Post #203,365
4/14/05 1:50:12 PM
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Why its important to keep up on your car maintenance
Since we're on a car jag (Jag? Get it? Ha! I kill me!) Maybe we need a car forum?
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Alison Taylor's Peugeot 405 wouldn't start so she got out and banged the engine with a hammer.
But the blows triggered the broken starter motor and because the keys were still in the ignition, the engine started. The handbrake should have stopped the car lurching forward - but that was broken as well, an inquest heard. Even then the momentum of the car would not have been enough to cause a problem.
But Alison, 36, tried to steady herself and accidentally grabbed the throttle cable.
As her elderly mother watched in horror the car sped over her, killing her instantly.
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Post #203,370
4/14/05 2:07:13 PM
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2005 Darwin Award nominee :-D
lincoln
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Post #203,377
4/14/05 3:07:29 PM
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I don't know about a Darwin award...
...it was a Peugeot 405, arguably the most badly manufactured car in the free world.
(I know...because a former girlfriend had one...and the damn thing never worked. At one point, all four door handles failed, and this was within the first month of ownership.)
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Post #203,409
4/14/05 8:43:57 PM
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Still
she shouldn't have been standing in front of the car whilst whacking it with a hammer.
lincoln
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Post #203,381
4/14/05 3:22:27 PM
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On a positive note...
...it does prove that a Hammer is effective in getting a car started.
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Post #203,387
4/14/05 3:43:19 PM
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A hammer and duct tape can fix anything.
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Post #203,389
4/14/05 4:20:31 PM
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So you DO understand
duct tape sticks to slush.
It IS the universal tool.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #203,391
4/14/05 4:29:04 PM
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I'm sure she understands from her work.
[link|http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/health/main525523.shtml|Duct tape is useful in biology too].
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #203,392
4/14/05 4:33:12 PM
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Also known out here as 'Grip tape' . .
. . due to it's extensive use by "grips", the guys who set up, tear down and do the heavy lifting on motion picture sets, though they also use black as well as the common silver.
There's one thing it isn't very good at. In comparative tests it proved less effective than practically any other tape for taping ducts, though the testers declared it just fine for most other uses.
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Post #203,393
4/14/05 4:33:48 PM
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Do you have a link to that study?
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Post #203,395
4/14/05 4:37:30 PM
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Don't know if it's the same study, but . . . .
. . you can [link|http://ducts.lbl.gov/ducttape/|start here].
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Post #203,396
4/14/05 4:49:33 PM
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Thanks. Forwarded. :-)
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Post #203,405
4/14/05 6:57:12 PM
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Not usually the same
You're talking about "gaff tape". It differs from ordinary duct tape by using a different adhesive (that doesn't degrade so quickly or messily), and it's always got a matte finish (no gloss) because it's got a cloth backing; this cuts light reflection on set. It's also missing any reinforcement (in the way of cross-strings woven into the mesh), so that it lays flat along its entire surface. That's important for putting any two taped surfaces against each other; for example, taped cables will often bind with hardware-store duct tape because of the uneven outer surface.
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Post #203,398
4/14/05 5:16:11 PM
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No, no, no
Duct tape and WD-40.
If it moves and it's not supposed to...Duct tape.
If it doesn't move and it should...WD-40.
-YendorMike
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Post #203,399
4/14/05 5:18:43 PM
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Bailing Wire! Can't forget that!
Sometimes Duct-Tape won't stand the heat. (or the abrasion... in certain areas)
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Post #203,407
4/14/05 7:30:19 PM
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Angle irons and bungee cords.
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Post #203,402
4/14/05 6:14:28 PM
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So tell me....
Do you apply WD40 to a stubborn kid? And duct tape to a hyperactive one?
Just wondering,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #203,403
4/14/05 6:17:01 PM
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Sometimes I wish...
...Especially as regards the "hyperactive" part. Right on the kisser. ;-)
-YendorMike
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Post #203,406
4/14/05 7:28:53 PM
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I've wanted to.
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Steve
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Post #203,462
4/15/05 10:08:44 AM
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Me too.
I work from home most of the time and when the kids are home it's impossible to get anything done. I have considered duct taping them to the poles in the basement. But then child protective services would come poking around so it's really not worth the hassle. :)
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Post #203,411
4/14/05 9:17:04 PM
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well I have an accident report in my posession
that indicates severe damage to a stop sign and light pole under driver it lists none. Car stalled in the street. Could only be started in neutral and by jumping the solenoid. So car in neutral, jump solenoid, engine starts, slips into gear and the high idle throttle that I havnt fixed yet started moving the car down the road at about 30 mph. Now the car is at rest buried into a cement light pole with the engine screaming and the tires digging to china. I am busy with an axe trying to access to the hood and get to the coil wire. A nice man stops, helps me then confesses he's an off duty cop and has to right me up for the stop sign. As I am sitting glumly awaiting a tow a truck shows up (sunday am at about 4:30am.) with 4 workmen to replace stop sign. Sign $75 OT on weekend $625, they bent it uprioght and took about 2 minutes.
thanx,
bill
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Post #203,417
4/14/05 9:44:41 PM
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:-(
I had a 1974 Ford Galaxy 500 2-door that I parked one evening on a hill ~ 1987. Next morning, the car was Gone!
Called the cops, sat on hold... They said the car had been towed. Why? It was found blocking an intersection at the bottom of the hill....
Luckily, it didn't seem to damage anything. My guess is that it was bumped when someone parked in front of it and it somehow got knocked out of Park. (The parking brake release was some fancy "modern" thing that was intended to release the brake when shifting out of Park ...)
It learned me to turn the steering wheel appropriately when parked on a hill.
I hope you win the lottery soon so that you have a little bit more reliable transportation. :-)
Hang in there.
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #203,420
4/14/05 10:02:32 PM
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oh I have 2005 born vehicle
just not allowed to drive it :-), wifes van
thanx,
bill
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Post #203,422
4/14/05 10:05:58 PM
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She's got a big insurance policy on you too, I'll bet.
;-)
Luck with the Lincoln!
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #203,428
4/14/05 10:46:42 PM
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no I have a big insurance policy on me :-0
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Post #203,433
4/14/05 11:34:07 PM
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That explains it then. ;-)
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Post #203,464
4/15/05 10:40:13 AM
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I thought only Trabants were started like that?!
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Post #203,466
4/15/05 10:46:22 AM
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When ah were a lad
I had a Nissan Bluebird (Yendor's been in it!) and the diode pack on the alternator failed.
In order to prevent comedy flat batteries every time the car was stationary, I disconnected the negative lead from the battery. There were a couple of occasions where I was preoccupied and forgot (cue comedy why-won't-my-car-start-oh-you-dolt moments) and a couple more where I managed to somehow complete the electrical circuit with my fingers (cue comedy ow-ow-ow-you-bastard-that-hurts moments).
The upshot was, of course, that I spent a couple of minutes fiddling around under the bonnet at the beginning and end of every journey.
Yes, I did get the alternator fixed.
Peter
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Post #203,528
4/15/05 6:55:16 PM
4/15/05 6:56:07 PM
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My old Celica had a similar prob, but it was hammer-fixable.
(Much to the amusement of passers-by, may I add)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Edited by Meerkat
April 15, 2005, 06:56:07 PM EDT
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