Thursday, October 29, 2026

If it works, it's not stupid

 


9 comments:

  1. Yeah, but if you have the wire tie, you don't need the pliers to hold the cable onto the battery post.

    So at that point, it becomes stupid.

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    1. and one day, the Tie breaks, the pliers pops open, releasing the cables, the one to the alternator is instantaneously welded to the frame, and the accessory cable flops away, killing the engine.

      In a moment, you remember, AutoZone had those battery clamps on sale last week.

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  2. A wire tie could not easily secure the battery cable to the posts…so the pliers are an expedient example of first class “red neck” engineering…:))

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  3. As we say in Raleigh, that looks like Clemson Engineering.

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    1. Works better than anything out of Raleigh that's for sure.

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  4. If it's to get you to the parts store it's clever. If it's "good enough" then it's stupid.

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  5. That zip tie is going to slide forward.

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