Re: What's the craziest freebie repair you've ever done ???

Posted by morty-edmonton on November 19, 2001 at 13:06:51 from (205.210.223.1):

In Reply to: What's the craziest freebie repair you've ever done ??? posted by Alberta Mike on November 17, 2001 at 14:31:01:

On the subject of Poland-sortof I had a Lada in 89 it was an 82 model I think this was a Fiat 124 built in the Ukraine under licence- not as bad as it sounds. One day while abusing it to near death the right front suspension stuck in the wheel full down position- I had recently rebuilt the front end with factory parts including bushings about 45$can the problem was the shock absorber had seized so I removed it and drove for a while. A week or so later I was getting seasick from the roll and pitch so looked around the garage and found an old shock about the same size bolted it into the upper a arm and then had to weld it to the lower as it had a different mounting arrangement. This lasted about 50000 km until I broke the wheel off by hitting a rock at speed ( car had good ground clearance- not great) Later this same car suddenly started using a lot of fuel like a full tank for 80km on a long trip I pulled it over and found a rebreather had broken off the carb bowl and was pouring fuel all over the exhaust. I carved a chunk of wood and stuck it in but it still leaked. I then broke a chunk of plastic trim off from under the hood heated it with a lighter-far away from the car wrapped it around the stick and placed it in the hole stayed till the car died of terminal everything

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