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TIL that hot glue on a cracked radiator hose can get you 20 miles home
My buddy Dave in a AutoZone parking lot in Tucson told me to shove a bolt in the hose and wrap it with electrical tape after I laughed at him for suggesting it, and I drove that 87 Civic home without overheating, so now I wonder what other half-baked fixes actually work well enough to call a car a treasure.
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eric_murray2616d ago
He called it a treasure" is generous. I once got 30 miles out of a Chevy S10 by packing the radiator with egg whites and oatmeal because I saw it in a YouTube video. It smelled like a diner fire for a week, but it got me to the parts store. My personal masterpiece was a crankshaft position sensor held in place with zip ties and a wad of gum that lasted six months. At this point I'm pretty sure my car runs on pure spite and whatever is in the bottom of my glovebox.
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paul25116d ago
My dad swore by a bar of soap smeared on a cracked block to stop a leak on his old Ford pickup.
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