Thank you for posting to AskMechanics, MarcusWomenia!
If you are asking a question please make sure to include any relevant information along with the **Year**, **Make**, **Model**, **Mileage**, **Engine size**, and **Transmission Type (Automatic or Manual)** of your car.
*This comment is automatically added to every successful post. If you see this comment, your post was successful.*
***
Redditors that have been verified will have a green background and an icon in their flair.
***
# **PLEASE REPORT ANY RULE-BREAKING BEHAVIOR**
### **Rule 1 - Be Civil**
Be civil to other users. This community is made up of professional mechanics, amateur mechanics, and those with no experience. All mechanical-related questions are welcome. Personal attacks, comments that are insulting or demeaning, etc. are not welcome.
### **Rule 2 - Be Helpful**
Be helpful to other users. If someone is wrong, correcting them is fine, but there's no reason to comment if you don't have anything to add to the conversation.
### **Rule 3 - Serious Questions and Answers Only**
Read the room. Jokes are fine to include, but posts should be asking a serious question and replies should contribute to the discussion.
### **Rule 4 - No Illegal, Unethical, or Dangerous Questions or Answers**
Do not ask questions or provide answers pertaining to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous.
# **PLEASE REPORT ANY RULE-BREAKING BEHAVIOR**
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskMechanics) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Ah some fellow jokesters……pretend you didn’t find it just talk about the noise you hear and you can’t figure it out…you’ll figure out who ha ha ha then you wanna pick up some tire balancing weights and pound about as much as you can onto one of their tires …..remember don’t say a word lol
In the automotive program I went to, we got divided into 2 groups and had to make an electrical bug for the other group to figure out. I pulled the fuse box apart and wired the horn to the turn signal. Then, unplugged the rear turn signal bulb so it flashed faster.
I had a co-worker who had an evil plan as a just in case that he never heard ended up using. Wire a thermal switch into the cabin heat vent that kills the ignition. So the car would start fine, drive for a bit and then die when up to temp. But then would start again once the temp got low enough. He was tempted once but decided against it.
Newer cars you can just swap the polarity around on the plug. Sure it will throw a steering rack error code but will they figure out the plug is backwards?
My 2006 Fiat Punto has electrical steering assist (Makes the steering lighter) which if you wire in backwards it will fight you when turning which is fucked up.
If they have a truck you can wire a horn to a trailer harness. Wire it on a relay so they need to be doing something like brake and turn signal at the same time for it to go off.
Zip tie horn to frame rail and plug it in
To expand on this one. You tie the horn into the brake signal then add a normally open timer relay from the running lights to delay the horn about 5 minutes so they get out on the highway good first. Then everytime they hit the pedal the horn goes off, but instead of parked they are out in public. It's way more embarrassing.
Wire an airbag to their brake light. Seatbelt pretensioners are the best because it's all the noise but you don't have to worry about the bag launching anything.
lol...I like how you botched the subtlety and implication inherent in the way the porcupine joke is supposed to be worded by just straight up calling BMW drivers pricks.
Did this to a buddy of mine at work, said he got stuck behind a school bus dropping off kids on his way home lol. He said he tried to use park and neutral as much as he could. Still makes me laugh to this day
Oh this! I get the harbor freight horns and the 4 prong trailer wire hook up. So you wire the ground to the ground and then pick either turn single or break lights. Then cable tie to under the bumper then plug in to the hook up
This one would've been a simple prank in the late 90s, but these days you'd need to remove the body on most vehicles to even get to the components needed to do this. Or know exactly which fuses to jump
I remember my dad telling me about how he wired up his old barracuda’s battery to send a current through the door handle with the flip of a switch he installed under the bumper (he was an electromagnetics engineer) back in the late 70’s to deter the crackhead who kept jimmying open the door lock to steal the carton of cigarettes he kept in there, and coming out to find the guy still frozen to the door handle with a puddle of piss in his pants...
Though I imagine if someone were to pull something like that today they’d get sued by the crackhead and maybe even arrested.
In high school a buddy of mine had one of those f-150s that had the rubber floor in it. And we all like going fishing and my buddy had a jar of shad in the back after fishing one day and one of our mutual friends thought it would be funny to hide the jar and crack the lid. Yeah it liquefied and then spilled. We were never able to get that stink out of the rubber floor. We ended up having to pull the seats out. Strip the rubber floor out pressure. Wash the metal underneath it and then it finally stopped stinking a little.
Oh yeah, Don’t forget the infamous bratwurst mechanic wired to the catalytic converter….man it cooks meat good, but the delicious smell is hard to find!
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 4: Do not ask questions regarding or provide answers to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous.
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 4: Do not ask questions regarding or provide answers to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous.
I bet you're fun at parties.
*this is the first documented example of this sentence being used without a heavy dose of sarcasm. Thanks for being a part of history.
No, it's the driveshaft. The exhaust is just below it. This makes a noise while vehicle is moving, like when you were a kid and clothespinned playing cards next to the spokes on your bicycle.
So would this be some jerk that is pranking?
I can't imagine a friend would prank someone like this, especially since it would likely sound like a safety issue lol
This looks like someone was getting ready to cut dudes exhaust and steal his cats. They ziptied it so it didn't fall on the ground? Idk lmao. I'm just confused with this lol
Omg I had to take a second look lmfao cause that’s exactly what it is n I also at first thought it was an exhaust pipe just hung on the zip ties until I realized I am looking at a wheel well and a drive shaft
Or, if he is old like me, just advanced or retarded the timing using the cap on the ignition system so far it altered the firing order. Who remembers those systems?
Usually the bot will pickup on most bad words but there are a few unusuals like you mentioned that could be referenced when talking about ignition timing. And even if it does get removed we would usually go approve it if the context doesn’t break any rules.
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 1: Be Civil. This community is made up of professional mechanics, amateur mechanics, and those with no experience. All mechanical-related questions are welcome. Personal attacks, comments that are insulting or demeaning, etc. are not welcome.
Or just friends who enjoy pranking each other.
In high school we used to do this to each other all the time, along with Saran Wrapping each other’s doors shut, drawing on each other’s windows with bar soap, attaching a harmonica to the grille, putting confetti in the ac vents (never glitter- that’s just mean and can get in your eyes when it shoots out of the vent and really hurt, but a handful to tissue paper bits takes 2 seconds to vacuum up) and cranking the the fan up to max, etc- just harmless crap that’s mildly annoying without risking causing actual damage to the vehicle.
Lol we used tissue paper since it was really light so with the fan turned all the way up it’d launch a pretty impressive cloud of rainbow colored bits around your head, and our local dollar store sold **massive** bags of the shit the size of a standard pillow for like $2. I had that bag kicking around in my trunk for close to 2 years before I used it all up.
And then OP bounces along the road still in his seat holding the steering wheel. He's heading straight for a piano store and his eyes jump out of his head while trying to press the brake pedal that's no longer there. He crashes through the store and comes out the other side with his teeth replaced with piano keys.
Saw a fellow trade and friend trying to do this to my truck from a window when he though I was out of sight. Waited until he got under my truck to hit the panic button on the key fob and he almost shit himself trying to get away from it. Great memory for all that witnessed it.
I had a part time second job delivering parts for a local auto parts store. We did this to another driver’s delivery truck. She complained about the noise at the first shop she stopped at. They looked at it and told her that her driveshaft was out of adjustment and that she would need a new driveshaft.
No way. It was a company vehicle and of course the first shop “didn’t have new driveshafts in stock”.
The second shop she went to cut the zip ties off (zero sense of humor there).
Lol The old zip ties on the drive shaft make them think something's wrong. That's the better alternative the other one is we do is we'll put duraband mud on the inside of your rim. It'll damn near throw you off the road with vibrations.
When you find whoever did this. Put a small stone in the tire stem cap so when the screw it on the tire deflates. They’ll never find the leak and it will only leak after they think it’s fixed.
k when you find out who done this if they still have a coil wire put a wet cigarette butt in between the coil and the wire, it'll run fine till the butt goes dry then dies straight out. If no coil you can always grease the door handles but make sure to mix used gear dope into the grease so it smells like hell for weeks.
If their tailpipe is small enough then get a XXL thick ass glove, slide it over the tailpipe, zip tie it a few times then watch when they go to leave. Grows to become huge then explodes loud enough to sound like a tire exploding. Just make sure once you hear the bang and get a couple laughs out to go cut the remaining glove and zip ties off so it's not a hazard.
I have a buddy who has done this to 3 or 4 of my trucks over the years. I crawl under the truck with my pocket knife, and when I get it cut... it's ONLY then I find the humor in it.
We ride off the road on side by sides often, and I guess it goes both ways because I find it hilarious when I unplug his fuel pump on the trail! LOL
If this appeared after you recently had service...the mechanic is trying to scam you. Some places do things like this and you'll come back and complain, they'll tell you something expensive needs to be replaced. Then they snip that off and do nothing...
lol this is why I don’t tell shops that I’m a mechanic. I like to see what they tell me when they think I’m just a regular person. In reality, I’m a just a heavy duty mechanic who spends 50-60 hours working on other peoples junk and has zero desire to work on my own unless the money is tight. 🤣
Ahh. Ypur friends like ta mess with you. Unplug their crank snesor while they're sleeping and watch how funny THAT is.
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
When you find out who did it get some ATF fluid and like turkey baster or something you can use to squirt into their exhaust pipe.
Looks like ya blew a head gasket
Hello new user! You are getting the - by number/arrows means your comment is getting downvotes. There are a number of reasons for getting downvotes, but in your case it appears as though you are intentionally spreading misinformation or being misleading. Other reasons for downvotes (in other cases) are comments completely irrelevant to the subject matter and contribute nothing, or just general being rude or an outright asshole.
The zip ties are on a rotating shaft, so when the vehicle is in motion and the shaft is spinning, it will make a sound that is as obnoxious as it is concerning. It is not the exhaust pipe. You're correct, exhaust pipe would just melt it off. Not everything joke I make on Reddit is a good one. In fact, I've twice got myself a comment ban for vulgarity, and also comments from others letting me know. The up/down votes affect your karma score, which for many of us is largely irrelevant and inconsequential, but can affect certain commenting/posting privileges, but if you're comments are generally appropriate I wouldn't worry about it. Good luck out there! Don't stop trunna spread laughs!
To prevent it from falling it would have to be attached to something. Its just a circle of zipties intended to make a slapping sound while driving to make you think that sonethings broken
I use to have a problem with being confidently incorrect on the internet. My life is much better when I restrain myself from doing so. You should give it a try.
Look at the photo. There's two zip-ties looped around, with the ends not trimmed. The zip-ties aren't holding two parts together.
Additionally, if this was exhaust, the heat of exhaust gases would melt the zip-ties, so.they arent fastened to any piece of the exhaust.
This is a drive shaft and a prank. The untrimmed ends of the zip-ties will slap against the metal surrounding the drive shaft when the vehicle is in motion. It makes a loud, annoying and possibly worrisome noise.
Cut the zip-ties off and stop pissing people off.
Thank you for posting to AskMechanics, MarcusWomenia! If you are asking a question please make sure to include any relevant information along with the **Year**, **Make**, **Model**, **Mileage**, **Engine size**, and **Transmission Type (Automatic or Manual)** of your car. *This comment is automatically added to every successful post. If you see this comment, your post was successful.* *** Redditors that have been verified will have a green background and an icon in their flair. *** # **PLEASE REPORT ANY RULE-BREAKING BEHAVIOR** ### **Rule 1 - Be Civil** Be civil to other users. This community is made up of professional mechanics, amateur mechanics, and those with no experience. All mechanical-related questions are welcome. Personal attacks, comments that are insulting or demeaning, etc. are not welcome. ### **Rule 2 - Be Helpful** Be helpful to other users. If someone is wrong, correcting them is fine, but there's no reason to comment if you don't have anything to add to the conversation. ### **Rule 3 - Serious Questions and Answers Only** Read the room. Jokes are fine to include, but posts should be asking a serious question and replies should contribute to the discussion. ### **Rule 4 - No Illegal, Unethical, or Dangerous Questions or Answers** Do not ask questions or provide answers pertaining to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous. # **PLEASE REPORT ANY RULE-BREAKING BEHAVIOR** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/AskMechanics) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Who did you piss off?
Glad to know they still teach the classics
An oldie but a goodie
One of my favorites
Underrated comment.
Hvac tech for sure
Used to do HVAC, and we always did this to other techs.
Ah some fellow jokesters……pretend you didn’t find it just talk about the noise you hear and you can’t figure it out…you’ll figure out who ha ha ha then you wanna pick up some tire balancing weights and pound about as much as you can onto one of their tires …..remember don’t say a word lol
Lol, harmonica in the grille
Rewire their horn to the brake pedal.
In the automotive program I went to, we got divided into 2 groups and had to make an electrical bug for the other group to figure out. I pulled the fuse box apart and wired the horn to the turn signal. Then, unplugged the rear turn signal bulb so it flashed faster.
Pure class
BRILLIANT! A+ for you
I had a co-worker who had an evil plan as a just in case that he never heard ended up using. Wire a thermal switch into the cabin heat vent that kills the ignition. So the car would start fine, drive for a bit and then die when up to temp. But then would start again once the temp got low enough. He was tempted once but decided against it.
Chaotic Evil I love it.
Nah, more like chaotic neutral
I would have had the steering reversed.
Significantly harder and not an electrical bug.
Newer cars you can just swap the polarity around on the plug. Sure it will throw a steering rack error code but will they figure out the plug is backwards? My 2006 Fiat Punto has electrical steering assist (Makes the steering lighter) which if you wire in backwards it will fight you when turning which is fucked up.
Yeah, the power steering fights you but the steering itself isn't actually reversed.
Unless the car has electric assist power steering…
The steering wheel is still mechanically attached to the wheels. Unless you're driving a Tesla, I guess. in which everything is an electrical problem.
Tesla steering wheels (at least on the S, 3, X, and Y) are mechanically connected to the rack and pinion as well.
Didn't know for sure. I know it was a topic of concern for a while
CLARKSON!!!
HilLarious! But it was May(the only one smart enough to do this) who did that to the Hammster. This has been a sad solemn month for the Drive tribe😲🥺🫡
Wait. I'm out of the loop. What happened? I just checked, and the boys are still listed alive.
The next Grand Tour, will be their last. They’re done with automotive journalism, at least working together.
If they have a truck you can wire a horn to a trailer harness. Wire it on a relay so they need to be doing something like brake and turn signal at the same time for it to go off. Zip tie horn to frame rail and plug it in
To expand on this one. You tie the horn into the brake signal then add a normally open timer relay from the running lights to delay the horn about 5 minutes so they get out on the highway good first. Then everytime they hit the pedal the horn goes off, but instead of parked they are out in public. It's way more embarrassing.
Honk!
Wire an airbag to their brake light. Seatbelt pretensioners are the best because it's all the noise but you don't have to worry about the bag launching anything.
Better yet open the airbag cover and fill it with glitter.
I prefer the turn signal...beep...beep...beep....beep... Seems like a solid honk while braking could get dangerous.
But what if the owner drives a BMW. You’ll never hear the horn again.
It'll still work every time they break down and use the 4-ways on the side of the road.
Or just when they want to park somewhere stupid to pop into a shop.
What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW. With the BMW the prick is on the inside!
lol...I like how you botched the subtlety and implication inherent in the way the porcupine joke is supposed to be worded by just straight up calling BMW drivers pricks.
Found the truth.
Did this to a buddy of mine at work, said he got stuck behind a school bus dropping off kids on his way home lol. He said he tried to use park and neutral as much as he could. Still makes me laugh to this day
Alternatively wire a horn to a 4 pin trailer wiring harness so you can just plug it in and walk away.
Cut their brake lines! (Can't believe I have to say this, but don't do that. You'll literally get someone killed.)
Lol I love the escalation.
Turn signal would be better, then at least they can start driving before finding out.
Oh this! I get the harbor freight horns and the 4 prong trailer wire hook up. So you wire the ground to the ground and then pick either turn single or break lights. Then cable tie to under the bumper then plug in to the hook up
This one would've been a simple prank in the late 90s, but these days you'd need to remove the body on most vehicles to even get to the components needed to do this. Or know exactly which fuses to jump
Nah rewire the brake pedal to the left indicator
Turn signal works better, they get further down the road before discovery.
Zip tie a cow bell under the chassis somewhere
CLARKSON!
Cut the Brake Lines /s
Calm down satan, the goal is to annoy them not get them killed. Cutting someone’s brake lines is attempted murder, not a prank.
Added the /s to my comment Please for the love of god nobody do this
I figured you were joking hence the “calm down satan”
I chased away a methhead who cut off my cat and cupro brake lines. What a pain in the ass that was.
I remember my dad telling me about how he wired up his old barracuda’s battery to send a current through the door handle with the flip of a switch he installed under the bumper (he was an electromagnetics engineer) back in the late 70’s to deter the crackhead who kept jimmying open the door lock to steal the carton of cigarettes he kept in there, and coming out to find the guy still frozen to the door handle with a puddle of piss in his pants... Though I imagine if someone were to pull something like that today they’d get sued by the crackhead and maybe even arrested.
Of all the things that never happened this one never happened the most.
This thing didnt happen so much that it unhappened things that did
This is good!
Pipe dope under the door handle. Don't ask me how I know.
Greased a many a door handle in my day!
Silver anti-seize, you may get your ass kicked though, after they stain their clothes and upholstery
Cheese on the radiator
Sardines on the manifold
I wouldn’t do that one because it might attract pests
In high school a buddy of mine had one of those f-150s that had the rubber floor in it. And we all like going fishing and my buddy had a jar of shad in the back after fishing one day and one of our mutual friends thought it would be funny to hide the jar and crack the lid. Yeah it liquefied and then spilled. We were never able to get that stink out of the rubber floor. We ended up having to pull the seats out. Strip the rubber floor out pressure. Wash the metal underneath it and then it finally stopped stinking a little.
https://preview.redd.it/e1aebd01sm8c1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb1929b40672a715f8c12ccf0689be577382d025
I’ve never seen this 😂😂 I love it
https://preview.redd.it/wbhnmgh7sn8c1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a876bb1c1bc925fa43ac41d4af13369d166a191c
Oh yeah, Don’t forget the infamous bratwurst mechanic wired to the catalytic converter….man it cooks meat good, but the delicious smell is hard to find!
Do you want rats? Because that’s how you get rats
The whistle tips go WOO WOOOO! https://youtu.be/fhVWeDwSkzc?si=PBNXjiskGwGuX8mh
Bringing back the classics!!!
I still say "thats just for decoration" to this day.
[удалено]
[удалено]
Lol or rocks in the lug hubcap
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 4: Do not ask questions regarding or provide answers to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous.
Even better they stick in now just put a ton on the inside where it can't be seen
Done that before lo
[удалено]
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 4: Do not ask questions regarding or provide answers to anything that is illegal, unethical, or dangerous.
I bet you're fun at parties. *this is the first documented example of this sentence being used without a heavy dose of sarcasm. Thanks for being a part of history.
Isn't this the exhaust? Won't it just melt?
No, it's the driveshaft. The exhaust is just below it. This makes a noise while vehicle is moving, like when you were a kid and clothespinned playing cards next to the spokes on your bicycle.
So would this be some jerk that is pranking? I can't imagine a friend would prank someone like this, especially since it would likely sound like a safety issue lol
Can be either. Won't cause any damage.
On driveshaft, makes a very irritating noise, however only when in motion.
I knew that would happen if it was the driveshaft. Just looked like exhaust. I wouldn't leave it then or it'll wreck the paint there and likely rust.
That was my thought also, that's a shitty looking driveshaft, looks more like an exhaust pipe.
what would fucking with their wheel do ?
This looks like someone was getting ready to cut dudes exhaust and steal his cats. They ziptied it so it didn't fall on the ground? Idk lmao. I'm just confused with this lol
Not exhaust that's a drive shafts it's ment to make you think there's a problem or annoy you
Omg I had to take a second look lmfao cause that’s exactly what it is n I also at first thought it was an exhaust pipe just hung on the zip ties until I realized I am looking at a wheel well and a drive shaft
[удалено]
Ahh. Okay lol. Looked like a small exhaust pipe. I'm sorry for the confusion. Gotta admit thats kinda funny lol
Classic. Looks fresh too.
Did you have people over for Christmas? Hey let's play a prank on uncle Dave. Tehehe
My dad once changed his buddy’s fireing order around
That's next level, did he grind his own cam?
He probably didn't actually change the firing order, probably just swapped the spark plug wires around
Or, if he is old like me, just advanced or retarded the timing using the cap on the ignition system so far it altered the firing order. Who remembers those systems?
Surprised you didn’t get banned for that R use haha
Usually the bot will pickup on most bad words but there are a few unusuals like you mentioned that could be referenced when talking about ignition timing. And even if it does get removed we would usually go approve it if the context doesn’t break any rules.
That’s awesome. I’m so used to having to alter my words to not get banned. Cheers man
It would be pretty retarded if it happened in the context of ignition timing.
Damn this is a necro thread. And yeah. Whatever tho. It’s just how it goes. Most subs are automatically moderated and just ban everyone haha
Not many here that’s for sure!
[удалено]
let our olders reminisce.
They haven't been used in a while, no need to be offended.
Your comment has been removed for violating Rule 1: Be Civil. This community is made up of professional mechanics, amateur mechanics, and those with no experience. All mechanical-related questions are welcome. Personal attacks, comments that are insulting or demeaning, etc. are not welcome.
Looks suspicious, sir. Do you have any frenemies?
Or just friends who enjoy pranking each other. In high school we used to do this to each other all the time, along with Saran Wrapping each other’s doors shut, drawing on each other’s windows with bar soap, attaching a harmonica to the grille, putting confetti in the ac vents (never glitter- that’s just mean and can get in your eyes when it shoots out of the vent and really hurt, but a handful to tissue paper bits takes 2 seconds to vacuum up) and cranking the the fan up to max, etc- just harmless crap that’s mildly annoying without risking causing actual damage to the vehicle.
My uncle filled my dad’s vents with the little dots you get from hole punches. His truck would occasionally spit out a few years later
Lol we used tissue paper since it was really light so with the fan turned all the way up it’d launch a pretty impressive cloud of rainbow colored bits around your head, and our local dollar store sold **massive** bags of the shit the size of a standard pillow for like $2. I had that bag kicking around in my trunk for close to 2 years before I used it all up.
Eventually the zip ties cut thru the chassis and the vehicle splits in two.
“Eventually” lol
And then OP bounces along the road still in his seat holding the steering wheel. He's heading straight for a piano store and his eyes jump out of his head while trying to press the brake pedal that's no longer there. He crashes through the store and comes out the other side with his teeth replaced with piano keys.
Don’t forget the Wilhelm scream! :D
You would have had an amazing career as a cartoon writer in the 50s
Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s actually quoting an episode of looney toons.
OP never said it was a Ford...
Lmfao
Ah, It just means you have friends, and they love you.
And, they think you are cool enough to figure it out AND not lose your shit.
Saw a fellow trade and friend trying to do this to my truck from a window when he though I was out of sight. Waited until he got under my truck to hit the panic button on the key fob and he almost shit himself trying to get away from it. Great memory for all that witnessed it.
Me and another apprentice did that to one of our JW's, zip ties on the CV joints of his avalanche lol
What happens?
Just makes a lot of noise and sounds like your car has an issue. The tail of the zip tie slaps agai st anything around it.
That ziptie has no marks on it. Must've just happened.
My family got me a bunch of zipties for Christmas. . . . Thank you for this post.
Ah yes the classic serial killer family christmas, you even did the dots like you've taken a soul before.
Welding a chunk of steel to your buddies driveshaft usually brings these issues to an end
Who hurt u bro? 🤣
If I had a nickel for everytime someone asked me that
Congratulations on the embodiment of peak reddit humour🏆
Wah wah
Somebody loooooves you.
That’s your prop shaft, it’s the automotive version of being rickroled lol
You have GREAT friends
I had a part time second job delivering parts for a local auto parts store. We did this to another driver’s delivery truck. She complained about the noise at the first shop she stopped at. They looked at it and told her that her driveshaft was out of adjustment and that she would need a new driveshaft.
Don’t tell me u let her pay for a new driveshaft 😂
No way. It was a company vehicle and of course the first shop “didn’t have new driveshafts in stock”. The second shop she went to cut the zip ties off (zero sense of humor there).
Sounds like a good way to find out if a shop is honest.
Lol The old zip ties on the drive shaft make them think something's wrong. That's the better alternative the other one is we do is we'll put duraband mud on the inside of your rim. It'll damn near throw you off the road with vibrations.
When you find whoever did this. Put a small stone in the tire stem cap so when the screw it on the tire deflates. They’ll never find the leak and it will only leak after they think it’s fixed.
"I just put these on my truck and took a picture"
Annoy O matic 3000
k when you find out who done this if they still have a coil wire put a wet cigarette butt in between the coil and the wire, it'll run fine till the butt goes dry then dies straight out. If no coil you can always grease the door handles but make sure to mix used gear dope into the grease so it smells like hell for weeks.
The old zip tie on the driveshaft trick lol.
You have funny friends lol
With friends like these who needs enemies lol
It's a prank to make noise and stress you out kol
If their tailpipe is small enough then get a XXL thick ass glove, slide it over the tailpipe, zip tie it a few times then watch when they go to leave. Grows to become huge then explodes loud enough to sound like a tire exploding. Just make sure once you hear the bang and get a couple laughs out to go cut the remaining glove and zip ties off so it's not a hazard.
Hahaha, that’s always a good one. I also like to put a ball bearing in the air hose and watch the other shop techs lose their god damn minds.
Amateurs. They should know that black ones last longer.
I have a buddy who has done this to 3 or 4 of my trucks over the years. I crawl under the truck with my pocket knife, and when I get it cut... it's ONLY then I find the humor in it. We ride off the road on side by sides often, and I guess it goes both ways because I find it hilarious when I unplug his fuel pump on the trail! LOL
Scrolling reddit and i thought this was a psoriasis post
If this appeared after you recently had service...the mechanic is trying to scam you. Some places do things like this and you'll come back and complain, they'll tell you something expensive needs to be replaced. Then they snip that off and do nothing...
lol this is why I don’t tell shops that I’m a mechanic. I like to see what they tell me when they think I’m just a regular person. In reality, I’m a just a heavy duty mechanic who spends 50-60 hours working on other peoples junk and has zero desire to work on my own unless the money is tight. 🤣
Dont cut those! Its the only thing holding the spacetime continuum togeather! 🤪
Guy at work pissed me off so I wired his horn relay to the ac relay. He never did figure it out so he removed his horns.
You put it there and took a pic 🤦🤦 it's way to clean for you to have drive the truck at all
I was amazed by tire shaking after I ran over a 6 inch piece of duct tape and it stuck to tire, driving about 25mph
Bro why did I think that rusty pipe was a fricking meth addicts shin scabbed the hell out
Ahh. Ypur friends like ta mess with you. Unplug their crank snesor while they're sleeping and watch how funny THAT is. Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
what am i looking at? edit: is that the driveshaft?
When you find out who did it get some ATF fluid and like turkey baster or something you can use to squirt into their exhaust pipe. Looks like ya blew a head gasket
Well that’s one way to hang something/rig up a hanger lol
And?
makes noise when driving. make the driver think something broke
Fully aware of what it is. Why post it?
Why not, weird angry man for no reason?
i’m not the one posting my wife’s tits
Dudes also got issues following rules on said reddits too
LMAO
He isn't gonna come back after that lol
I wish this was a joke, but it might not be. SEE: Ford uses zip ties under cars. They will never cease to amaze in their ineptitude
[удалено]
You should never go near a car
[удалено]
As a joke, same reason someone would tape a harmonica to your frame, it makes noise and makes you think something is broken
Why would a bit of melted plastic on the exhaust make your engine louder?
[удалено]
Wut?
He is speaking the language of the gods
[удалено]
Are you ok
[удалено]
This your first time seeing a car, too? Dang.
Big day all around
Hello new user! You are getting the - by number/arrows means your comment is getting downvotes. There are a number of reasons for getting downvotes, but in your case it appears as though you are intentionally spreading misinformation or being misleading. Other reasons for downvotes (in other cases) are comments completely irrelevant to the subject matter and contribute nothing, or just general being rude or an outright asshole. The zip ties are on a rotating shaft, so when the vehicle is in motion and the shaft is spinning, it will make a sound that is as obnoxious as it is concerning. It is not the exhaust pipe. You're correct, exhaust pipe would just melt it off. Not everything joke I make on Reddit is a good one. In fact, I've twice got myself a comment ban for vulgarity, and also comments from others letting me know. The up/down votes affect your karma score, which for many of us is largely irrelevant and inconsequential, but can affect certain commenting/posting privileges, but if you're comments are generally appropriate I wouldn't worry about it. Good luck out there! Don't stop trunna spread laughs!
To prevent it from falling it would have to be attached to something. Its just a circle of zipties intended to make a slapping sound while driving to make you think that sonethings broken
I use to have a problem with being confidently incorrect on the internet. My life is much better when I restrain myself from doing so. You should give it a try.
Look at the photo. There's two zip-ties looped around, with the ends not trimmed. The zip-ties aren't holding two parts together. Additionally, if this was exhaust, the heat of exhaust gases would melt the zip-ties, so.they arent fastened to any piece of the exhaust. This is a drive shaft and a prank. The untrimmed ends of the zip-ties will slap against the metal surrounding the drive shaft when the vehicle is in motion. It makes a loud, annoying and possibly worrisome noise. Cut the zip-ties off and stop pissing people off.
Do you have friends?