The Wall of Shame (1 Viewer)

[Vossie]

dont know if its wall of shame material, but on one Zambezi trip we had a 2 ton dyna with us towing a boat, and on the way out of the valley the upper ball joint failed. so we tied it there with some nylon rope and some rusty barbed wire we stole off a fence post and drove it back 400kms back.

 

[daner]

I can empathize, even respect repairs like that in a third world country-not like there is a lot of options.

I think the worse I had seen was a parts rig I dragged home that had the wrong brake master cylinder held to the firewall with baling wire. I didn't drive it....

 

[jamesurq]

I thought I was the only one with a lathed parking brake.... Glad to know.

 

[65swb45]

Anyone want to guess what today's entry is.

 

[65swb45]

BTW, I am still open for business, not that the answering machine shows much evidence of it.

 

[gwalt584]

I recognize the sheet rock screw, but the rest is a mystery!
OK

 

[cruiserdan]

Looks like a transfer 2/4 shift shaft.





Or, something off my boat......

 

[65swb45]

The remnant shown in post #44 is a piece of a differential center pin that actually broke into three pieces. Just imagine how long the spider gears cut into the shaft, and how long the PO listened to the backlash of the powertrain before the pin finally gave up.

 

[cruiserdan]

I told you it looked like it came off my boat!

 

[65swb45]

Next up for consideration are a trio of secondary diaphragms.

The one on the left is a not-so-atypical sample of an FJ40 diaphragm on an FJ60 carb. Too long, it will never move the secondary. Happens a lot when people buy kits from vendors who think one size fits all.

The one in the middle is of unknown origin. It was tied to the secondary throttle with a piece of bailing wire.

The one on the right obviously represents someone in situation one who realized they needed a shorter rod to make the diaphragm actually work.

 

[hooter]

Next up for consideration are a trio of secondary diaphragms.

The one on the left is a not-so-atypical sample of an FJ40 diaphragm on an FJ60 carb. Too long, it will never move the secondary.

Any idea how long it should be for a 40 series?

hOOter

 

[lcwizard]

Next up for consideration are a trio of secondary diaphragms.

The one on the left is a not-so-atypical sample of an FJ40 diaphragm on an FJ60 carb. Too long, it will never move the secondary. Happens a lot when people buy kits from vendors who think one size fits all.

The one in the middle is of unknown origin. It was tied to the secondary throttle with a piece of bailing wire.

The one on the right obviously represents someone in situation one who realized they needed a shorter rod to make the diaphragm actually work.View attachment 1521661

No Mark, he used his masters in engineering degree to construct a progressive linkage. It's carefully designed to apply vacuum at
a programmed rate. Far better design than the Toyota engineers could have done

 

[1973barnfind]

Chunky...

 

[1973barnfind]

Also my destroyed throw out bearing; made some cool noises

 

[65swb45]

Yup, that throwout bearing is worthy.

 

[65swb45]

Another addition came in this week. I don't even think the guy that spent the $$ to mail it to me realizes there's a problem.

Early steering box with the worm gear shaft cut into three pieces, then welded back together. My insurance company would cancel me if I offered to rebuild or resell this.

The pic doesn't do justice to how bad the shaft is. Regardless, It's welded, where a stock shaft, included in the pic for reference, is solid and smooth.

 

[rover67]

I enjoyed this one. It even was on there with Hylomar..... you know to simplify future R&R

 

[Godwin]

2F flywheel bolt that backed out. Didn't use loctite.

 

[mdsims]

I enjoyed this one. It even was on there with Hylomar..... you know to simplify future R&R

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Natty light!!

 

[Kleatus]

Sorry not exactly cruiser specific.. and I wish I had a picture of it..but I picked up a Chevy pickup some years ago for parts that had baling wire wrapped around the U joint caps to make a 1310 U joint "fit" where a 1350 should have been... and it had obviously been used for some time like that..