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How nice to see decent sized electronic components, not like present microdots that need a magnifying glass to see whether there is a component, never mind what the value is! 
Graham (G4FUJ)
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The post of my rotary washing line failed, at the point it goes into the ground stake. I have repaired it with a level of engineering, that I think would even meet with approval from DaveW. It only took me two hours!! Feeling smugly satisfied. 
Bud
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Well, let's see a pic of this engineering masterwork you teaser !!  K
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Yes, pics please if you wish to have accreditation
DaveW
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Banski does home office work ![[Linked Image]](https://up.picr.de/38310212gs.jpeg)
Hannes
once: Green M3W; 2013
now: Red 4/4 Sport; 2011
and some practical cars for use in real life
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Well, let's see a pic of this engineering masterwork you teaser !! K Aha! All you can see, now completed, is the butt joined main tube. The engineering “genius” comprises the internal reinforcing sleeve, and how it is secured!! So no pictures chaps and please remember the word ‘bodged’ from the title of the thread. 
Bud
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I sense Bud you get the karma that is bodging. Doing things that are just acceptable but not perfect & leaving then an opportunity to improve later.
JohnV6
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Maybe we should start a "Greatest Bodge" Thread
Or as the RAC man once called it...…."A Temporary Repair"
DaveW
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Needs to Get Out More!
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Temporary repair.......
Fibre glass patching to get an MOT!
Years ago my dad showed me one such “repair” when the car came in to him for a proper repair.....several months after MOT.
In the cigar factory I worked in we had a Bodge Champion fitter/engineer.
Two bodges were...
Oil change by drilling his sump to drain oil ( he had previously welded his drain plug in place ) then using pop rivets to seal the holes.
Making a radiator from copper tubing by bending several metres of it to a roughly rad shape and soldering adaptors to get the connections to hoses.
He only used the car for short commutes to work.
We also had another maintenance techie who bought a Lada. He sprayed the underside with Waxoil. Trouble was he used far too much. A call went out over the tannoy for him to remove his car from the car park and clean up the pool of waxoil on the floor. He was a character...name was James Bond ( true) and was an ex opal miner in Australia. Also doing an OU degree in maths.
Plus Four MY23 Furka Rouge
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Bodge..? Seen plenty of that, a pal bought this highly polished MGB with an MOT and ran it for a while planning a restoration, it took quite a few panels to restore a measure of strength back into it.. Think I have a pic of the pile of panels..!!! ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/04/16/Polishe-perfection-NOT.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/04/16/Under-the-polish.jpg)
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