Weird tricks to cars ?

[ROYC75]

This is a thread about tricks you can do to cars. List the things you could do to your car to make something work when it was turned off, etc. Here's mine that I recall.


As a kid growing up, during High School golf season, our school provided Ford LTD's for us to travel to meets. We would cram 6 boys, a coach and 7 sets of golf clubs into a 73, or 74 or a 75 Ford LTD.

When the meet was over and we were awaiting the team &individual scores of the meet, first guy back to the car jump in the driver's set. Coach would not give us the keys, so you could put your foot on the brake, wiggle the 4 way flasher just right without engaging it plus turn on the radio. Boom, music, you have the radio on to listen to the tunes you could find. You let your foot off the brake, you had to start it all over again.

Finally he started to let us have the keys after finding out what we were doing.

Somehow the flasher and brake lights would short / overload it's way over into the radio in the steering column and work. We found out just tinkering with it one day, early in the golf season, not knowing it would happen. Just being kids, things boys do when bored.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

In college one of my dorm neighbors came out after a night in aggieville and couldn't find his car, reported it stolen. Shortly thereafter it was determined that he got in his early 90s ford probe, drive home, went to bed. Except it wasn't his probe, but another. Guess they looked similar under the metal halide parking lot lights even though they were different colors. Sure enough, they found his still parked in the vile. Apparently the keys on probes were cut poorly and a lot of to keys would start other probes.

My first car was a 67 Mustang, and my sister had an early 70s Mercury Comet. The keys weren't exactly the same, but were close enough that you could jiggle them a little and start either car with either key.

[Squalor2]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

did you weep?

[Perineum Ripper]

My fist vehicle was a 91 S-10 pickup..about once a week it would decide not to start..most of the time not a big deal..I would have someone use their vehicle to roll me and pop the clutch then I was on my way

One night it happened and I was alone after seeing a girl about her vagina..truck wouldn't start..no cell phone..middle of nowhere..I slammed the glove box closed and tried it again it fired right up

Did that every time it threw a fit and it always worked

[Warpaint69]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

See the solenoid on that cars only purpose is to send the power to the starter. The ignition switch sends power to another smaller post and that closes the internal switch to send power momentarily to the starter.

The side of the solenoid with the fusible links has power all the time which is why all the accessories work without cranking the engine over.

He probably had a jumper wire from.the battery to the coil

Only way it would work. I would've just rigged up a push button with some gator clips to the solenoid. Also wise to wire in a resistor into that hot wire to the coil as well.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

I did the same thing in my '74 Jeep CJ-5. Except there wasn't pussy involved. It didn't have a clutch cable, but the clutch linkage broke and I had to drive home 20 miles or so without the clutch. I did the same thing as you, started it in first gear and managed to shift without the clutch. I had to pop it out of gear for every stop and then repeat the process of starting it in first.

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

My first car was a '66 Bug. Thanks to the 6V electrical, I got really good at push starting it. I learned in a hurry to always try to park on a slope whenever possible.

Our house at the time had a longish driveway that sloped down to the garage. I would park the car at the top of the driveway and then, if it didn't start (usually), I would get it rolling, jump in and try to start it in time to avoid slamming into the garage door. If it didn't catch, I would have to push the car back up the driveway and try again. I was late to school so many times that year thanks to my car.

Later, the local VW wiz installed a relay that somehow shortened the distance the current from the battery had to travel and it would start every time.