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zuluzeugma
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Thought of another one: This one might take the cake...
If you have a piston ring that is not sealing up at all, pull that piston, take the rings out, get some single core copper wire (home wiring) and slip it in the grove where the rings should go. If you are hardcore, make two rings. Hammer this piston back into the cyl. The engine will howl like all hell is breaking loose for about 30 minutes, but once the copper seats, its as good as new...
If you have a piston ring that is not sealing up at all, pull that piston, take the rings out, get some single core copper wire (home wiring) and slip it in the grove where the rings should go. If you are hardcore, make two rings. Hammer this piston back into the cyl. The engine will howl like all hell is breaking loose for about 30 minutes, but once the copper seats, its as good as new...
...Thread over we have a winner Mace
That's pretty hilarious. My roommate looked at me like I had 3 heads after I explained why I was laughing so hard.
More, more!!
The body mount for the back of the cab rotted off on my '84 xcab, so this is how I fixed it:
Scrap strip of aluminum and a piece of PT wood, bolted to the inside of the fram rail.
The EGR valve was busted on the 22R, so I blocked it off with a gasket I made from a Guinness can.
I've done the pepper in the radiator, welding with batteries & coat hanger, and starter fluid to seat a tire.
Scrap strip of aluminum and a piece of PT wood, bolted to the inside of the fram rail.
The EGR valve was busted on the 22R, so I blocked it off with a gasket I made from a Guinness can.
I've done the pepper in the radiator, welding with batteries & coat hanger, and starter fluid to seat a tire.
Fuel supply failure in Moab - red wire to battery connected to green wire to the fuel pump and vise grips on throttle to provide adequate idle. Looks more redneck than it was.
(Maybe not. )
(Maybe not.
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kling-on
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I did the ball point pen spring on the carb for a return spring and then to fixs broken fuel line with the pen
I jumped my truck mashed the gas and broke the throtal cable ..clamped it back the gas pedal with vicegrips
broke a spring shackle mount used the winch cable to "re"attach it to the frame
had a buddy brake all his 4 link and spring mounts from one side of his buggy and also used the winch cable to pull it all back on to get it to the trailer
used mud to reseat a tire bead
shoe laces for a fan belt
I will think of more later I'm sure
I jumped my truck mashed the gas and broke the throtal cable ..clamped it back the gas pedal with vicegrips
broke a spring shackle mount used the winch cable to "re"attach it to the frame
had a buddy brake all his 4 link and spring mounts from one side of his buggy and also used the winch cable to pull it all back on to get it to the trailer
used mud to reseat a tire bead
shoe laces for a fan belt
I will think of more later I'm sure
p.s can somebody explain why the soap did not melt from the gas?just curious.
Soap is insoluable (doesn't disolve) in hydrocarbons(gasoline) only in a polar solution like water!!! Same reason Go-Jo cleans grease off your hands better than bar soap. Type of Solvent!
I was gonna submit the soap bar trick but Vip beat me to it...
My Cuz & I were camping on the Grand Mesa with our families in western CO ages ago & the hydraulic line for the clutch in his 327 FJ40 fried on the exhaust manifold when he was on a trail. For some reason he had a climbing rope along, so he tied it to the release fork, brought it back underneath & through the hatch, & was declutching on the trail by hauling on the rope.
We took the hose off when he got back to camp & trolled Grand Junction for a parts place that had an exact replacement. Ended up going to a farm equipment shop & they fabbed up a new one using the old ends.
Friend of the family's dad would empty the cooling system on one of his cars, put in water & Drano, warm up the engine & then drain it out & flush it. He'd then re-use the Drano water on the next car. Really cleans out the rust & scale & livens up dead hoses!
My dad would change oil by first draining out the old & then filling up the crankcase with diesel. He'd start the engine for a minute, then drain out the diesel. Then he'd put in the new oil. Gets rid of sludge!
My Cuz & I were camping on the Grand Mesa with our families in western CO ages ago & the hydraulic line for the clutch in his 327 FJ40 fried on the exhaust manifold when he was on a trail. For some reason he had a climbing rope along, so he tied it to the release fork, brought it back underneath & through the hatch, & was declutching on the trail by hauling on the rope.
We took the hose off when he got back to camp & trolled Grand Junction for a parts place that had an exact replacement. Ended up going to a farm equipment shop & they fabbed up a new one using the old ends.
Friend of the family's dad would empty the cooling system on one of his cars, put in water & Drano, warm up the engine & then drain it out & flush it. He'd then re-use the Drano water on the next car. Really cleans out the rust & scale & livens up dead hoses!
My dad would change oil by first draining out the old & then filling up the crankcase with diesel. He'd start the engine for a minute, then drain out the diesel. Then he'd put in the new oil. Gets rid of sludge!
How do you bend plastic?
I would of wrapped it with a few coat hangers first, them the tape.
zuluzeugma
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Remembered this one: I actually just suggested this to someone else in a different thread a few days back and forgot all about putting it in this thread...
If you're radiator is overheating consistently and its just because you're pulling a load or in the mountains, put a copper tube above the RAD with little holes in it. Connect that tube to a hose connected to a 2L soda bottle filled with water under your left foot. Whenever it starts getting hot, stomp on the bottle which will spray water on the rad cooling it significantly instantaneously...
This trick will limp home almost any overheating problem. This can be amended for whatever materials you have. You esentially make your rad into a swamp cooler...
Hope no one ever has to use this, but it does work.
If you're radiator is overheating consistently and its just because you're pulling a load or in the mountains, put a copper tube above the RAD with little holes in it. Connect that tube to a hose connected to a 2L soda bottle filled with water under your left foot. Whenever it starts getting hot, stomp on the bottle which will spray water on the rad cooling it significantly instantaneously...
This trick will limp home almost any overheating problem. This can be amended for whatever materials you have. You esentially make your rad into a swamp cooler...
Hope no one ever has to use this, but it does work.
ntsqd
technerd
Used to be that you could buy kits to do this. Bet JCW still has them hidden in some dark corner of their catalog.....
You can also use cable ties if you're a flip-flopper.
That painted tape...
And my motor dolly...
And my motor dolly...
I had the long (should have been cut flush) ends of one of the front u-bolts break off way out on a trail. The axel was just sliding back and forth along the spring.
I took my winch line and wrapped it around the spring and the axel housing and cinched it up. I had no travel at all but the axel housing stayed put on the spring and I made it home OK.
I took my winch line and wrapped it around the spring and the axel housing and cinched it up. I had no travel at all but the axel housing stayed put on the spring and I made it home OK.
Broke the egr pipe when we were putting the headers on so we made a new one out of 3/8" pipe. I have a new one now just have not put it on yet. This one works pretty good.
Got me home 9 hours away.Also the rear diff was going out the whole way.Fun weekend.
Chicago wins!
