Just spent about 6 hours undoing and fixing a total mess of wiring some fool had previously done on my GQ.
They had atempted to "upgrade", and i use that term very loosely here, the head light wiring and few other electrical add-ons. (turbo timer, central locking)
When the seemingly 'left over from other jobs' bit of wire were not long enough they were scotch locked to a other bit of left over until it fitted.
other bit were 'T' joined by stripping back small sections of insulation an twisting the copper and tapping over it.
It was all nicely hidden inside the incerct sized split tubing and cable tied in bad places. IT EVEN PASSES THROUGH A SECTION OF A/C CONDENSER THAT HAD IT'S COOLING FINS SMASHED OUT!!!!!!!
Needless to say, it's all be fixed and run with the correct size cable and has been soldered and crimped with quality terminals and now actualy has fuses on the correct wires.
Waiting on one H4 bulb plug to turn up and i'll a pair of working and safe headlights.
SCOTCH LOCKS ARE BAD MMK
end rant have a good day
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Scotch locks are BAD MMMK
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Re: Scotch locks are BAD MMMK
Classic!brad-chevlux wrote:IT EVEN PASSES THROUGH A SECTION OF A/C CONDENSER THAT HAD IT'S COOLING FINS SMASHED OUT!!!!!!!
This is not legal advice.
Just roll them up in cigarette packet foil and put em back inGeneralFubashi wrote:the PO of my old shorty was so cheap he took apart the glass fuses and soldered bits of wire in when they blew, then put them back together!
There are some interesting people out there.
im kidding if its not blatently obvious, although all of the fuses in my forklift were like this
xxxx wrote:
Years ago I read an "urban legend" about some redneck who replaced a blown fuse with a live .22 round, and shot out one testicle. Good story to tell, but I doubt it's real.
Then again, when I lived in Cairns, I did a little work on a range timer for the pistol club. Lifted the cover, and fuse holder on the PCB had an empty .22 case in it.
That wasn't the problem - but I fixed it while I was in there...
Then again, when I lived in Cairns, I did a little work on a range timer for the pistol club. Lifted the cover, and fuse holder on the PCB had an empty .22 case in it.
That wasn't the problem - but I fixed it while I was in there...
They did this on Myth Busters, and they proved it wasnt possible im pretty sure as 12volt just wasnt enough to trigger it, but with a higher voltage they proved it was plauseable-Scott- wrote:Years ago I read an "urban legend" about some redneck who replaced a blown fuse with a live .22 round, and shot out one testicle. Good story to tell, but I doubt it's real.
Then again, when I lived in Cairns, I did a little work on a range timer for the pistol club. Lifted the cover, and fuse holder on the PCB had an empty .22 case in it.
was possible, but not with your standard guage automotive wire... if you used it on your starter motor or winch cables then in theory those wires carried anuf current to be able to set of the roundPJ.zook wrote:They did this on Myth Busters, and they proved it wasnt possible im pretty sure as 12volt just wasnt enough to trigger it, but with a higher voltage they proved it was plauseable-Scott- wrote:Years ago I read an "urban legend" about some redneck who replaced a blown fuse with a live .22 round, and shot out one testicle. Good story to tell, but I doubt it's real.
Then again, when I lived in Cairns, I did a little work on a range timer for the pistol club. Lifted the cover, and fuse holder on the PCB had an empty .22 case in it.
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