Stupid Shit Found With Your Car

[Dylan454]

I just thought I'd start something where people can say all the dumb stuff they have found with there cars. When I was rebuilding my car I found the turbo was only held on by one bolt which is always good and they gearbox was put on twisted obviously done by a professional.

[pol1on1]

Radiator thermostat switch was f**ked so the smart one re wired it to the air conditioning fan.

So to cool the car down gotta turn on aircon.

Btw it only taken about 30 mins to replace the switch.

Probably the same amount it taken him to rewire and soldier it in WTF:huh:

I really wounder about some guys lacking a brain:blink:

Edited January 24, 2015 by pol1on1

[GH05T]

steering rack ziptied on... needless to say there was some steering play (4ws prelude)

[pol1on1]

Forgotten to add; My wife's old Mazda left power windows never worked she said previous owner said, That the switch needs to only be cleaned out because coke splash into it

so I taken the hole door apart only to find no windows motor or mechanical but a wooden broomstick broken in half holding window in two spots.

And yes the old broom brush was still der

[Dylan454]

I don't even remember making this thread lol. But We recently pulled apart my brothers sr20det, we found the exhaust manifold bolts were finger tight( all of them) and the alternator bolt was also finger tight 0.o

[pol1on1]

Well I did use a search bar typed in to it STUPID then found this it never kicked off.

I know everyone who has bought a 2nd hand car found stupid shit

I hope it will get more post coz I really like reading others misfortune hehe lol:D

[turboedsloth]

I pulled apart a diff in a car as customer complained of a grinding noise. Pulled the rear cover off and there was a bolt floating around that isn't even from the car

[Manne]

Ok, time to leave my mark on this thread.

When we were looking for my Sender, in the fuel tank, we found a little syphon valve sitting around. So, at one point down the line in my cars life, some one stole fuel from the tank, yanked the hose out and the valve had been in there ever since.

[sleptema]

Someone expandafoamed the entire boot. Was so heavy it wouldn't even pop up automatically.

This was the way the battery was held down. Apparently getting the correct sized battery was too hard, was cutting into the plastic.

Also he hacksawed off the thread on the gear shifter, and put a bit of plastic over the remaining metal, and threaded a new knob onto the plastic.. "Short" shifter.......

Edited June 2, 2016 by sleptema

[Hank Scorpio]

Besides the usual coins and receipts, nothing crazy.

I did find out that the rear parcel shelf in the Century stole all of the insulation from the other cars though

[t_revz]

home made "baby on bord" paper cut out

yep thats how it was spelt

[shoey85]

Small packet of unknown substance that got flushed, Alternator came lose as it was not correctly bolted in, cheap sh!t coils that died, turbo has 1 stud threaded and the nut just kind of stuck half on, boost actuator hose made up of garden hoses, door skins missing almost all clips, Amp only half worked, Head Unit was Japanese, speakers are R-Type splits at the front and DD Linear coaxial at the rear with a cheap ass Boss amp that was half baked?? Front left calliper hydraulic fitting stripped, bald Chinese tyres, coil cover had 3 screw holding it in not 8, 5 of the clips on the coils were busted, alarm or immobiliser was dead so they just bypassed it.

 

think that it...

 

FOR NOW!