The Wall of Shame

[ToyotaMatt]

 

[tweek99]

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Nothing says "I shouldn't be doing any wiring" like pinch splices

 

[jjenloe]

I use an exacto knife to clean the edge, and a 1/8” drill bit on a slow setting down the middle of the stopper. The whole operation usually takes less than a minute.

Will it run correctly with a hole in it?

 

[ToyotaMatt]

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[ToyotaMatt]

 

[65swb45]

Will it run correctly with a hole in it?

The thicker part of the stopper is a half inch long. Drilling at slow speed thbit should catch and spin the stopper after about an 1/8”

 

[jjenloe]

The thicker part of the stopper is a half inch long. Drilling at slow speed thbit should catch and spin the stopper after about an 1/8”

That worked. Thank you!

 

[65swb45]

That worked. Thank you!



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[YODA 88 62]

Always check your fluids before driving a poorly maintained rig with no top or shifter cover.

Homemade power steering conversion.

 

[65swb45]

Front wheel drive shift fork that came off the collar…THE HARD WAY!

Not only is the fork worn 2/3s of the way through, the upper half is rotated about 20 degrees away from the collar!

I actually saw this happen once before, about 25 years ago, on the trail.

You know you’ve been around a long time when you start seeing really weird, obscure sheit TWICE!

 

[Catching Neutral]

Thats why they call it the “practice of medicine”
for guys like you it should be called the “ practice of Landcruiser “

 

[65swb45]

The next contribution is one I’ve seen far too often over the last 37 years. Flatbed tow truck drops off a rig, I casually look under it while they’re disconnecting the big meat hooks they use to anchor the rig, and tell the driver that they owe the customer (or me) a new brake line or two plus labor because they crushed the old ones with the hooks.

 

[h82crash]

Maybe one should find out how to pull the shift lever before hacking up the transmission cover. And, how many holes are enough for a bikini or soft top?

 

[sggoat]

My old 67 had a wood carb insulator... Wow

well, wood is a good insulator------

 

[corcel]

Maybe one should find out how to pull the shift lever before hacking up the transmission cover. And, how many holes are enough for a bikini or soft top?

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Yikes, this looks like a weld job that I would do

 

[Pitter Patter]

90% done with the passenger floor pan, lots of rot over there and a fiberglass patch but nothing too unusual. Then- Moved over to the driver side and realized the older I get, the more I dislike some people. I’ve never seen anything like it. A pan, on top of the original pan. But wait there’s more! They also used patch pieces under and over that pan, they welded, riveted, used tape, caulk, bondo, and my favorite… two different types of industrial adhesive to glue the pans together. They had the stones to put on sound deadening that looks OEMish~ And painted over it to hide their work. Took me five hours of carefully peeling back the layers so I could get to a good starting point for a proper repair. This is honestly the worst body work and cover up I’ve ever seen.

Shameful. Unconscionable.

 

[65swb45]

Wow! Reminds me of that old labor rate auto shop sign: 3x$ if you worked on it first.

 

[peesalot]

Hey, my trans tunnel has a similar but much neater access door to allow trans removal, I saw no reason to weld it in case it needs use again, a nice magnet sticker covers it nicely.

 

[cruisermatt]

On a truck that came through for a quick tune-up yesterday… another shop very recently installed (using the term installed very loosely) one of the cheap Amazon 1F electric distributors... they only barely seated it in the block. Fortunately these are 1/16"ish longer then 75-up dizzies and it was still showing oil pressure on the dash gauge. They actually sliced the clamp so it would be able to clamp down around the smaller section of the distributor housing that is supposed to be inside the block

 

[CBFJ]

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