Many things in life are pretty easy to figure out just by looking at them. There are also many things that you can sort of make “good enough” with stuff you have lying around. However, many of the issues that come up with cars don’t fall under either of these categories, so people attempt repairs with disastrous consequences. Thankfully, we have “Just Rolled In” to document them.
If you’re unfamiliar, “Just Rolled In” started as a SubReddit and has since turned into a most excellent YouTube channel with compilations of some of the sketchiest, dumbest, and funniest bodges, hacks, fixes, and fails in the automotive repair industry.
The channel uploads pretty regularly, which is great, and somehow it always seems to find ways of topping itself with the pure ridiculousness of its finds. It’s pure, sweet, unfiltered automotive schadenfreude and an excellent tonic for a fraught and frequently frightening world.
Among my favorite recent uploads, one stands out: a leaking transmission. On the surface, it’s a relatively normal complaint, and if you’re trying to fix it yourself, being someone who frequents this fine website, you’d probably start looking at failed gaskets and seals. However, the owner of this vehicle is much more creative than you or me and has opted to try fixing the leak with a beer can and some JB Weld epoxy. Did it work? No. Was it a valiant effort? You bet it was.
Other highlights include a brand new Ram 1500 truck with 175 miles on it that failed to have its cam caps tightened fully, leading to a snapped camshaft, or a customer complaining that there is a beeping noise coming from the interior of their truck, only for the tech to find a household smoke alarm in its packaging in the center console.
Now, all jokes aside, some people just can’t afford to take their vehicles to a mechanic or replace them when they’re so rusty that the frame breaks in half on the lift (this happened), and we’re not trying to shame them. We’re also big proponents of DIY car repairs, but if you’re going to attempt to fix something, do the research on how to perform that repair before you actually start taking things apart.
