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The "Indians fixing stuff" thread

I dig their desire for PPE. I weld in my flip flops and burn the shit out of my feet, and they never seem to.. also all the oil and grease applied by hand in the dirt. Their repairs are fun to watch, but i would guess dont last long.
 
Mikel said:
How much do you think the repair cost?
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You could have had the radiator back in the car and be a couple hours down the road before that silicone cured. You can always make more money. You can't make back time. And if his labor rate was what it should be, that should be a very expensive repair.
 
MuntCuffin said:
You could have had the radiator back in the car and be a couple hours down the road before that silicone cured. You can always make more money. You can't make back time. And if his labor rate was what it should be, that should be a very expensive repair.
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I'm sure it's super easy to Amazon a radiator in backwoods India and pay a month's wages to do so. I'm sure the delivery time and down time of the equipment would help them put more food on table.

You're suggesting they step over a dollar to save a dime. Do you understand what's its like over there?
 
MuntCuffin said:
You could have had the radiator back in the car and be a couple hours down the road before that silicone cured. You can always make more money. You can't make back time. And if his labor rate was what it should be, that should be a very expensive repair.
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Throw away all the dealer and parts house numbers in your phone, cancel your phone and internet and stop going into town because it doesn't exist. Now start fixing all the shit you break on the farm during the season with no outside help or supplies other than the people on your farm and whatever scrap materials and dead vehicles you have laying around. If you can't figure out how to fix everything with what and who you have on hand to keep farming then you, the people and their familys that work on your farm and your immediate family all eventually starve to death.

Not dieing a slow death is one hell of a motivating factor in getting shit done.
 
Should also do an Indians cooking thread...

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See a lot of videos focusing on the copper side of these, never seen the aluminum side of things
also; wax pellet fired furnace, first of those I've seen
 
I like the engine rebuild videos from pakistan, all those huge old soviet lathes, mills etc.
 
My local Indians ( feather) seem to be 0-2 fixing shit.
#1 was the work van from 3 years ago they removed gas tank to change fuel pump ... van still sitting there with gas tank in back of van.
#2 was their suburban , had a big piece of firewood under front bumper and transfer case sitting next to it for a week, now whole suburban has been missing for a week , they have a 1.5 months before they need it to get back to the reservation.
 
MuntCuffin said:
You could have had the radiator back in the car and be a couple hours down the road before that silicone cured. You can always make more money. You can't make back time. And if his labor rate was what it should be, that should be a very expensive repair.
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Not sure if you're being funny or just that out of touch with India.

The part I find entertaining is all they did was "clean" it, I don't see that any leaks were fixed, so the whole effort could have been avoided if they were using clean water or coolant in the cooling system instead of human excrement.

This also reminds me I need to get more 1000 year old clay pottery for my shop.
 
larboc said:
Not sure if you're being funny or just that out of touch with India.

The part I find entertaining is all they did was "clean" it, I don't see that any leaks were fixed, so the whole effort could have been avoided if they were using clean water or coolant in the cooling system instead of human excrement.

This also reminds me I need to get more 1000 year old clay pottery for my shop.
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he pressure tested it .....
 
larboc said:
Have you ever pulled a radiator because it needed cleaning though? I guess I've just never known anyone to do anything with a rad except replace it because it was leaking.
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Every one I have replaced for leaks I have cut up just out of pure curiosity at the condition.

I have seen some that were plugged like that in a couple rows at the bottom. I have never seen one anywhere near that bad.
 
Bacho said:
We watched a travel show a couple nights ago about traveling in Africa. The river pboat paid a guy to bail water out of the bilge all day with a 5 gallon bucket. At some point in the video, it struck me that was cheaper than buying a pump. :eek:
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Friend bought a house in Belize, and he said it was cheaper to hire a full time gardener than put in sprinkler system. Bonus, he gets a good rep in the area keeping someone employed.
 
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