redneckfordf2502002

Never done anything like this to my F150 except once when I put a battery in it the battery size was wrong so it rattled around I took some 2x4s and bailing wire to keep her from moving. When I get her running I will be getting the correct size battery.

On the Bronco 2 I have 2 bolts on each side of the thrush muffler going through the muffler into the pipe and bolted so that I can take the muffler off easily without exhaust clamps.
On the 86 F150 we use to have I took ducting tape and put it around the tail pipe which was falling off then bailing wired it up and ran it like that for 100 miles before we got rid of it. We were going to fix it but never did.
For the 96 ranger when I was moving it around the yard I put some trailer wheels on it as they had pumped up tires. Turns out one was the wrong offset and hit the caliper so I just took the lug wrench and loosened the lug nuts and moved it around the yard like that. That now will be fixed as it is going on a different chassis with matching wheels.




That is about it I prefer not to do things like this unless it is an emergency or a beater truck (ranger and Bronco 2).
Trav

tguth166

Not on my truck, but on a Legacy Outback wagon I drove for a while back in college I wedged a metal fork in between the fender and the boot of one of the spark plugs because it kept coming loose while i was driving. it stayed there for almost a year before i went to get it inspected and figured i should actually fix it.

dan2286

My fuel pump has a bad check valve causing fuel to siphon into the tank. The tank has a hole in it from rust, so not a good thing. Took two vise grips to clamp off the braided lines so fuel can't fet into the tank. Works like a charm, lol.

sylver91

One of our old roofing truck had rope seat belts... Seriously the strap was tied to some 1/4" rope then to the seat bracket. It also had problems with the ignition switch so we ran a wire to the coil and a loose toggle switch in the cab to start it.

Snaggletooth

Ah bailing wire. Turning farmers into MacGyver.

sylver91

I keep a small roll of it in my tool box in the truck.

93F-150

hey now, that stuff has held my exhaust on for 3 years now

Snaggletooth

Oh it comes in handy

Rusty but trusty

You are all hacks! Hahaha

redneckfordf2502002

I keep bailing wire in the truck box off my 02 f250, in the side tool box of my dad's 89 F250, and in the back cab part of my brother's 91 F250.
Trav