So I had a look at my gearshift bracket and...

den0va · Post by **den0va** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:36 pm

I saw that it had been welded like the previous owners mechanic has stated it has been, but then I looked below the bracket and on the cable there was a little pair of vice grips still attached to it. O_o took it out and had a little test drive, still hard as all sh*t to get into gear, am now going to go to my nearest Mitsu dealer to install the new bracket Dstocks has provided me, all this f*ckery

Sahin · Post by **Sahin** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:42 pm

Mitsubishi dealer *shudders*

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:29 pm

Sahin wrote:Mitsubishi dealer *shudders*

mmm, why!
Go to a compotent mech.

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:57 pm

Astron_Boy wrote:
Sahin wrote:Mitsubishi dealer *shudders*
mmm, why!
Go to a compotent mech.

competent* even

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:00 pm

:kustom:

Shane001 · Post by **Shane001** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:08 pm

den0va wrote:there was a little pair of vice grips still attached to it.

Genius

Seriously though, vice grips are almost as good as cable ties.

Few years back one of my fellow competitors broke 3 studs on his turbo manifold at WP. One race to go for the weekend so he did the rounds of the pits and scrounged up a couple of sets of vice grips, rigged them up under the bonnet to hold the turbo manifold together, with some wire rigged up to stop the vice grips moving around. Finished the race came back in and everything was still in place! Worked beautifully! Just lucky the scruits never saw it

http://www.ipraforum.com.au/viewtopic.p ... 37&p=24488

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:42 pm

Shane001 wrote:
den0va wrote:there was a little pair of vice grips still attached to it.
Genius

Seriously though, vice grips are almost as good as cable ties.

Few years back one of my fellow competitors broke 3 studs on his turbo manifold at WP. One race to go for the weekend so he did the rounds of the pits and scrounged up a couple of sets of vice grips, rigged them up under the bonnet to hold the turbo manifold together, with some wire rigged up to stop the vice grips moving around. Finished the race came back in and everything was still in place! Worked beautifully! Just lucky the scruits never saw it

Nice ingenuity.

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:53 pm

My old man lost a pair years ago, I found them only recently holding his busted exhaust up. Covered in road schmutz, but still good!

Shane001 · Post by **Shane001** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:57 pm

A couple of sets of vice grips and a bag of cable ties and you can fix anything

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:00 pm

Shane001 wrote:A couple of sets of vice grips and a bag of cable ties and you can fix anything

You forgot the hammer

Shane001 · Post by **Shane001** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:05 pm

Shane001 wrote:A couple of sets of vice grips and a bag of cable ties and you can fix anything, and if all else fails, a big mother f**king hammer

Fixed for Phil

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:14 pm

And duct tape.

Kustom · Post by **Kustom** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:55 am

Shane001 wrote:A couple of sets of vice grips and a bag of cable ties and you can fix anything

You're my hero shane! First person to call them by their real name and not zip ties

tarkus · Post by **tarkus** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:54 pm

PHIL069 wrote: You forgot the hammer

and if it still does not move! you are not using a big enough hammer (quote from an electrician)

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