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Rusty
Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 204 Location: Bunbury, Western Australia
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Speaking of fuel pumps packing it in, on a fishing trip some mates and I did a fuel pump packed in on an old dodge light truck some of the other blokes were driving, so they got the boats outboard motor tank and hooked it up to the trucks carby and kept going that way, taking turns at pumping the priming bulb in the boat tanks fuel line to get fuel to the carby. Worked for about 50 miles ! |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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BigJohn
Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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About 25yrs ago I was following an MG Midget on a country road which seemed solid on right hand bends, but had some suspension travel on left hand ones.
After about a mile to make sure I wasn't mistaken, on came the blues n twos and I gave the said MG a free MOT. The spring hanger had punched through the rotten floor, so a piece of oak stump had been used as replacement bump stop and wired to the axle with fencing wire. It had been cut to give a level ride height across the axle when stationary. The car got scrapped after it's owner incurred many points for many offences. |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008 Posts: 1268 Location: South East Wales
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Rusty wrote: | Speaking of fuel pumps packing it in, on a fishing trip some mates and I did a fuel pump packed in on an old dodge light truck some of the other blokes were driving, so they got the boats outboard motor tank and hooked it up to the trucks carby and kept going that way, taking turns at pumping the priming bulb in the boat tanks fuel line to get fuel to the carby. Worked for about 50 miles ! |
My boss got home one night by connecting the petrol pipe to the screen washer hand pump when the electric pump packed up on his Morris 1100. |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6330 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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You know how it is with some people; they will not be told. While I was getting the Austin Swallow M.O.T.'d one year, a young lad came up to me.
"These cars have a wooden chassis, you know" he said in all sincerity.
I explained that they had a wooden body frame mounted on a steel chassis - but the lad was having none of it. He pointed to the wooden fillet to which the bottom of front wings are screwed. "What's that then?"
At this point, I decided to go along with it. "oh yes" I replied 'i hadn't noticed that!"
The young chap seemed satisfied that he had put me right and fortunately went away.
When it comes to bodges I remember something that happened with the Isetta 300 Bubble car that I had years ago. I was motoring along quite happily one day when the cabin filled with petrol fumes. Shortly followed by engine failure. I was alarmed to find petrol pouring out of a the glass sediment bowl; it had come loose and smashed itself to pieces against the inside of the engine inspection cover.
My Dad resolved the problem by turning one up in brass. "Now try not to break it!" he said.
As a bodge, it worked well and was still on the car when I sold it. It may well still have it for all I know. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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Ray White wrote: |
When it comes to bodges I remember something that happened with the Isetta 300 Bubble car that I had years ago. I was motoring along quite happily one day when the cabin filled with petrol fumes. Shortly followed by engine failure. I was alarmed to find petrol pouring out of a the glass sediment bowl; it had come loose and smashed itself to pieces against the inside of the engine inspection cover.
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Nothing to do with bodges but I still have a strong memory of investigating a slight dampness on the fuel tank of my Isetta 300. I decided to take the tank out to get a better look but on releasing the first metal holding strap the whole contents of the tank fell squarely into my face eyes, nose and mouth. Despite being more than 50 years ago I remember it as if it was yesterday!
I do have a photo of another bodge just to keep the thread on track. Sorry, I have shown it before on this forum. It's the carpenter's core plug.
Peter
_________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6330 Location: Derby
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:19 am Post subject: |
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I inherited a Vauxhall Astra from my Father in Law. He was impecunious to a fault. I noticed that the fan was not working...that was until I switched on the sidelights and miraculously it began to whirr??
What had happened was the thermostat switch had failed and instead of replacing it he had taken a feed from the front side light. Of course that was why he had always had the sidelights switched on every time I had seen the car over the previous few years.
Tight fisted old beggar. |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6330 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I have never before seen both tail lamps made up from old plastic food containers and painted red!
Maybe the best thing would be to start over again with some new lights? |
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mikeC
Joined: 31 Jul 2009 Posts: 1776 Location: Market Warsop, Nottinghamshire
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That's not a bodge, that's MGnuity! _________________ in the garage: 1938 Talbot Ten Airline
Recently departed: 1953 Lancia Appia, 1931 Austin Seven, 1967 Singer Chamois, 1914 Saxon, 1930 Morris Cowley, 1936 BSA Scout, 1958 Lancia Appia coupe, 1922 Star 11.9 ... the list goes on! |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22454 Location: UK
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4109 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:04 am Post subject: |
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Admission of a bodge!
Way back in the early 80's I bought an 8 year old Simca 1301 for £60 from a teacher at school... it would not start...I turned up with some new spark plugs, it started straight away and my older mate drove it to my parents house.
Anyway to the bodge...Simca 1301's suffered from top end oil starvation, so this 56k mile car had a rattling top end, both the rockers and rocker shaft were worn, cost of new shaft and rockers about 3x what I paid for the car!
So I took the rocker shaft in to school and ground it down to the smallest wear diameter, increased the size of the oil bores, to sort the the rockers out I lined them with electrical solder, and then reamed them to the correct size to suit the ground down rocker shaft. (All one of the benefits of being in a comprehensive school in the 80's that had previously been a secondary modern; lots of idle metal working machines and teachers who were only too willing to help!)
I sold the Simca to someone local, who sung its praises for a good few years, so maybe the bodge wasn't so bad!
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7121 Location: Edinburgh
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22454 Location: UK
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alastairq
Joined: 14 Oct 2016 Posts: 1955 Location: East Yorkshire
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Old glass screenwash jars [Jag?] look remarkably like Bisto gravy jars..... _________________ Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces. |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6330 Location: Derby
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Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Not so much a bodge...more abuse from a bodger.
I suppose hammering on the battery terminals will save the trouble of screwing them down.
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