Amateur repair Ops.

gm280

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OMG that is a major woops for sure. :facepalm: Sure hope you have plans to fix it....without any more screws though.
 

AgnotGt

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My first thought when seeing this is that it probably only took 5min for that quick "repair"....
 

thumpar

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May have been easier to go from the bottom up. There would have been less chipout. ;)
 

rebars1

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I had a friend in high school in the 70's who did a similar thing while paneling the inside of his van!
 

Scott Danforth

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cool....at least the guy used spax screws

actually, it looks like a few of the repairs my father made reinstalling the back to back seat bases and speakers in a boat once. nothing a bit of resin, cloth and gel repair cant cure.
 

jerryjerry05

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Was working at a boat dealership in Md.
​They were prepping a new boat for delivery.
​The "new" owner was there and drunk and hollering about the wait and anything else that his tiny mind could think of.
​The sales guy realized the dual battery and switch wasn't in and they sent a guy with 20+ years of experience working on boat to install it.
​He gets his cables and battery and switch ready to install.

​All of a sudden we hear a wail of anguish from the "new" owner.
He was leaning against the boat as the guy was drilling screws through the side of the boat to mount the switch.
​The switch was supposed to mount on the thick wood of the transom, not the 3/16" side of the boat.
​The guy was bleeding and screaming.
They fixed the side of the boat and gave him the battery and switch and a full tank of gas.

​This guy was a REAL ass and had his boat in for fixing stupid crap all summer.

 
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