Comments by "Andy Saunders" (@andysaunders3708) on "Nasty collision Repair! Unexpected Weld NEEDED. Mechanic in a Pinch." video.

  1. Hope you disconnected the alternator leads before you zapped it, even if the battery leads were off... Trust me, it generally bites you if you don't - something to do with voltage/current surge buggering up diodes in the rectifier.
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  2. Didn't look like the bodywork was even finished, so hardly time to be worrying about an alignment... Was a junk car anyway, IMO. For sure an insurance job. They have it all work out down to the last cent.
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  3.  @wesgregg6451  Maybe! In NZ, that car would be totaled if it was insured, and good luck repairing it and getting a legit Warrant of Fitness if it was a home job. They're relatively harsh here. Some still sneak through, though, on the old "Dial a Warrant" system... No need to repair such a shitheap - plenty of cheap beaters around for almost nothing. Wreckers offered a max of $110 for a running, legal Suzuki Swift, (2014 model?), believe me. I tried selling one to stop my ex getting it, and I'd just paid $8500 for it. OTOH, Bought a Grand Cherokee Overland for $1300 - one owner. High mileage, but FSH. Lovely wagon, but now gas too expensive to drive it.
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  4. "Stab away from yourself". Good advice to ponder further while imprisoned, you mad individual... All good, clean fun.
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