Rural Justice

[TerryinMD]

<font color=blue>MarkV - Um, well it's a fairly common trick in these parts, so it's entirely possible that I could know about it via strictly non-participatory means... </font color=blue>

Sounds like lawyer speak. [image]/w3tcompact/icons/eyes.gif[/image] Had to check your profile to make sure that you weren't one of those kinda people. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Terry

 

[Bird]

That was a common trick in Texas, too, in the late 50s. Or two coke cases on edge under the rear axle. And did you ever test your buddy's (or enemy's) mechanical knowledge by pulling the coil wire out of the center of distributor, insert a cigarette filter, and put the coil wire back? Nothing visible, but it doesn't start./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[SimS]

Bird;
We had a early 60's upgrade to your trick. Wet the filter so the engine will run until the engine heat evaporates the water and then it dies with no visible problem. Could be hours, could be days, it's a great trick. Thanks for reminding me of the good ol' days.

Sim

 

[bgott]

Swap the coil wire and one of the plug wires. I still use it as an anti theft trick.

 

[Devildog]

Boondox, Its nice to here that the self centered people getting it once in a while./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

LMAO@Bird and Sims, it looks like im not the only one that needs Devil added in there user name/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
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Take care all, Jim

 

[Boondox]

Jim -- the Marines taught me all the dirty tricks I know! Nothing better to do while floating offshore from some trouble spot than think up practical jokes while cleaning our weapons. One of my favorites is running a bead of glue along the edge of a toilet paper roll...so the next user only gets half a sheet at a time. Gunny Talaveras was a master of the dirty deed! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Pete ex-HMC(SS/SW) and DevilDoc

 

[bgott]

I learned mine in mechanic shops coast to coast. Grease on drawer pulls and door handles, GoJo on the toilet seat, charged condensers, acetylene bombs wired into brake light circuits. I love blocking the wheels on the Safety Kleen truck. If you have a new driver he'll gun the engine and jump those 4x4s...you can hear those tin solvent tanks hitting the floor of that van for blocks! The last thing they do after pulling off their gloves is grab the rear door pull rope. I've seen one guy quit after a liberal application of bearing grease on that rope. The solvent truck guy and the tool truck guys are usually safe to mess with, although I knew a guy that bought a brand new Snap-On box and had the tool guy pre- grease the handles for a payback. We never could make him believe it wasn't one of us in the shop. It's amazing the crap you can dream up to do to someone when you're supposed to be doing something else!

 

[s1120]

That, and a big wad of buble wrap under the tires. The guy gets in the car to pull it off the lift, and POP POP POP! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif The guy jumps out of the car thinking the messed something up /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif Got to love it. You have to be willing to put up with a LOT of abuse when you walk into our shop.

 

[Devildog]

/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif You got that right Pete, I called it the hurry up and wait syndrome. We were always getting into trouble with all that time/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
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Take care, Jim

 

[Boondox]

When I was teaching at San Diego State one of the profs had trouble keeping his paws off the coeds...so the dean sewed the sleeves of his sport coat shut. At the end of the day he rammed his arms into the sleeves so hard he nearly ripped the arm off the coat!

And in the navy, during some advanced training, we had to pose for a class photo. It was after Halloween, so we got a fantastic group rate on gorilla suits! On the day of the photo shoot we all showed up late...in gorilla suits with our little sailor hats on top! /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif The master chief read us the riot act, but when the shoot was rescheduled all the instructors were dressed up as astronauts. Took us three weeks to get the "official" class photo!

Pete

 

[cedarranch]

Boy would I like to see some photos of the first two tries. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[BBearden]

You don't see hubcaps much anymore, but we used to put a few pebbles in them and it worked pretty good. The victim would start to drive off, then hear all the noise and stop, get out and check the vehicle, not find anything and continue. I saw a guy stop 5 times before getting out of the parking lot once.

 

[GlennT]

If the car is rear-wheel drive and doesn't have PosiTrak or something comparable, all you have to do is put a short hunk of 2 x 4 under one side of the rear axle. Also, don't forget about the ol' potato (cucumber?) up the tailpipe. Makes me think of my friend Keith's honeymoon. Some dasdardly soul smeared limburger cheese on the exhaust manifold (not me, honest!).

 

[Bird]

Aah, yes, I remember the gravel in the hubcaps and potato in the tailpipe, and while it was easy to spot, a 12" length of bicycle inner tube slipped over the end of the tailpipe made some unusual sounds, too.

Does anyone still make the fireworks that had wires you attached to a ground and a spark plug? When the car was started, a long whistle, explosion, and smoke. The first time I saw that one was when Dad put one on Mother's car. She failed to see the humor in it./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[cedarranch]

<font color=blue>The first time I saw that one was when Dad put one on Mother's car.</font color=blue>

Ahh! /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif Now we see who Bird takes after! /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[bgott]

I've never seen the fireworks but I've stuck a vacuum line into a quart of tranny fluid and shut the hood. Tranny fluid sucked into the intake of a running engine puts out more smoke than any thing else in the world! We had a parts girl that would order the wrong parts 75% of the time, screwing up our production and our pay checks. That girl caught holy hell. One day a friend of mine ran hoses from the windshield washers up through the dash of the shop truck aimed through the steering wheel and jumpered the pump to the positive terminal on the coil. She turned on the key and it was shower time! The dummy sat there screaming with her hands in front of her face, never bothering to get out of the truck. One time Doug worked on her car. She wanted a tune up. Doug took an old rod cap and heated it red hot with the torch and then dipped it in oil. He carried the smoking rod cap into the parts house and told the girl she had a problem. I thought she was going to cry. I felt kind of bad for a minute, then the parts I'd ordered for a '92 Suburban came in. She had ordered the parts for an '89 Cadillac, because she knew they were the same, she had been doing this for nine years, SSDD, I didn't feel bad anymore.