axial force provided by the two zip-ties through the bolt holes was enough to do the job fine.

- Eric

Gary M

Hood must have been zip tied on too.
Shopping list:
1. Hood
2. Bigger zip ties

oldstata

I am just curious if he welded the wrench into the manifold or bolted it to the block

droldsmorland

As the "other" Eric says..."Theres nothing cant be solved with suitable amounts of explosives"

rjohnson442

If he had a welder I don't think he would be using zip ties lol.
Cousin had a Plymouth breeze and it was a two man job to start the car for a couple months, one to turn the key and one to hold the starter in place.

marxjunk

i have zip ties that are almost 4 feet long and 1/2 wide.......im willing to donate them if someone does something really dangerous with them....oh..on their car...no weird stuff...i aint into weird stuff..i cant be responsible for weird stuff going on..

76olds

I prefer AA batteries. That keeps er' motor runnin'.

Put-r-ther

oldstata

Found this today lol

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Asked if they wanted it replace no charge for labor just a new filter was advised but I could fix the old one as its not that dirty

Response

Really your saying my brother who is a mechanic installed it wrong ? Well I don't think so there is obviously a reason he installed it that way put it back just as you found it


Hahaha

oldstata

hummmm in a pinch and you couldn't find anything better ?
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rjohnson442

Ahh ha ha! That must be the original design for those fuses that light up when it blows so you know which one it is.

oldstata

Imagine driving next to this guy doing 80 in a construction zone


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MDchanic

Seriously? That is amazing.

Where did you get that photo? Did you take it yourself? Was someone actually driving that car?

Wow.

- Eric