Gyppo repairs

Gyppo repair thread, post if you are a gypsy and do shoddy repair work
My latest one
>heater blower quits working
>test fuse, it works
>test fuse with heater set to on
>no power
>plug wire into battery
>other end into fuse
>it works
>grab some electrical bits
>make red cable in pic related
>plug into cigar lighter fuse
>plug into blower fuse
>repair complete

A closer look

The joys of french wiring, I was thinking it looked like peugeot wiring until I saw the shunt fuses, so renault?

Citroën(which is owned by Peugeot anyway)
Citroën and Peugeot share most parts, engines and electronics, french wirings are all shit tho, Renault being the worst of all
>literally all PSA cars lack relays to protect the wiring

> be trying to sort out my daylight running lamps on my 89 Volvo 245
> one side much brighter than the other
> swap bulbs, same side still brighter
> note three connector plug been butchered to be three individual males going into a three way female
> try swapping the wires around, still not right
> try jumping off opposite side of car, should work, didn't
> find out the ground wire had been soldered to the parking light filling the connector
> parking light power had been wired to daylight filliment
> daylight power went to ground

Fuck that was confusing

Also fucken jumper running left to right for break lights
Took them off

Lights still work

on my 206
>get ground to earth on both rear tail-lights.
>ground wire which deals with power from brakes, reverse and indicator(plus when they sometimes all work at once) is the same thin 12 guage wire as every other wire in the bulb cluster
>solder in a 6 guage wire in place of the old wire and ground it to metal on bulb cluster

also those PSA headlight connectors which always melt and fail

>PSA headlight connectors which always melt and fail
Which reminds me that I have to change one of mine because it is kill

dont use the original part, i did and it melted again
get ceramic ones that wont melt

I got a good one for you.

My vq engine leaks from the front can cover which is situated right on top of the alternator. It didn't leak enough oil to cause a concern but it leaks detect on top of the fucking alternator which causes it to go.

This is my fix

Sadly I don't have pictures, but a few years ago I broke the bushing that keeps one of the gear selector cable in place on the selector mechanism on the gearbox.
When pulling the cable to remove it (I was changing the clutch), the bushing remained on the mechanism, while the rest of the cable came off. There was no way to put it back without it coming off again as soon as it moved.

So I built a little contraption out of zip ties so it could stay in place and be able to flex and rotate around the bushing like it was supposed to do.

It's been 3 or 4 years and I only had to fix it once since.

The alternative was to remove the whole fucking dashboard to change the goddamn pair of cables, because of course they won't sell you only the cable end or the single cable, but the whole fucking assembly from the stick to the gearbox, including the firewall flanges.
Fuck that, zip ties work just as well

The alternator needs ventilation tho

That's why I didn't completely enclose it you illiterate fuck.

Also, been fine so far in the Florida heat and it's a hot running engine 210 while cruising

Pikeys aren't gypsies. The two groups hate each other with a passion.

Pikeys are thieving bastards that live in caravans and shit all over your car park. Gypsies are the rich ones that live in actual houses and breed proper horses, and hold funerals that shut down multiple villages for a day because of the three mile procession at walking speed, with their 500 relatives walking behind the collection of horses and multiple trucks carrying flower arrangements.
Or at least they did when the patriarch around here died. I got stuck in the traffic caused by it. I'd have been pissed off had I been burning my own fuel and engine wear, instead of sat in a company van being paid to ride around and supervise a newbie and help them find shit.

> Door seals fall off
> Tape them back on
> Tape falls off
> Add new tape

On me mum's shitbox
>calls me
>says it smells like petrol
>fuel consumption is up
>walk to her house because my Renault was in the shop again
>pop bonnet
>fuel everywhere
>start car
>hose leaking petrol right on top of the hot engine block
>fix with duck tape, thread seal, and super glue
>drive it to nearest autonigger(15 mins away) to buy new hose
>did not leak

No need to be this salty.
If your alternator was able to survive with only half the ventilation, don't your think they would make them with half the holes?
It doesn't work just as well because you left the bottom part open

>1998 Sunfire
>Headlight switch fails
>Bypass it to a toggle
>Thank god for low voltage relays

>Few years before
>Same issue only with a Grand Prix
>Young and dumb
>Wire the headlights to a toggle
>Don't know about amperage specific switches
>Melt the headlight switch
>End up just twisting the wires together for headlights until I sold the car

>Same sunfire as before
>Radiator fan didn't work when I bought it
>The old fan caused damage to the car so it wouldn't engage anymore
>Pop the shell off the relay
>Have to insert one half of an easter egg into the relay every time I drive so it jumpers the fan to be on

> Working on my Ute
> Rebuilt the harness
> Test it on a bench
> Everything is good
> Chuck it back in my car
> Dash lights are coming on for no reason
> Cut them out and wire them separately

Anyone here ever nearly set his car on fire while having his lights adjusted.

>be me
>own a fiat punto
>previous owner crashed it
>anyways
>had practical ed at truck repair shop
>my country has mandatory annual technical car checks, part of it is a low/high beam height check
>my ride was due for the technical check
>told a guy at the shop if he could adjust my light while he was adjusting the lights on his car
>so he parks that beam setter box infront
>starts adjusting my light to the appropriate level
>right light fixed
>left lights
>suddenly car starts doing a weird noise
>smoke starts coming out of the cables
>OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT.GIF
>we repeat the procedure because wtf
>screw the wiring up even more

It turned out to be a mesed up H1 light. The connector on it was bent when adjusting the height, cracked the isolation and made a contact with ground. Had to take everything apart and replace a bunch of cables. Here are some pics.

>few months later, time for the technical vehicle check
>last station, let's see how the lights are doing
>start being nervous
>not ok
>ohshit.gif
>the guys doing th check pop the hood and start adjusting the lights
>[n a i l c h e w i n g i n t e n s i f i e s]
>all gud
>feel cold sweat down my back

Jesus christ. Appearantly they aren't even the original headlights.

And what was left of the wire

That reminds of something:

>1995 Pontiac Trans Sport
>Trying to diagnose a misfire
>Checking injectors individually (there were only two)
>One plug falls into the fuel cup
>Arcs on itself
>Starts the whole engine bay on fire
>Runs for a good 10 seconds before I actually notice it
>End up cutting two new plugs off of an S10 at the local U-Pull
>Electrical tape them one

Not all bad considering I eventually DID find the miss (plugs and wires), and traded the POS in for a Chrysler 200 and got $4500 trade in value

>noticed rear left driving light didn't work
>change bulb
>still no light
>check voltage
>zero
>jam wire into the right side so it would stick
>same for other side
>the left side became lit once again

Figured out a year later that the fuse has blown.

>practical ed
>doing front rotors on iveco truck
>theres oil in the center to lubricate the bearing
>drain the oil into a container in which there was previously fuel oil in it
>new rotors on
>my mentor went welding the nuts on that hold wheel so they wont pop out when you try putting the wheel on
>container with fuel oil and SAE-90 oil still underneath
>it catches fire
>he starts yelling user WE'RE ON FIRE
>pour a jug of water on it to put it out
>went better than expected

>pouring water on burning oil

>pour a jug of water on it
i cringed, but happy it worked out

You could just replace the gasket instead of being a nigger.

The fact that you got this angry at his simple observation shows that you know you're wrong. Have fun prematurely replacing your alternator in a few months.

>solder in 6ga
>thin 12 gauge

the fuck is with your wire standards

12 AWG is meaty as fuck

6 AWG gauge is one step under welding cable

This. I've used 0 gauge in a few higher end audio system setups and that shit is like working with a quarter. I would imagine 6 gauge isn't much smaller.

Lucky you didn't create something far worse. Never water on burning oil. Sand, kitty litter, baking soda, etc...

Same practice in the kitchen.

>gypo repair thread
Ye, I know what could have gone wrong. Luckily I still have my eyebrows and hair

Not sure if shoddy, but:

>get some speakers for the huge fucking holes in my recently bought jap shitbox
>plug in wires which were already there
>hear nothing
>see lose cut off wires behind dashboard
>get a battery to test
>speakers make noise
>realise there once was an amplifier
>goddamnit this car keeps fucking with me
>decide to just strip the wires from my radio connector and ducttape them straight to the speaker wires
>it works
>too lazy to ever do this properly despite my huge OCD sperg mind

>Three individual males going into a three way female
This isn't /b/ you sick fuck

I hope the heat of the engine melts that jug right onto your turbo

That's not a gyppo repair, it's called a Mickie mouse, and if you ever driven a Nissan Hardbody, you know for a fact it's been rigged up in the most cost effective way.

Couldn't you have just used 2 wires and put one on each fuse pin? That would look way better.

HIGHLY underrated post.

Fuck this place is under aged as shit.

A single wire is less likely to come loose though

The only original thing on my shitbox at this point is the chassis, get on my level