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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: Just a Six? on May 13 2011, 02:14:56 PM

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: Just a Six? on May 13 2011, 02:14:56 PM

I stole this from the other board. Some are quite funny!

http://www.automechanicschools.net/blog/40-worst-diy-car-repairs

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: gbsean on May 13 2011, 02:57:20 PM

will have to say that I have used the soda can to do an emergency repair

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: Just a Six? on May 13 2011, 04:47:39 PM

Quote from: "gbsean @ Fri May 13, 2011 1:57 pm"

will have to say that I have used the soda can to do an emergency repair

I think the soda can is just part of being young with no $$$ to spend on the car.

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: SuperSix on May 13 2011, 07:47:21 PM

My father and I used soda cans and tar to fix floorboards before.

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: firebird_1252 on May 13 2011, 10:44:15 PM

i used a old coffee can for a cold air intake.... worked pretty well actually...

and the first AC pic.. sylvan can vouch for.. a poor truckers APU.

Title: Auto Tips for the DIY Guys!
Post by: gbsean on May 13 2011, 10:46:42 PM

funny story...was in Iowa city in my buddies Buick Century and the exhaust broke in half and a hanger broke...a couple of coat hangers and a soda can let us make it back to Chicago