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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

brad-chevlux wrote:IT EVEN PASSES THROUGH A SECTION OF A/C CONDENSER THAT HAD IT'S COOLING FINS SMASHED OUT!!!!!!!

Classic!

id shout that guy a beer, just for thinking outside the box! Who needs to go around when you can go straight through!

i think he need a fair kick in the cods.

i should have taken photos, you really wouldn't believe how bad it was

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.

Booty Fab knows no limits

GeneralFubashi 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.

LOL

GeneralFubashi 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.

Just roll them up in cigarette packet foil and put em back in




im kidding if its not blatently obvious, although all of the fuses in my forklift were like this

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...

-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. 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

PJ.zook wrote:

-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. 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

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 round

I have out lawed scotch locks at work (Radio workshop),

Made heads of money repiaring other peopls bad installations due to the scotch locks