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[emoore924]

This is for the 924.org McGuyver award -- the most unconventional use of conventional materials to make a repair.

What I'm hoping for is your feedback on the nuttiest non-car-part repair you've done to your car, found on your car, or seen someone else do. The idea is to post the situation, the non-car-part, and the result, if known. Pics are great if you have them.

A simple example: I used metal pallet band straps around my muffler to strap the whole thing together as it rusted to dust. The straps lasted longer than the muffler did, and got quite a laugh from the midas guy who finally replaced it about a year later.

I've seen/heard of beer cans, golf tees, drywall screw pots, rope, tin foil, cement, all kinds of things being used when innovation (ninnie-vation) intervenes in reality.

Whatcha got?

[Khal]

This mob's semi-famous back home for doing that sort of thing. A clip...
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'80 924 Turbo

[Rich H]

Just wood screws to hold things on to the interior....
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1994 Lotus Esprit S4 - Work in progress...
1980 Porsche 924 S2 DITC Turbo - Original spec
1978 Homo-Sapiens - Tired spec
1953 Landrover S1 - Pensioner Spec

[TurboBullet]

my uncle(a plumber) once constructed an entire radiator-heater syetem out of copper pipe. truck ran for years with 0 issues.

[Martijnus]

I once used a soup can for replacing the end cap of my bike's muffler which I lost on the highway.

I also made a wooden gasket for my cylinder on my moped... lasted a while too

actually found a pic of that


edit:
an old sprocket was the bracket for my exhaust...


and later added the soup can with some drain material as an end piece


it rusted like hell. but it was becoming a rat bike anyway.
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[Harm]

Hmmm… MT …X?
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Porsche 924 NA 1982 LY7A/A3A3 _ Greater driving pleasure never harmed anyone.

[Harm]

[Martijnus]

Jup, a nice old MT5. Fun machine cheap, slow (was stock, have had it run 75km/h downhill ) but I practiced wheelies on it... had to find the right balance point because it didn't have much power...



That's about 20km/h or something like that could do that for a long time... was great fun. Now my neighbor has it. and it's even more crap than when I had it... at least it was technically fine when I had it.
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"Rule: Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun." (C. Bell)

924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

[moorepower]

I'm both proud and ashamed of this one:

I once had a power steering pump lock up on my '76 Ford Torino Elite. Since the belt that turns the steering pump also turns the water pump/fan, I had to rig something up to get me home from work.

At the time, I worked as a security guard at a mental hospital in PA. I found a bunch of old wheelchairs stored in an abandoned building on the grounds of the hospital. So, I "borrowed" one of the small front wheels from a wheelchair, removed the rubber tire, and voila! instant pulley! I used a bungee cord to keep tension on the belt, and it worked like a charm.

The guy who was on duty with me that night is probably still laughing about that one.
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Dan.

'88 924S-LE (Luddite Edition)
Manual steering, manual sunroof, manual windows, AC delete, cruise delete, M030 Konis, 25.5mm torsions, 26.8/20 sways

[emoore924]

Conversation heard 'round the water cooler...

"So, what kind of head gasket do you have?"

"Oh, Steel custom made cometic of course. 51mm. Copper sealing spray. O-ringed the block. Raceware studs. Raised the compression 2 points. Absolutely top drawer. And you?"

"Me? Plywood, 1/4 inch. Thompson's Waterseal. Hose clamped the block. Working great so far. Had to use the 1/4 inch to lower the compression a little so when I put that turbo on, it'll kick a**..."

[Paul]

I used one of these to hold the driver's door of my first car shut:


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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.

[Rocco R16V]

I used a girls panties to tie up her exhaust so it wouldnt drag on the ground.
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"Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. "
Ronald Reagan

[Smoothie]

OT, but still McGuyverish -
Driving home from work in my long gone '74 Dodge van on a busy 2 lane secondary
road in rain-snow-slush, I pressed the clutch pedal and it went pop! No more
clutch releasing.. Pulled over, crawled under and found the 1/4" rod that links the
pedal to a lever that operates the clutch fork had worn through and snapped.
I removed the engine cover from inside, and found the long bar part of the olde
bumper jack. -Gave it a try (levering the bar against the floor opening to move the
clutch fork), decided yeah, maybe this can be done.. Pulled back into traffic and
drove the approx. 4 miles home from there operating the clutch with the jack bar
in my right hand, and steering and praying with the left. -And eyes popping
out exactly like this-->
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."


'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

[gohim]

I used an aluminum threshold plate for a house door to make reinforcing bars to straighten, strengthen, and support the rear cargo cover on the $100 95 VW Golf GL that I am using as a Daily Driver. I was looking at $75-$100 to buy a used replacement (probably heading the same way), but instead I spent $5 at the Habitat for Humanities Store for the threshold plate. Before repair the cover had sagged about 3" and was falling into the rear storage area under the rear hatchglass.

[Slam]

The Hockey Puck Fix!

Surely that needs to be here.

Raise your hands, all who've done it.


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'88 944 Auto - may or may not resurrect