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September 9, 2015 at 7:58 pm #9053
So chatting to Gary about my great bogan fixes when we came up with the idea of a thread. Mine is car related but doesn’t mean they all have to be.
Had a rattling sound in the VZ on the drivers door like it wasn’t shut properly. Nothing I did fixed it until I noticed there was plastic on the door striker on the other doors but not on the drivers one. No worries will get a new one. $11 bucks a pop. No thanks. Bit of electrical tape. Cheap and nasty bogan fix but it works no more rattle.
So what stories do you have of your own bogan fixes?
September 9, 2015 at 8:09 pm #9055
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Posts: 535LOL, I did the exact same thing on my old VN many many years ago.
Here’s one to get you out of a pinch, a role of electrical tape and hose clamp. Wind the electrical tape over the hole in radiator hose and then put the hose clamp over the tape to hold it all together. Obviously it only works on small holes and I wouldn’t recommend it as a long term fix but it’ll get you home or somewhere where you can do a proper repair.
September 9, 2015 at 8:18 pm #9061
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Posts: 89Broken or lost clips that hold the rubber exhaust hangers on? Replace with appropriate size hose clamp to stop the hanger from sliding off the bar…
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September 9, 2015 at 8:19 pm #9062Years and years ago I Had a leak on a exhaust on a old shit heap ute I had to drive around for a few days
Pissed me off real quick
Got a coke can cut up and used as many hose clamps as possble to hold it on
Fixed it good
September 9, 2015 at 8:32 pm #9074
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
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Posts: 5 777Broken or lost clips that hold the rubber exhaust hangers on? Replace with appropriate size hose clamp to stop the hanger from sliding off the bar…
That’s bloody gold!!!
September 9, 2015 at 9:01 pm #9077Hi Gary
September 9, 2015 at 9:04 pm #9078Hardly a “fix”, more of a “limp technique” I had a split top hose years ago, limped home by sliding a wet suit stubby cooler over the split and cable tied it in place
September 9, 2015 at 9:06 pm #9079Regarding the vz door strikers:
They look like some sort of tape from factory anyway, probably is electrical tape.
Resin core heat shrink would do a great job too if you have some to shrink on there
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September 9, 2015 at 9:21 pm #9082It’s actually plastic. Just get’s really brittle after a while and falls off. Tape will work till I can cough up 50 bucks for new ones.
September 9, 2015 at 9:38 pm #9083
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Posts: 57Broken or lost clips that hold the rubber exhaust hangers on? Replace with appropriate size hose clamp to stop the hanger from sliding off the bar…
I just use zip ties. I’ve also used zip ties as exhaust hangers when my system was out and throwing hangers left, right and centre.
The other one is when the little button on your seat belt that holds the buckle from sliding to the floor goes missing… Few layers of duct tape where you want it to sit and she won’t go to the floor no more.
September 9, 2015 at 9:50 pm #9084LOL, I did the exact same thing on my old VN many many years ago.
My VN has started to make a rattle for what sounds like its coming from inside the door. So maybe its coming from the door latch…
September 10, 2015 at 7:57 am #9091
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Posts: 535Can’t hurt to try. just don’t wind to much electrical tape on there or you will have difficulty closing the door properly.
September 10, 2015 at 10:12 am #9093
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
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Posts: 5 777Hi Gary
Braddles!!, you made it to the party
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