This weeks winner is....

[MrsE88]

Goodness. Now that’s a redneck job. Lol

I’m glad my husband was a mechanic before. Schooling for both gas and diesel. It saves $$$$ in repairs, but is still done properly.

 

[Fat Homer]

Wow...that’s something a Floridian would do.

You should see what they would do in places like China lol...

 

[NjHardcore]

You should see what they would do in places like China lol...

When i went to Jamaica the car lifts they had were just like 1/8 inch angle iron welded together with what looked to be a car battery, jumper cables, and welding rods. Then 2x6s layed on top of that on which they would drive their cars on. They were all about 6ft in the air so they could walk under. Granted all the cars were small but any wind and you would see the lifts twist and sway.

 

[johnny potatoes]

It never would have held up for 4 weeks without the zip ties. This guy is genius

 

[J. H.]

Been there. I do this stuff all the time. Cars are too scary, but just about everything else is fair game.
Fat Homer that's funny because my grandmother calls this stuff "Chinese Hasid Engineering" I thought it was just a racist slur, but maybe it is Chinese thing.

 

[Lepisosteus]

A guy came into the shop one day for a repair on his very expensive hot water pressure washer. The parts were only going to be about $30. The labor was going to be about $200. He declined and made a scene, all about being able to buy the parts on the internet for half that price and repair it himself.
A month later, he came back with busted hoses, sooted up burner and coil and a few other things. Didn’t even ask for a quote. Charged him close to $700. because of all the problems he caused with his expert repairs.
He didn’t think I remembered his tantrum. I told him he wasn’t paying for expensive parts but for the knowledge of how to do it properly. He just wrote the check. Became a pretty good customer.

You don’t pay the plumber for banging on the pipes

 

[JAYBIRD1011]

You don’t pay the plumber for banging on the pipes

Exactly!!

 

[millerkid519]

Me: your ball joint is about to fall out
Customer: really? Can it wait a week?
M: No it shouldn't come off the lift
C: I'm going take it and ask my husband
M: I suggest not
C: I'm going take it.
M: Sure **** it.

3 hours later car is getting towed in bc ball joint snapped. It took out the tie rod, axle and the ball joint took a bad bounce and punctured a hole in the gas tank. A $150 job turned into $1300.

I have used a coat hanger to hold the ball in the socket on a tie rod end. You get creative when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere

 

[twentyleagues]

I have used a coat hanger to hold the ball in the socket on a tie rod end. You get creative when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere

Agreed! but not as a semi permanent fix.

 

[Kittiee Katt]

Agreed! but not as a semi permanent fix.

And not because you didn't want to spend money getting it fixed!

If you've got no choice then you've got no choice. Thats a little different than rigging something up like that because you don't want to cough up $$. That's ridiculous.