Tony Abuse: The zip tie fan belt.

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
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  • @shadowjinkus1070
    @shadowjinkus1070 Год назад +4364

    There's nothing better than watching the struggle to fix Tony and then watching the even harder struggle to kill him again

    • @excalibur2038
      @excalibur2038 Год назад +210

      hate him when hes here and love him when hes gone

    • @kikiki_bunny
      @kikiki_bunny Год назад +34

      Tony's in his own Emesis blue smh

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 Год назад +11

      Tony the absolute tank.

    • @Zafa_The_Dragon
      @Zafa_The_Dragon Год назад +11

      They probably just want to break him just to fix him again 😂

    • @Gmastergun
      @Gmastergun Год назад +8

      “That’s a bad zip tie”

  • @namecantbeblank5303
    @namecantbeblank5303 Год назад +2622

    Tony abuse❌
    Tony character building ✅

    • @VeraTR909
      @VeraTR909 Год назад +18

      What doesn't kill it makes it stronger?

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT Год назад +10

      I'm in constant fear for them when they're drivin' around in Tony, kinda like if they were in a TonyTitan-Sub. 😳

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT Год назад +8

      BTW, anyone that hasn't seen how lightning-fast an implosion is, should look up "Implosion Tank tests". Those huge rail-car tanks implode in the blink of an eye. The implosion that Titan faced was probably 100x faster and 100x more violent than that. Those 5 souls never heard nor felt a thing.
      Not trying to be morbid, but as far as retrieving their bodies, there are no bodies nor much of anything retrievable. I can only describe it as, Tomatoes shot out of a cannon.
      It may have been so violent, that the cavitation may have produced it's own light-source brighter and hotter than the sun, for a few milliseconds.

    • @thefunborgpl
      @thefunborgpl Год назад +1

      Tough love

    • @bacicinvatteneaca
      @bacicinvatteneaca Год назад +8

      @@MAGGOT_VOMIT especially if you bear in mind that carbon fiber is a lot less elastic than steel, meaning it 100% cracked in stead of 50% cracking 50% caving

  • @AlphaAlpha__3241
    @AlphaAlpha__3241 Год назад +878

    Here I am, a Polish person watching Australians doing the same things to the maluch in 2023 that my dad had to do in 1988.

  • @AshP210
    @AshP210 Год назад +921

    You've got to love how Wade suggests something stupid and James' response is "Yeah let's try it" and just enables the madness.

    • @MoultrieGeek
      @MoultrieGeek Год назад +15

      James =enabler +1

    • @DirectorOfChaos9292
      @DirectorOfChaos9292 Год назад

      It's a junk car. What does it matter?

    • @burtgundy796
      @burtgundy796 Год назад +17

      @@DirectorOfChaos9292 why you gotta be so serious man, it's a funny comment, who cares

  • @JoCaTen
    @JoCaTen Год назад +2169

    That's barely abuse mate.
    That's just simple polish engineering
    You could literally use duct tape to fix a leak in that thing

    • @eduards1328
      @eduards1328 Год назад +75

      But could you use duct tape as a fan belt?

    • @JoCaTen
      @JoCaTen Год назад +111

      @@eduards1328 if the tape's of good quality then maybe

    • @LumaControl
      @LumaControl Год назад +60

      @@eduards1328 if you do it well and apply enough layers I reckon it'd be smoother than zip ties

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 Год назад +10

      ​@@eduards1328if you drive it lightly, then definitely.

    • @jonw12
      @jonw12 Год назад +19

      I was so happy to see a garbage time upload I yelled "Tony" and then kicked my couch. Love you brother from down under.

  • @pi8049
    @pi8049 Год назад +261

    "How are we gonna make it even tighter?"
    - "I'll pull harder"
    James and his infinite wisdom never disappoints

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Год назад +4

      Reminds me that in DBZTAS (been rewatching that), Goku's epic solution to defeating an enemy was to just hit them...harder 😅.

  • @cromulence
    @cromulence Год назад +321

    Tony: “Papa I love you”
    Wade: “Haha I’m going to remove parts from you now, try not to die.”

  • @Lumbearjackk
    @Lumbearjackk Год назад +373

    Tony is like the Ship of Theseus except you're trying to replace good parts with the bad ones

  • @skodziarz7503
    @skodziarz7503 Год назад +136

    tony is a simple creature. Insead of giving you boring luxury like speed gauges, airbags, a/c he gives you fun adventures and adrenaline like "am i going to make it home" or "how far away will I get stranded".

  • @sherlachness318
    @sherlachness318 Год назад +744

    this has very quickly become one of my absolute favorite channels on the platform, please never stop with this unhinged chaos

  • @kovacsdavid4362
    @kovacsdavid4362 Год назад +485

    In the 1980s and 1990s, this magical car was used by quite some Polish people to get down to the Black Sea. Since it was summer, the cars were constantly overheating, and the solutions used by the poles were much… more interesting than these. With the cover open, you could see weird hodgepodge systems filled with ice and whatever you can dream of that is cold, to keep the car “not boiling” and get to your destination. (A lot of people were quite bad at this game, as they cooked the engine and they needed to have an emergency break so it cools down)

    • @Gearjerk5
      @Gearjerk5 Год назад +67

      @@retrocatalog Tony, like most rear-engine cars, is air-cooled. No coolant. That's why he mentioned a lack of water pump when talking about belts in the video.

    • @greaniebeaniez3070
      @greaniebeaniez3070 Год назад +36

      This is literally how half the farm equipment my dad's had repaired by me and him, "temporary" repairs that have managed to last years holding stuff together

    • @JonnyFlash80
      @JonnyFlash80 Год назад +9

      @@retrocatalog Pepsi coolant needs to happen. @GarbageTime420 are you seeing this? Please do!🔥🔥 EDIT: Oh yeah it's air cooled... oh well, just pour Pepsi on it.

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Год назад +10

      ​@@retrocatalogCoolant doesn't exist in an air cooled engine.
      Replacing OIL with pepsi, on the other hand......hmmm

    • @casualspawnpeeking3680
      @casualspawnpeeking3680 10 месяцев назад

      @@retrocatalog sadly that's not possible as this car is air cooled however replacing the oil with Pepsi would be fun

  • @Regnilla
    @Regnilla Год назад +183

    My brother is a master mechanic and former engineer in the US Navy.
    I show him these videos, and he looks at them with the perfect blend of awe, wonder, disgust, and confusion.
    I can't wait to see his reaction on this one.

    • @Danse_Macabre_125
      @Danse_Macabre_125 Год назад +9

      KEEP US UPDATED

    • @SoundShinobiYuki
      @SoundShinobiYuki Год назад +8

      Likewise! I was raised by a mechanic who never owned anything but old junker cars that he kept running through sheer force of will. But he never went to the level of trying to run them on moonshine and improvised fan belts since it could destroy the junkers for good and then we'd be carless! (The amount of wrenches we had to carry down to the car or motorbike every time we had to drive somewhere to get the starter to work, though... and then there was that time a bumper fell clean off and Dad just ziptied it on for a week until he could borrow a welding torch!)

    • @GeorgeWockington01
      @GeorgeWockington01 7 месяцев назад +3

      You sold you never told us his reaction

  • @charlesswansonii9319
    @charlesswansonii9319 Год назад +252

    This is the adult equivalent of a kid using playing cards and clothespins to make their bicycle tires make that revving noise while riding. Good job, Tony.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE Год назад +13

      We used a more destructive method, but far louder and more authentic sounding (IMO)... a soda can!
      One day after running one over, it got stuck on one of our tires and then lodged under the seat. As such, in the same way the card slapped against the wheel spokes, the tire tread rubbed against the soda can, causing it to vibrate violently...
      Of course, metal on rubber causes some wear, and thus, the destructive part.
      Not that all that much rubber wore off, but it did indeed do so, whereas using playing cards wouldn't do _anything._ 😊

    • @Random-nf7qb
      @Random-nf7qb Год назад

      you're all stupid
      The best is to use a plastic cup, those single use one for picnics.

    • @cubiclelemur
      @cubiclelemur 28 дней назад +2

      ​@@DUKE_of_RAMBLEI did something similar with an open crushed Gatorade bottle, and it gave it some echo, it was bodytrembling for 11 year old me, I felt like I got on my first hayabusa

  • @ghostlynose2091
    @ghostlynose2091 Год назад +103

    So, things Tony can do:
    Run on oily water, AKA kerosene
    Use a ziptie or rope as a belt, if driven very gently
    Be on top of the Litre Board
    Things Tony can’t do:
    Make it up The Hill without extreme pinging
    Most car things probably

    • @lilpisser124
      @lilpisser124 Год назад +16

      Things Tony can't do:
      Air Conditioning

    • @spugintrntl
      @spugintrntl Год назад +9

      ​@@lilpisser124air conditioning!? What's air conditioning!? **chucks shoe**

    • @Rententchalk
      @Rententchalk Год назад +4

      Things Tony can do: Be a kid (Fp3 video)

  • @dhpz
    @dhpz Год назад +93

    This channel is the reason of why there should be a geneva convention equivalent for automotive repair and modification..
    And i bet that Wade would make it a checklist for tony

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania Год назад +3

      Most countries do have laws about that

  • @Akuzastar
    @Akuzastar Год назад +163

    Shout out to James, goes from playing steel battalion and making his own handheld snes, to fixing this nugget 👏😂

    • @tylern6420
      @tylern6420 Год назад +3

      i need to wash my screen

  • @erikziak1249
    @erikziak1249 Год назад +70

    You would not believe how many pantyhoses were used as temporary belt-replacements not just in this car.

    • @HannahFortalezza
      @HannahFortalezza Год назад

      I was about to mention he should try that

    • @TechIOwn
      @TechIOwn Год назад +1

      I'm disappointed they didn't try pantyhose just for scientific comparison, and is there a difference between cheap and expensive pantyhose?

  • @Petridish5YT
    @Petridish5YT Год назад +81

    Said this on the car Birthday video but it was probably too late to be seen. You guys should make the end of your vacuum cleaner look like Frank's head so she can eat up all the nugs you find whenever you're cleaning out these cars!

  • @madcat4563
    @madcat4563 Год назад +125

    "Tony is wailing" is a line and clip that lives rent-free in my brain.
    I will definitely remember this in case of emergency repair.

  • @rossmallo
    @rossmallo Год назад +73

    Please tell me you were wearing goggles during this, Wade. Those ziptie shards were going EVERYWHERE.

    • @Ck87JF
      @Ck87JF Год назад +8

      Considering he wears hearing protection in the drum studio, one would hope... But I could also see him not doing it, because his eyes aren't as important as his ears 🤣

    • @DollyBoy_1923
      @DollyBoy_1923 Год назад +3

      @@Ck87JFhe probably considers his eyes more important than his ears since he can use the “Freakish Ears On A Stand” and the “ Huh Duh Six Hungos” so I assume he’s wearing goggles.😂

  • @xenokyomi
    @xenokyomi Год назад +51

    Tony is the type of character to be the beloved best friend in a show, there thick and thin despite being the one getting picked on a little, then just "dies" tragically. Emotional heart wrench for everyone. Till seasons later in the epic final climax as all looks lost, there he is; Tony standing there beaten and broken, but still kicking.

  • @adinko7
    @adinko7 Год назад +26

    Tony is the best car for the apocalypse, becouse he runs on a lot of fuel types, can be fixed with a shoe, impossible to brake becouse of his marvellous engineering. I love you Tony!

  • @breberton
    @breberton Год назад +138

    Tony is a total nugget. I love this series, please keep pushing tony to weirder and weirder extremes these videos are so funny

  • @krzysztofczarnecki8238
    @krzysztofczarnecki8238 Год назад +80

    Reminds me of when I took a cassette player apart as a kid, immediately lost the belt and tried to use first a rubber band and then a sewing thread to replace it. Rubber band worked well until it decomposed, and with the thread you heard the knot being there, so both not very effective.

  • @ptrd4111
    @ptrd4111 Год назад +6

    Rope is clearly the winner. Not only does it work but its also vibrant and fashionable

  • @ugh.idontwanna
    @ugh.idontwanna Год назад +8

    "James is speechless. He can't even form words"
    I guess that's why they call them zip ties.

  • @tomaszdabrowski8591
    @tomaszdabrowski8591 9 месяцев назад +3

    Back in the days, a trick actually recommended in DIY "fix your maluch" books when in a pinch was to replace a belt with a stocking, like the thing that women wear on their hind legs. Also, since starter cables broke every so often, a trick was to have a broom stick in the car and push on a starter connector with it to start a car. As a matter of fact, since starters on this thing are no more reliable as the cable, another trick was to mount an extra pulley on the main belt wheel and wind a pull cord on it, to be used to start the maluch like a motor boat.

  • @ScuzzyYT
    @ScuzzyYT Год назад +34

    Those first zip ties would be the reusable ones. They have a tab on the locking ends of them so you can take them off and put it somewhere else. Unfortunately, they are absolute terrible at doing what their designed to do because of that feature as shown in the vid

  • @alvinjunier6644
    @alvinjunier6644 Год назад +14

    One day they will attach a homemade steam engine to Tony. 😂

  • @chubbz4211
    @chubbz4211 Год назад +8

    I pray for the day when we see a car built entirely from old mate James fixes.
    Just water bottle bushings and rope belts as far as the eye can see.

  • @aserta
    @aserta Год назад +6

    I used the laces from 4 other people, mine included, to tri-weave a belt on the side of the road. It worked, got us back in town. Snapped just as we got on the road to a parts store, some 200~250 meters away, a total of 14 kms back home from a trip. The only reason i think it worked, is because of dad's real leather laces. My mother and brother, and my laces were fabric, so basically less grip than a soapy pig.
    These days, i use link belts, they're not cheap, but man, you never have issues with those and if you do, you can always pull a link from the spares and go on your merry way.

  • @therealgaragegirls
    @therealgaragegirls Год назад +3

    I think at this point Tony deserves a full resto. ❤️

    • @Dedicatedtolivinginthepast
      @Dedicatedtolivinginthepast Год назад +1

      But then, Tony will be somewhat cromulent and probably won't be experimented on nearly as much

    • @therealgaragegirls
      @therealgaragegirls Год назад +1

      @@Dedicatedtolivinginthepast I get what you're saying. But POOOOOOOR Tony! I feel so bad for this poor mechanical hunk of bits. Probably because I would love to own a Fiat 126p myself. 😅

  • @oddsod550
    @oddsod550 Год назад +37

    I’ve only started watching recently and I love it! I work in the roadside assistance game and I can confirm zip tie belts do work and we do it quite regularly! Wrap one around the water pump and the crank and there able to get to the garage! Followed a car with a zip tie belt on there for 30 miles to get em home!

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Год назад +2

      They...didn't want to be towed?

    • @oddsod550
      @oddsod550 Год назад +8

      @@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley when there in a dangerous position, we can’t load em up, so we do anything to get them off the road (usually to a place of safety then load them up) unfortunately the guy just kept driving 😂 made it to there house so easy job!

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Год назад +38

    8:05 "thats the James test"
    You have a higher chance surviving James' tests than Wade's gruesome experiments

  • @PrParrot
    @PrParrot Год назад +2

    I'm in the UK and these videos come out right as I finish work. Nothing makes the wait for the dirty, cramped, delayed commuter train more bearable than reminding myself I could always be treated like poor Tony 😂

  • @jessetownsend550
    @jessetownsend550 Год назад +5

    I was dead keen on buying one of these after seeing the chronicles of Tony...until i saw what they were being sold for! 😮

  • @vcprado
    @vcprado Год назад +3

    Wade would probably appreciate the Brazilian Fiat 147 Fiorino, it's basically a Ute Tony

  • @jadonabuaqil2717
    @jadonabuaqil2717 Год назад +13

    This is so fun to watch.
    Never have I seen a car that is so low standard yet so fussy at the same time, reminds me of those old Subarus (I used to run them with a skewer when we lost the key xD)

  • @olivermpereira1999
    @olivermpereira1999 Год назад +4

    James' "yeah" at the nobbly bit had so much old mate energy. I love it

  • @gamesmega668
    @gamesmega668 Год назад +14

    james is a legend for what he is doing

    • @AB0BA_69
      @AB0BA_69 Год назад +2

      U subbed to James Channel, mate? 😊

  • @SPAZTICCYTOPLASM
    @SPAZTICCYTOPLASM Год назад +8

    FYI for anyone who doesn't know, the way v belts work is they ride on the sides of the pulleys, this is why as belts wear they go down further into the pulley. The belt shouldn't ever actually be touching the center part. A way to have made this work is to use duct tape as a bed and then multiple zipties sorta meshed/weaved together. I've done that on my mustang 4 banger, it really helps when the alt is adjustable so you don't have to tighten it to all hell.

  • @Pallanamnjavelet
    @Pallanamnjavelet Год назад +6

    No joke, my grandfather had this old tractor (BM Victor). And i clearly remember him tying a rope out of and old pair of my grandmothers pantyhose, and then putting that in as a temporary replacement for the belt when it snapped way out in a field. Weird yes, but it did get the tractor home.
    Edit: When you tie plastic rope together like that you can use a lighter or some other heat source to kinda melt and squeeze it together, eliminating any "knobbly" bits.

  • @andrewstewart1464
    @andrewstewart1464 Год назад +2

    You know somebody's down for whatever when they say "it's probably not going to work, but let's try anyway". James is that kind of guy.

  • @zacholiver9212
    @zacholiver9212 Год назад +4

    I feel like this truly shows how much of a master piece all of the Dank channels are: Pods feels like it's super big brain real complicated planning what to do week to week, the Drumthings a Drumthings so it's banging no matter what, then we get here and while the contents amazing it really does feel like the "well here goes somethin" channel

  • @Shattered_Instance
    @Shattered_Instance Год назад +7

    I once had a radiator hose in my car blow a hole in it... I had duct tape, however, I figured the heat would destroy the tape. There were rocks on the side of the road, lol. I was like alright. Take a rock, smash it into the hole and duct tape it. Didn't even leak and I made it home. I thought it was pure genius. Was proud of my out of the box thinking... I mean who uses a rock to fix their car, lmao.
    My Mother came outside and lost her shit... Told me I was a fucking moron and wanted me tested for drug use. Clearly I was on drugs as nobody in their right mind would ever do something like that. I was dumbfounded to say the least. What the hell was I suppose to do? Now as an adult I haven't spoken to her in many years. For a lot of reasons.
    The Irony and one of the best parts. I caught her getting my sister to use drugs... I went on to become a Machinist/fabricator making 6 figures and my mother has no job and lives in a shelter voluntarily. I have gotten her an apartment several times, paid for rent/utilities to get her going, bought her furniture and filled the kitchen with groceries. Every time she ended up back in a shelter.
    Remember everyone... I am the fucking moron and drug abuser.... lol. She abused the shit out of me. I always have to remind myself it was her, not me. Still messes me up sometimes though.

    • @princetchalla2441
      @princetchalla2441 Год назад +2

      Maybe if you use the rock-ducktape trick on the bong or crackpipe you might also fix your mom and sister’s drug addiction?

    • @Shattered_Instance
      @Shattered_Instance Год назад +1

      @@princetchalla2441 Duct tape does work wonders and the rock was awesome, however, that's a big ask. I would guess its out of the realm of possibilities for the almighty ducttape/rock combo. I do like the logic though, lol.

  • @JonTheGeek
    @JonTheGeek Год назад +3

    I have never seen a man break a ziptie with his bare hands. James is a muscle man.

  • @BinaryArmorOnline
    @BinaryArmorOnline 10 месяцев назад +2

    The reason that Wade and James have such great chemistry is that "Dumb Idiot + Smart Idiot" is the optimal old mates dynamic for shenanigans

  • @Luxio_401
    @Luxio_401 Год назад +8

    i love tony

  • @Jaeeden
    @Jaeeden Год назад +3

    I like to imagine this series is just finding scrap parts to use whenever Tony breaks down. Like, if the belt breaks, there's just a whole bag of zip ties ready, if Tony runs out of fuel, we got kerosene in the back.

  • @john_barnett
    @john_barnett Год назад +30

    There's literally universal V belts you can get that are made of leather that look like a bunch of daisy chained zipties

    • @spugintrntl
      @spugintrntl Год назад

      Difference is those are specifically designed to replace v-belts and most people are less likely to just have one sitting in the boot than a packet of zip ties.

    • @DUKE_of_RAMBLE
      @DUKE_of_RAMBLE Год назад +1

      ​@@spugintrntlMore to the point, I think if a person is inclined to have emergency parts like that, to begin with... they'd likely just have the *correct* belt! 😅
      But, I like where John's head is at!!

    • @spugintrntl
      @spugintrntl Год назад

      @@DUKE_of_RAMBLE haha, you make a very good point! On the subject of link belts, though, I've never used one but I've heard that they tend to run quieter than normal v-belts. Never heard of them being used for automotive applications, but I guess if you've got a noisy fan belt perhaps it could be considered an upgrade?

    • @john_barnett
      @john_barnett Год назад

      @@spugintrntl you're right, I still think every petrol/gas station should stock them instead of just having a few of the most popular sizes

  • @mceajc
    @mceajc Год назад +1

    Answering questions I never knew I needed the answer to! Absolutely superb science.

  • @bozzy7946
    @bozzy7946 Год назад

    Yall are just the best, and tony is such a good sport

  • @artiumromanov9798
    @artiumromanov9798 Год назад +5

    I studied electromechanics, my dude the zip-ties tend to just stretch when theyre being pulled THAT hard over a period of time. Unless you can find zipties that don't stretch but immediately snap at their max. tensile strength you might've had a better time (idek if that's a thing). Incredibly entertaining video anyway and I'm not even into cars!

  • @VortexGP
    @VortexGP Год назад +10

    I love these videos so much! You and James are just the perfect Duo

  • @AXtelly
    @AXtelly Год назад +2

    Him informing us that "he is not wearing any thongs at the moment" is the AYO but also ayo~ of all time

  • @culturedsquid8442
    @culturedsquid8442 Год назад +1

    Never expected to see a part that is not good enough for Tony... I am speechless

  • @kretynn
    @kretynn Год назад +3

    im happy to see tony alive

    • @Cobalon
      @Cobalon Год назад

      he won't be for long at this rate

  • @crazyman1650
    @crazyman1650 Год назад +5

    This isn’t abuse, this is progress!
    Edit: can you make more videos on the Daihatsu restoration or the Corolla?

  • @DystopianOverture
    @DystopianOverture 10 месяцев назад

    My partner walks in over hearing me enjoying this video, and he now thinks I'm a maniac.
    Don't kink shame Tony he likes this!!

  • @danielhenrichs4562
    @danielhenrichs4562 Год назад +2

    A fun project for Tony - A custom made exhaust header for more power and better exhaust flow. 🤘🏻💪🏻

  • @MrBelgianJunglist
    @MrBelgianJunglist Год назад +5

    For the love of God I hope you guys are wearing goggles lol

  • @Cyberreks
    @Cyberreks Год назад +5

    I did that when my altenator belt broke on the middle of highway xd that saved me from getting stranded😂

  • @Gruthartheclaw
    @Gruthartheclaw Год назад

    It always surprises me how many different unique ways to abuse your vehicles. I love it

  • @HazeyAuto
    @HazeyAuto Год назад +1

    Good old Telecom rope… always comes in handy!
    You should wrap the pulley in electrical tape and go the zip ties again.

  • @YetAnotherGeorgeth
    @YetAnotherGeorgeth Год назад +3

    I propose calling this serious Tony Induced Torture. You can even use the initials. I see nothing wrong with this.

  • @Bimgamer2
    @Bimgamer2 Год назад +4

    justice for tony

  • @olivermikolajuk4631
    @olivermikolajuk4631 11 месяцев назад

    I love how saying Tony is running on gas is a necessary detail to add.

  • @sirbaconbuster
    @sirbaconbuster Год назад

    This dude exudes the vibe of the golden days of this platform.

  • @fastflash6566
    @fastflash6566 Год назад

    Broski shoe laces are the best fix in a pinch. Lol great stuff as always!

  • @DuckReach432
    @DuckReach432 Год назад +2

    Tony laughed his knots off.

  • @Jawmsie
    @Jawmsie Год назад +1

    This calls to mind a friend of a friend who couldn't get a new timing belt for his Volvo 240. He ran it with a chain of paper clips for a good long while, and somehow didn't destroy it entirely.

    • @SlimothyJimothy
      @SlimothyJimothy 3 месяца назад

      I'm not shocked the car didn't die, I'm just shocked that it managed to stay together.

  • @grandtheftautist8679
    @grandtheftautist8679 Год назад

    A Tony I knew would belt me with rope, and here you are making Tony a belt out of rope

  • @tomsie9203
    @tomsie9203 Год назад +1

    The definition of : "The more you fuck around, the more you'll find out"

    • @Cobalon
      @Cobalon Год назад +1

      this is considered science because they're documenting their findings, otherwise it would just be fucking around and finding out

  • @SoundShinobiYuki
    @SoundShinobiYuki Год назад

    Entertaining- but a PSA as a daughter of an old-school mechanic who also kept his old junkers running by sheer force of will (the '81 Toyota Corolla station wagon, oh LORDY, it was practically a Tony by the time Dad passed away in 2017), the only *safe* thing to do if your fan belt snaps off is wait for the engine to cool, drive slowly on until it gets hot again- and if you blast your heaters it'll pull some engine heat out too, pull over, stop and let it cool off again, rinse repeat until you can get to a garage. You don't want to be trying to pull broken bits of an improvised belt out of your engine components on the side of the road.
    ...Assuming you're not abusing the old thing for fun, that is. This is all the funny stuff my Dad WOULDN'T do! :P

  • @TheTrooper115
    @TheTrooper115 Год назад +1

    Use a reef knot! They only ever get tighter as you pull on them, you need to push the strands together to loosen them.
    Right over left, left over right - viola, a reef knot. It's dead simple and it's got so many uses honestly everyone would benefit from knowing it.

  • @chrisspeedofficial
    @chrisspeedofficial Год назад +2

    That Telecom/Telsta rope is super handy to have.

  • @VengefullyQueerDragon
    @VengefullyQueerDragon 9 месяцев назад

    "I think it will still fail but let's try it" I love how supportive he is

  • @Stunbunny
    @Stunbunny Год назад

    I feel like this is the perfect summary for the entirety of automotive history.

  • @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer
    @Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer Год назад

    7:02 I’ve never seen more “Yeah, exactly” energy in my life than in that “yeah”

  • @archux_
    @archux_ Год назад

    Tony Absue needs its own series!

  • @pastalover21
    @pastalover21 Год назад +2

    Jesus, I can watch this guy play with wet bread and I’d be entertained. You’re way too charismatic 😅

  • @Arctic2Noob
    @Arctic2Noob 9 месяцев назад

    Man I randomly stumbled upon this video on the home feed recommendations and thought "huh, this dude is like dankpods but for cars"

  • @callonsgarage6480
    @callonsgarage6480 Год назад

    10:16 the Ecco on that “uh no”was the light of my day

  • @dawg4494
    @dawg4494 Год назад +1

    Tony is the peak of human engineering

  • @toyota360
    @toyota360 Год назад

    Wade, U have single-handedly reinforced the idea in my head that I need a FSM Niki in my life 😂

  • @zeliardforty-two4692
    @zeliardforty-two4692 Год назад

    Tony is one epic experiment after another! Now we know what can’t be done in an emergency with Tony 😂

  • @user-uu7fe9wi2k
    @user-uu7fe9wi2k 10 месяцев назад

    I like how he says "thats whats causing the problems" as if he isn't attempting to use zip ties as a belt

  • @Kowyn
    @Kowyn Год назад

    I drove over 100km with a bungee cord I wired together with some Haywire driving the water pump on my truck one time, popped off a few times but I got home. Old tractor we have at club has a belt made out of rubber segments that lock together, has a weird crimp and a pin to hold the ends together.

  • @flameofphoenix5998
    @flameofphoenix5998 Год назад

    Tony sounds so happy today

  • @AyyyyUhhhh
    @AyyyyUhhhh Год назад

    Watching that thing crank over was awesome, Tony’s motor mounts are like a brick in a dryer 😂

  • @realhuman5688
    @realhuman5688 9 месяцев назад

    6:58 James's "YEAH!" after danky realises that simple thing kills me.

  • @jamesirwin-mcconnell4669
    @jamesirwin-mcconnell4669 Год назад

    I had to use my spare boot laces one time. Doubled em up for good measure and they held up just fine! They're dirty but still my spare boot laces!

  • @maximal10
    @maximal10 Год назад +1

    As a Canadian I salute any who can Red Green a fix

  • @CH11LER.
    @CH11LER. Год назад +2

    I challenge you to put a modern fiat 500 abarth engine into Tony.
    Yes, you will need to upgrade the breaks and probably suspension but, that would be amazing to see a tiny waste bin flying around like a rocket

  • @MicahYT
    @MicahYT Год назад +1

    Something to take into account about the zip ties is as they spin faster, they experience more G force, and the plastic starts to deform and can stretch, which could lead to why the zip tie belt keeps coming off. It may actually getting longer than it was when it started. But idk I’m high.

  • @TheSibirianRaccoon
    @TheSibirianRaccoon Год назад +1

    James' knots are **knot** very good

  • @46Mage
    @46Mage Год назад +1

    James is the strong man I need in my life

  • @Wolfburns
    @Wolfburns Год назад

    I don't know what I seek to find out of these videos. But I got it.

  • @swimteamizzle1114
    @swimteamizzle1114 Год назад +1

    I really hope safety glasses were involved in the making of this film

  • @headass4111
    @headass4111 Год назад

    the best part was Tony actively and DESPERATELY trying to stop this from happening. I love his pain!