Last Resort Fixes - what've you seen or done? post your story / pics

pieceofcloth · Jan 2, 2020

Travis92talon said:
I used a 7 inch galvanized carriage bolt I had laying around as a motor mount in a 92 toronado w/ 3.8 v6 because they didnt make the mounts anymore. Does that count?. My DSM still has the balance shaft since it's for the street. I'm glad you explained what we were looking at as I've never had my oil pan off because the engine is stock long block with 90k miles and runs perfect

Absolutely counts, as at matter of fact, it makes you certified : Salute :hellyeah:

KYLE JORGENSEN said:
J-B Weld it has an astounding tensile strength of 3960 PSI and sets to a hard bond overnight. It can withstand temperatures up to 550⁰ when fully cured it is the best thing to have in your car for major or minor fixes I always carry J-B Weld in my car

you a real one :hellyeah:

fredom dsm · Jan 2, 2020

ec17pse said:
If we was ment to spot that then blimey! Its so fuzzy i felt drunk looking at it

I thought it was a broken camshaft

About 14 years ago my wife and I were stationed in Frankfurt Germany and our only car was a 1998 Nigtyeight Oldsmobile, long story short the tensioner pulley barring came out of its housing and I too used JB weld and held surprisingly well for almost two weeks until I got the tensioner from back home. :thumb:

CKOPOCT · Jan 4, 2020

Friend was offroading a truck and jumped over a rock. Came down on a log and punched a hole in the oil pan. So whacha gonna do - out in the sticks and no oil.

Well, water is a good lubricant. We cut and trimmed down a stick to plug the hole, then used water to fill the crank case. Drove the truck gingerly back home. A new oil pan and 3 oil changes later and the engine was just fine.

KYLE JORGENSEN · Jan 4, 2020

CKOPOCT said:
Friend was offroading a truck and jumped over a rock. Came down on a log and punched a hole in the oil pan. So whacha gonna do - out in the sticks and no oil.

Well, water is a good lubricant. We cut and trimmed down a stick to plug the hole, then used water to fill the crank case. Drove the truck gingerly back home. A new oil pan and 3 oil changes later and the engine was just fine.

now that is boss

BLACK'98DSM · Jan 4, 2020

Trunk was rusted out completely. I took a sawz-all to the junyard and made it happen. A welder, a can of Bondo, and some undercoating finished it up nice.

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KYLE JORGENSEN · Jan 4, 2020

BLACK'98DSM said:
Trunk was rusted out completely. I took a sawz-all to the junyard and made it happen. A welder, a can of Bondo, and some undercoating finished it up nice.
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nice job.... I cut that metal center piece for the spare out and it gave me more trunk space for storage

Zack Huffman · Jan 4, 2020

I've used a wood screw to seal off a broken brake line on an old subaru after frame humping a galloping runaway hubcap from opposing traffic on a 2 lane.

I've removed a window regulator and held the glass in the up position by sheet metal screwing a block of wood inside the door frame after the glass tabs broke off of the bottom of the window glass on a grand am.

I've used flashlights and a spotlight as headlights after hitting a deer in a jeep cherokee.

I punched a broom handle through a catalytic converter that was clogged on a ford contour.

Used a 1 liter Mt. Dew bottle for an overflow on a Sebring for 2 weeks.

I've used C-clamps of various sizes for several things they were never intended for. Exhaust hangers, alternator tensioner, strut spring compressor... etc.

I drove an f250 with a 351w for 12 miles, 2 miles at a time over a period of 6 hours without a water pump and coolant so I could get to a stick welder to remove the flush snapped off pump studs still stuck in the block.

It's just all the little joys that come with living far enough out in the country that a parts store or a helping hand is 30-45 minutes away. Almost all of these examples were things I corrected as quickly as I could.

BLACK'98DSM · Jan 4, 2020

KYLE JORGENSEN said:
nice job.... I cut that metal center piece for the spare out and it gave me more trunk space for storage

Thanks. I still have the stock trunk plank and carpet. Plus, what you going to do when you have a flat?

KYLE JORGENSEN · Jan 5, 2020

BLACK'98DSM said:
Thanks. I still have the stock trunk plank and carpet. Plus, what you going to do when you have a flat?

Its mainly where i keep the jack stands and tools so there out of the way

miguelmcv · Jan 5, 2020

My friend bought a Mazda 2000 and it rod knock 2 days after, he didn’t know what to do (with no money in the pocket) so I add some newspaper in the rod bearing and it did the job.

I told him to get rid of it right away and not to use it, but he loved the truck so much and didn’t know anything about mechanic and any sore of, so he refused to sell it and keep using it as daily driving it for 2 months, I was speechless how the hell it was holding, so after 2 months he came to me to say good by because he was on the way to Mexico (obviously driving the truck).

I yield the hell out of but didn’t work, so at the end all what I did was to give him tips, not to force it when uphills etc, etc., So 3 days later sent me pic on the truck with a bunch of girls on the back of the truck that he was taking them to the beach.

Well long story short, 3 years later call me the truck was smoking and told him to sell it before it gets worst because of the piston rings going bad, which he disagree, so a month later that, call me saying he can’t even sell it because he couldn’t drive it because of how much smoke was burning., Well, I told him what additive to put in the oil and to sell it right away and not to call me anymore IF HE DIDNT SELL IT.

3 days later give me the notice, the truck is sold.

I was so young at the time and I don’t even remember how I exactly did it, I do remember it was between the bearing the the crank, but don’t remember how much paper I used.

pieceofcloth · Jan 5, 2020

delta448 said:
I've used a wood screw to seal off a broken brake line on an old subaru after frame humping a galloping runaway hubcap from opposing traffic on a 2 lane.

I've removed a window regulator and held the glass in the up position by sheet metal screwing a block of wood inside the door frame after the glass tabs broke off of the bottom of the window glass on a grand am.

I've used flashlights and a spotlight as headlights after hitting a deer in a jeep cherokee.

I punched a broom handle through a catalytic converter that was clogged on a ford contour.

Used a 1 liter Mt. Dew bottle for an overflow on a Sebring for 2 weeks.

I've used C-clamps of various sizes for several things they were never intended for. Exhaust hangers, alternator tensioner, strut spring compressor... etc.

I drove an f250 with a 351w for 12 miles, 2 miles at a time over a period of 6 hours without a water pump and coolant so I could get to a stick welder to remove the flush snapped off pump studs still stuck in the block.

It's just all the little joys that come with living far enough out in the country that a parts store or a helping hand is 30-45 minutes away. Almost all of these examples were things I corrected as quickly as I could.

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