On my 76', the 390's valve covers were leaking quarts of oil. Why? Because all but 2 bolts were stripped so the fix was to use RTV and the 2 bolts on each that weren't stripped to hold it down.....oh and they at least left the stripped bolts in the holes so it looked right.

Carb spacer was a nice trimmed piece of Oak which was cracked and glassed over then sealed with RTV.

Floor pans? What floor pans? Thought the rubber mat would be enough.....

E-brake assembly is there, just no wires going to the rear drums....why....because it was used to hold the battery in place under the hood since the battery tray was busted. Litterly made a cradle for the battery using the brake cable wire and used Zip-ins to attach it.

2 pieces of 1x wood used to hold the passenger side window up because they couldn't figure out how to get it back on it's track.

The vents in the dash were sealed shut with spray foam because a nest of bees, then later wasps apperantly, (many dead carcases of both were found along with the nests) took up residence in the duct system.

Seems the head lights were run directly from the battery on a toggle stitch as were the rear lights. You had to toggle on the lights for the brake lights to work.


Geeze.....I could go on about the nit picky stuff but this was the dumb stuff that ticked me off and made me roll my eyes to the sky!!....

 

Romex wiring going from the starter solenoid to a push button in the cab. Previous owners must be related!

 

How about brake lines that were repaired by cutting them and pinching the end off!!! And I wondered why it pulled to the left when the brakes were applied. Man some people...

 

I've seen people atleast attempt to repair blown out brake lines by putting fuel line over them and putting hose clamps as tight as they can around them. It probably didn't work but I just don't know which one is better pinching the line or putting rubber hose over it

 

radio wired directly to the battery post was probably the most blatantly stupid. the rest has caused me so much irritation that ive tried to forget them, ill get my blood pressure up if i list all of them. id love to have a chat with the PO...

 

my horn was wired with speaker wire...I guess its "kinda" like a speaker..it emits noise??

 

I bough my truck knowing there was no front fuel tank. Drove the truck home with no gas gauge and yes I ran out of gas in this 14 mile venture. Get home and drop the tank to install a new sendin unit. It doesn't work so I trace wires to find that when I flip the switch to the front tank the gauge works. Repared and now I have a gas gauge. Bailin wire wrapped around the ujoints to keep the caps from slingin out.

One that beats them all and I wish I coulda got a picture. I seen a dent side with a hood made from plywood and 2x4s and large hinges screwed down on the cowlin for a pivot point and a plywood back window with a hole cut out and glass nicely trimmed in with crown moulding

 

For some reason, I doubt it was safety glass...

 

mine came with NO vaccum lines on it whatsoever but it actually ran, my entire rear window is sealed with duck tape, and my antenna was a metal coat hanger. I've seen one's with their air cleaner sealed together with duck tape because the guy thought it being open was a vaccum leak. Nothing like the repairs from a novice mechanic or body shop.

 

dude that's awesome!! Plywood and duck tape really do fix everything!

 

I had a couple small dents and an even smaller crack in my tail gate. I sanded it down to find someone used a pick hammer to dent in where rot holes were, stuffed it with screen door screen, and bondoed over it. The wheel wells had roofing tin, expanded steel, newspaper and bondo in them. Whatever is handy, I guess.







...and this is my idea of a repair.



This '66 F150 I'm building had expanding foam and cotton batting FILLING the A-pillar to keep the wind out of the truck. Silly me, I just welded new metal in it to keep the road noise out.





Can you see the quality repair on the cab mount after I cut the floors out? Fancy stuff right there.

 

If the trans cooler is clear of obstruction so the fluid can flow easily, the pressure is equal on both lines, the one from the trans and the return side.

Maybe your's PO used really cheap rubber lines? I have some rubber on mine, it's been there a long long time and still good.

 

The PO of my truck decided to "reinforce" the back bumper by welding it in about 3 different places to the frame! It took about 3hrs to cut off and now I have to start grinding.

Then the speedometer cable must have been in the way at one point and was just cut in two pieces.

Also on the parts truck the windshield wiper fluid tank was the spare parts toolbox!

 

on my 79 bronco the nutral saftey switch on the c6 not working so po by passed the switch you could start in any gear! good if your robbing a bank and making a fast getaway i guess my all time fav on my 79 f350 s/c left hand studs/nuts on the rear drums [both sides] good to defere theives for your rims and tires [factory only put them on the drivers side due to wheel nut loosing issues back in the day rear springs sqeeked so po oiled them up including the u bolts/nuts upon checking for rear end wobble found them hand tight [i all so had a 3000lb camper that came with the truck] all so found a screw "screwed into the tire" with silocone to fix a leak any wireing cut/fixed used household electrical marretts and on and on.....