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Taff Rank: Renault 16

Taff

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I like the wooden brakes, I might have to whittle myself up some for the F

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UltraWomble Rank: Talbot Tagora

UltraWomble

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I can see nothing wrong with this repair

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  • Banger Kenny and AlabamaShrimp
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Cheggers Rank: Lancia Gamma

Cheggers

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I may* have repaired* a handbrake with a cable tie in the dim & distant past...

lisbon_road Rank: Renault 16

lisbon_road

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Cable ties are fantastically strong.  Sure, that should be failed, but I didn't think it in the same league as the other horrors which give people who repair their own cars a bad name.

 

Years of owning a Vauxhall Viva mean that I would never rely on a handbrake for anything anyway. 

Bren Rank: Talbot Tagora

Bren

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We can laugh and joke.

 

It will be because of fucktard owners like this we have the right to repair/maintain vehicles curtailed or removed.

 

Having said that, an incompetent technician could have done some of the work.

Tamworthbay Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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I have seen it before and heard others. I notice that they generally seem to blame the DIY mechanic in most cases, almost suggesting that we 'should leave it to the professionals' but I have seen just as bad from garages on several occasions.

Cheggers Rank: Lancia Gamma

Cheggers

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This has got to be a yankee line-dancing van right?

 

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Is it Wuv's rapey day van??

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UltraWomble Rank: Talbot Tagora

UltraWomble

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That is just brilliant. Going to have to do this on the Micrashed.

Will remove the need for a drip tray on the drive

  • Banger Kenny, Junkman and brickwall
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garbaldy Rank: Lancia Gamma

garbaldy

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And to think we share the road with cars like this, its a good advertisement for the annual mot that's for sure.

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Junkman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

Junkman

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To the contrary. Seeing that these cars are on the roads manifests its pointlessness.

That, and cars failing on perfectly legible numberplates.

Stanky Rank: Isuzu Florian

Stanky

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That is just brilliant. Going to have to do this on the Micrashed.

Will remove the need for a drip tray on the drive

 

To finish it off you need a small flap built in that can be operated from the drivers seat so you can tactically dump the contents of the tray when exiting a roundabout or on a blind bend and pretend to be James Bond.

J-Rod Rank: BL Wedge

J-Rod

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Just food for thought - and not to say this is my view - but if you were an employer and you let your equipment get in that state (i.e., dangerous to others), you could be prosecuted? In theory, that's what the Test is there to prevent but considering so many people think of it as a service... 

Bren Rank: Talbot Tagora

Bren

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This is my favourite:

 

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A pound to pinch of shit this joker is on Pistonheads.

cros Rank: Renault 16

cros

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Some of these are get-you-home bodges that worked and are then never rectified. A local farmer, when faced with a punctured front tyre on his tractor, jacked up one side of the centrally pivoted axle and wedged a lump of wood between the opposite side and the frame which enabled the machine to be driven on only 3 wheels. Pleased with the success of his ruse he continued to use it like this for several weeks on a main road towing fully laden trailers of wheat.

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Station Rank: Isuzu Florian

Station

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this customer was unaware of how close they were to a steering failure when presenting their vehicle for test

 

That's because they're not a mechanic and that's what the MOT test is for. Also, you are not a surgeon with a PHD in MOT testing.

HH-R Rank: Renault 16

HH-R

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"Yes, hello, my brakes have been feeling a bit wooden lately - can I bring it in to be looked at?"

strangeangel Rank: Lancia Gamma

strangeangel

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I wonder how many minutes this had to live before total failure :shock:

 

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As for some of those bodges, well... some people just shouldn't be allowed to have tools.

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garbaldy Rank: Lancia Gamma

garbaldy

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/\ what that castle nut being on wrong like that is not a fail? That can't be right surely.

Timewaster Rank: Isuzu Florian

Timewaster

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Years ago The apprentice from the local garage came in the shop for brake shoes for his Pug104.

He was smart enough to know there were several choices so he brought 2 old ones as pattern.

He didn't seem quite so smart when I looked out the window and saw his Pug parked outside!

It's okay he says. I cable tied the cylinder that side.

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