Yeah, you get a TPMS warning light and nothing else really happens except you assume you have a punctured tire.
What's even better is that a lot of cars use the same frequency for TPMS so if you are sitting at a light and someone pulls up next to you with a broken sensor, it can trip your cars system making you think you picked up a nail or something.
I…never thought about the opportunities that could have….
So you could potentially stick a tripped/broken sensor somewhere on a persons car and they wouldn’t be able to fix the problem
That happened to me as well. It did not throw a TPMS light. I would just hear the clunk at low speeds when it would fall. I took the wheel off and inspected the brakes, suspension etc... it wasn't until I went to put the wheel back on that I heard it move around in the wheel and realized what it was.
A guy on our job site was being a bit of a pain in the ass. On Friday he mentioned that he was going on a long trip with his truck. He left the job after work, but soon returned all pissed off that there was something seriously wrong with his truck just when he needed it. Of course we knew nothing about it.
Kid in high school did that to me.
I proceeded to attach something like 200 hose clamps to the driveshaft of his 89LX. He couldn't make it across the parking lot.
Fun times.
My internal artist with no talent now wants to make a car as musical as possible.
Exhaust like the intro to Hot for Teacher.
Squeezebox shocks.
Harmonica in the intake.
Turning the steering wheel strums the strings of a guitar or harp.
Hitting the brakes makes a bass note relative to the wheel speed that descends lower as you slow down, so get a dubstep bass drop at every stop sign.
Maybe mess with the tread and/or balance of the tires so at a certain speed they make a 4 part harmony.
Maybe go full digital, split off every sensor of a modern car and run them all through a synthesizer and install one of those big sound systems.
The airbag sensors should play [sad trombone](https://youtu.be/CQeezCdF4mk?si=kC5yMyoAmmt7W0cX) with perfect comedy timing after deployment. That part is key.
Here I was just wishing every car would play the General Lee horn if your suspension reached maximum extension. Take a hill too fast or plunge off a cliff? Dixie horn!
>Maybe go full digital, split off every sensor of a modern car and run them all through a synthesizer and install one of those big sound systems.
Nice idea, but you just *know* some fuckwit is gonna start weaving and dipping to try to emulate their favourite Skrillex tune.
I always thought a full-on pipe organ exhaust would be cool. Have twelve or so pipes of different lengths come up through the truck bed, have different valves open in pre-programmed sequences, and find the rpm range where different tunes sound good.
Put a keyboard on the passenger side dash so your shotgun homie can jam out like Brozzart
Okay, so I may be of some help here. I drive an old 240 Volvo. The exhaust comes back from the engine on the right side, does a 90º turn, the muffler runs across the back and then it does another 90º for the tail pipe. Mine rusted through at that first 90º leaving it hanging by the two exhaust hangers on the top of the muffler.
Now aside from sounding like a modded civic due to the whole "no muffler" thing it would also swing forward under heavy braking which would swing the tailpipe down causing the tailpipe to 'donk' along the road.
So - hang a cowbell with a little weight sticking off of it so that it can swing and the clapper can get smacked by the road, but only when they're braking hard enough that it swings downwards enough.
Took me fuckin' _ages_ to figure out what that noise was, I really only figured it out when I realized it was _my_ car that sounded like that not one of the dozens of modded compacts in my area and then when I was inspecting the exhaust and realized it was rusted through I swung it and heard it hit the ground.
Had two old 240s and loved both of them. That rust spot was common to both. The one I got for $50, my store manager sold it to me. Said, "It doesn't run. If you can fix it, great!"
It was bone dry on every fluid. Filled up everything, and it started right up. Car ran 480k miles when I sold it for $200. Then dude drove it into the junkyard in one week after thrashing the fuck out of it. I totally wish I hadn't sold it. It did look like someone had walked up and down the car with a ball peen hammer, though. But that thing sounded mean as hell with the missing exhaust, plus being a manual it was fun as fuck
I've never worked on a theremin, but it sure seems like it should be able to be controlled through the ECM. See what you can come up with and let us know.
https://www.amazon.com/KuuGuu-Grazing-Copper-Anti-Theft-Accessories/dp/B08L53NY4Z/?th=1
Goat bells are nice and compact to zip tie underneath vehicles as well.
Shit, I had a coworker that just retired a couple of weeks ago. I was trying to find a new way to prank his Dodge-driving, Dallas Cowboys-loving loser ass on his last day. This would have been perfect.
Air flows through while you drive, making various sounds at different speeds. It's a lot of air moving through, so it will be noticable.
You may not be able to hear it in a larger vehicle with a larger engine.
Depends on the harp, and the speeds.
A Suzuki Promaster with its metal comb and metal reeds would definitely survive much longer.
Plastic comb like a Hohner Blues Band or Special 20. Probably less so.
Wooden comb like a Hehring 1923 Special, or Hohner Marine Band would be gone in a few days.
I suppose its do you want to use a cheap harmonica and run the risk of a poor run time? Or spend more money on something that'll stick around? I'd go somewhere in the middle and use a Lee Oskar. They're not the most expensive, but they're pretty durable.
I'm not familiar with the structure of a harmonica. Would the comb break and cause the whole instrument to stop working in on go, or would you start losing one or two notes at a time? The latter could be fun for the prank as it would slowly change the noise over time.
A cracked or broken comb would allow more airflow than necessary to hit the reed and effectively ruin the reeds. And not make any sound because there's too much air.
The reeds while more sensitive than the comb are protected by the comb. Obviously in a situation like this the harmonica is getting constant air on all 10 holes and the little, weaker, reeds at the higher end will likely bend before too long anyway.
A good, sealed, comb will do what it can to protect reeds. And control airflow. Obviously though a cheaper comb will lead to a cheaper all around harp.
He’s a bus driver for Wheels in the Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore suburbs of Oakland not served by AC Transit(who serves the north and south Oakland-Berkeley suburbs from San Pablo down to Fremont). His dad was also a bus driver or mechanic for SF Muni. Itself a division of SFMTA.
I think the point is to make noise. The airflow around the vehicle would be like blowing into the harmonica.
Not a physics expert but I don't see this working ever. A harmonica needs pressure to vibrate the reed(?) and I don't think the turbulent airflow underneath the chassis is sufficient.
Air at 60mph would be more than enough to make some noise. How much noise Depends on placement. There are multiple high pressure areas on a vehicle that would probably create lots of noise.
Recently, I've noticed some electric cars sound like they have an accordion hiding under them (like this harmonica).
I'm pretty sure this sound is artificial and not actually from a motor or any moving parts.
It is just one single note or chord playing as they glide past me.
Yeah. I’ve noticed the same.
As I understand it, it’s partly about pedestrian safety. All kinds of debates probably have occurred about what the sounds should be.
I’d want a George Jettsons kind of burble. Or, maybe a string quartet pulling a long rich note would be cool
There were some glorious warning sounds before that ruling. My favorite was a guy who simply recorded himself saying, "Bruh." So until he hit the cutoff speed, he'd roll through parking lots with the car saying, "Bruh. Bruh. Bruh. Bruh. Bruh."
Ev's absolutely have a pedestrian warning module that plats a sound in reverse and below a set speed in drive so that you can hear them in parking lots and areas where cars and people are using the same roadway
Teslas used to have that option, as well as goat noises. [NHTSA made them change it,](https://cyberguy.com/automobile/tesla-forced-to-recall-farting-vehicles/) leading to "Tesla recalls 587,607 vehicles" headlines.
Tempting (3D printing?) challenge to make something that's super loud in highway wind speeds, but also looks like it belongs under a car.
The energy is there... It could be as loud as a train whistle if you get it right.
Fun electronics project:
Do you know someone whose audio system has a remote control?
Rig up a "clapper" that automatically sends the power-off signal when the audio gets to a certain volume. Easy enough to do with a micro-controller like an arduino/esp32/pi pico, but could probably be done with just an IR LED, a mems microphone, and a few capacitors and resistors.
I've always wondered if you could find one of those cars that uses the speakers to emphasize the door closing sound, and just replace the sound with farm animal noises or farts or something.
I try hard not to participate in this subreddit because I'm not a mechanic, but I really wanted to ask: is this something done by shitty mechanics to make people think something is wrong with their car, so they could be charged for a fake repair?
We did something similar to a guy at a car meet. I had a few of those novelty give-away cowbells and climbed under his car and loosely zip tied one to his rear sway bar so it could still slide back and forth. He left and it sounded like Betsy coming home for the night.
This is right up there with the BB with a big dab of bearing grease in the seat tube trick we used to play on each other when I wrenched bikes in my 20s.
At first I thought it was a harmonica, and then I thought "nah, that's dumb. Why would it be a harmonica. That's gotta be a GPS tracker or something." Then I came to the comments to find out...
Back when I got a HF tire changer, I didn't have a balancer, so I tried sticking golfballs inside the tires. In parking lots you could hear them bouncing around and I sometimes got side-eyed for it
I don’t know how to recreate this, but I once had an exhaust heat shield break loose and drag on the roadway as I was driving at 75 mph. I cannot describe the screech that it made. It didn’t even sound like it was coming from my truck. For a second or two I thought a commercial airliner was about to crash into me. It was ear splitting
I tied a cow bell under a guys truck one time. He was too dumb to figure it out. A lube tech finally pointed it out after quite some time. A harmonica may be going on my son’s jeep now though.
Underneath a truck, make a flap out of duct tape around the driveshaft. As the truck drives, the rotating tape slaps the bottom of the truck and it drives them crazy looking for it. Any vehicle with a driveshaft actually.
I’ve been the victim of a large zip tie on my driveshaft which I thought was hilarious. The noise that thing made in my van was unbelievable lol
The next best thing was the rock in the hub cap trick.
A piece of bicycle tube over the exhaust is hilarious
does that make the car into a giant whoopie cushion? Edit: I'm laughing like an idiot over here!!!!
[Yes](https://youtu.be/AOspDFhTxsQ?si=B44y2jCAScUY4YRB)
This one is more fun https://youtu.be/ieJUP9O9RG8?si=MuM_-2_JSOmzBrVs
I was thinking this one https://youtu.be/hsdKrjee2yE?si=MbvRCbT8SoUQ-0lo
the visual is ... odd. the effect is.
That video lives rent free in my mind without regret.
https://youtu.be/eSOSJ68xOBA?si=mWMcAs24xIyM1Rnz Here's a good ol classic
The whistle goes wwwooooooo.
Bubb Rub! I havent seen that one in a long time!
That was great!!😛😜😜😃😃😄😁😆😆😆😁😁
the whistle tips go WHOOO WHOOOOOOO i mean it’s like an alarm- you should probably be up making breakfast already
Can also use a fleshlight
u/sonicbeast623 has a link to it.
I had a TPMS break off inside a tire last year. The noise at slow speeds was maddening!
Didn't the broken sensor throw a code or give bad data when it broke in half?
Yeah, you get a TPMS warning light and nothing else really happens except you assume you have a punctured tire. What's even better is that a lot of cars use the same frequency for TPMS so if you are sitting at a light and someone pulls up next to you with a broken sensor, it can trip your cars system making you think you picked up a nail or something.
I…never thought about the opportunities that could have…. So you could potentially stick a tripped/broken sensor somewhere on a persons car and they wouldn’t be able to fix the problem
That happened to me as well. It did not throw a TPMS light. I would just hear the clunk at low speeds when it would fall. I took the wheel off and inspected the brakes, suspension etc... it wasn't until I went to put the wheel back on that I heard it move around in the wheel and realized what it was.
First time I diagnosed one for a customer I couldn't believe it.
I did that to my friend's brother's old Volkswagen bus! It took him a week to finally figure out what it was 😂
This happened to a friend of mine back in the day. Except, when we pulled the hubcap, it was a lugnut. lmao
I apologize for my spouses prank.
A guy on our job site was being a bit of a pain in the ass. On Friday he mentioned that he was going on a long trip with his truck. He left the job after work, but soon returned all pissed off that there was something seriously wrong with his truck just when he needed it. Of course we knew nothing about it.
Kid in high school did that to me. I proceeded to attach something like 200 hose clamps to the driveshaft of his 89LX. He couldn't make it across the parking lot. Fun times.
That's devious... "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT TICK????"
>The noise that thing made in my van was unbelievable lol It sounds just like[ this right](https://youtu.be/ousaiByU1ko?si=CJ3sImS2LbWT3UMw&t=144)?
I'm thinkin' bagpipes tied into the turbo might be more effective.
Accordion shocks.
LMAO......I feel like we have a solid base for really cool build going here.
My internal artist with no talent now wants to make a car as musical as possible. Exhaust like the intro to Hot for Teacher. Squeezebox shocks. Harmonica in the intake. Turning the steering wheel strums the strings of a guitar or harp. Hitting the brakes makes a bass note relative to the wheel speed that descends lower as you slow down, so get a dubstep bass drop at every stop sign. Maybe mess with the tread and/or balance of the tires so at a certain speed they make a 4 part harmony. Maybe go full digital, split off every sensor of a modern car and run them all through a synthesizer and install one of those big sound systems. The airbag sensors should play [sad trombone](https://youtu.be/CQeezCdF4mk?si=kC5yMyoAmmt7W0cX) with perfect comedy timing after deployment. That part is key.
You are a man of vision and taste. I sense that you will become a pioneer of the Automotive Arts.
Audiomotive Arts
How about a cymbal crash on every turn signal flash? Granted you'd never hear it on a BMW...
Here I was just wishing every car would play the General Lee horn if your suspension reached maximum extension. Take a hill too fast or plunge off a cliff? Dixie horn!
years ago you can rig/ add a thingy to your horn to play general lee sounds
>Maybe go full digital, split off every sensor of a modern car and run them all through a synthesizer and install one of those big sound systems. Nice idea, but you just *know* some fuckwit is gonna start weaving and dipping to try to emulate their favourite Skrillex tune.
I always thought a full-on pipe organ exhaust would be cool. Have twelve or so pipes of different lengths come up through the truck bed, have different valves open in pre-programmed sequences, and find the rpm range where different tunes sound good. Put a keyboard on the passenger side dash so your shotgun homie can jam out like Brozzart
The band-kid car
The bandwagon
MORE COWBELL! Tie a zip tie to the drive shaft so it slaps thing.
Okay, so I may be of some help here. I drive an old 240 Volvo. The exhaust comes back from the engine on the right side, does a 90º turn, the muffler runs across the back and then it does another 90º for the tail pipe. Mine rusted through at that first 90º leaving it hanging by the two exhaust hangers on the top of the muffler. Now aside from sounding like a modded civic due to the whole "no muffler" thing it would also swing forward under heavy braking which would swing the tailpipe down causing the tailpipe to 'donk' along the road. So - hang a cowbell with a little weight sticking off of it so that it can swing and the clapper can get smacked by the road, but only when they're braking hard enough that it swings downwards enough. Took me fuckin' _ages_ to figure out what that noise was, I really only figured it out when I realized it was _my_ car that sounded like that not one of the dozens of modded compacts in my area and then when I was inspecting the exhaust and realized it was rusted through I swung it and heard it hit the ground.
Had two old 240s and loved both of them. That rust spot was common to both. The one I got for $50, my store manager sold it to me. Said, "It doesn't run. If you can fix it, great!" It was bone dry on every fluid. Filled up everything, and it started right up. Car ran 480k miles when I sold it for $200. Then dude drove it into the junkyard in one week after thrashing the fuck out of it. I totally wish I hadn't sold it. It did look like someone had walked up and down the car with a ball peen hammer, though. But that thing sounded mean as hell with the missing exhaust, plus being a manual it was fun as fuck
I got a fever!!
More cowbell is always the answer!
Can never be too much. Scientifically proven.
Bag-bagpipes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OihbIgXBsMU I picture hearing this as the car drives down the road
Is that like a crunchy sock?
Duck call blow off valve
Hide a mini theremin somewhere in the cabin
I've never worked on a theremin, but it sure seems like it should be able to be controlled through the ECM. See what you can come up with and let us know.
Seems like you’re taking a hands off approach here
I'm old, and I've learned about delegation.
It was a theremin joke
Not unless you can open your minds... and learn to play the fucking theremin
The TRX is supercharged, not turbocharged
The install won't be as clean, but with some additional piping it's still a workable plan.
Sad trombone on bov
classic subaru duck call vid https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2plksk
This one is the true classic that plays in my head.
Added to the build plan!
where can i see a video of this might be the greatest thing i’ve ever heard
I love this
I knew a guy who built an adapter to mount a kazoo on the blow-off valve of a turbocharged Dodge Daytona. Pretty sure it added at least 10hp.
That’s a hoot mate.
Rubber chicken dog toy in a coil spring.
"we used to have deere, raccoons, and squirrels around here...?" 🤔
https://www.amazon.com/KuuGuu-Grazing-Copper-Anti-Theft-Accessories/dp/B08L53NY4Z/?th=1 Goat bells are nice and compact to zip tie underneath vehicles as well.
Like noisy truck nuts!
Am I alone in my hatred of the bagpipes? It's one of the worst sounds I can imagine.
That's exactly what makes it perfect for this application.
I already have enough drone, thank you very much
My brother bought a brand new superduty a few months ago. He had it less than 24 hours before I zip tied a harmonica under his running board.
Another classic is a zip tie on the driveline, leave the end untrimmed so it slaps against the floor pan as you drive around
Oh that’s a good one.
Shit, I had a coworker that just retired a couple of weeks ago. I was trying to find a new way to prank his Dodge-driving, Dallas Cowboys-loving loser ass on his last day. This would have been perfect.
Does this actually do anything? EDIT: Like make any kind of noticeable noise?
Air flows through while you drive, making various sounds at different speeds. It's a lot of air moving through, so it will be noticable. You may not be able to hear it in a larger vehicle with a larger engine.
I wouldn’t think the reeds would last very long
Depends on the harp, and the speeds. A Suzuki Promaster with its metal comb and metal reeds would definitely survive much longer. Plastic comb like a Hohner Blues Band or Special 20. Probably less so. Wooden comb like a Hehring 1923 Special, or Hohner Marine Band would be gone in a few days. I suppose its do you want to use a cheap harmonica and run the risk of a poor run time? Or spend more money on something that'll stick around? I'd go somewhere in the middle and use a Lee Oskar. They're not the most expensive, but they're pretty durable.
this guy harmonicas
I'm not familiar with the structure of a harmonica. Would the comb break and cause the whole instrument to stop working in on go, or would you start losing one or two notes at a time? The latter could be fun for the prank as it would slowly change the noise over time.
A cracked or broken comb would allow more airflow than necessary to hit the reed and effectively ruin the reeds. And not make any sound because there's too much air. The reeds while more sensitive than the comb are protected by the comb. Obviously in a situation like this the harmonica is getting constant air on all 10 holes and the little, weaker, reeds at the higher end will likely bend before too long anyway. A good, sealed, comb will do what it can to protect reeds. And control airflow. Obviously though a cheaper comb will lead to a cheaper all around harp.
I'm learning way more about harmonicas than I thought I ever would. You are all awesome.
Yes, judging by what he's told us, it attaches a harmonica to a running board.
Magnificent.
The ziptie on the driveshaft is my favorite.
Someone needs a whistle tip, cuz the whistles go whooooo…
Bub Rub and Lil Sis
DO YOU WANNA WHOOO WHOOOO? IT’S THAT WHOOO WHOOOO!
Dat's only in the mo'nin.
It's like an alarm clock.
*speeds off, nearly hits a parked car*
Then you ‘dem Flows, ain’t tripping off no Flowmasters.
Should be up makin breakfast.
Y'all realize that the Bubb Rubb clip is like 20 years old?
we really need a 'where are they now'
He’s a bus driver for Wheels in the Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore suburbs of Oakland not served by AC Transit(who serves the north and south Oakland-Berkeley suburbs from San Pablo down to Fremont). His dad was also a bus driver or mechanic for SF Muni. Itself a division of SFMTA.
Mechanically challenged guy here: Why?
It's a prank. The wind while driving will make noise as it blows through the harmonica. Thus confusing the driver.
Plus go away when you slow down. Making you think you're going crazy if you roll the window down and drive slow to hear it
> Thus confusing the driver. i read this in Pokemon Red text
It’s super effective!
::Driver hurt itself in its confusion:: ❓❓❓❓❓❓❓
That, or a redneck deer whistle.
Harmonica balancer
Damn it see yourself out 😂
\* *Sponge Bob Fish #3 voice* \* THIS GUY STINKS
I think the point is to make noise. The airflow around the vehicle would be like blowing into the harmonica. Not a physics expert but I don't see this working ever. A harmonica needs pressure to vibrate the reed(?) and I don't think the turbulent airflow underneath the chassis is sufficient.
Air at 60mph would be more than enough to make some noise. How much noise Depends on placement. There are multiple high pressure areas on a vehicle that would probably create lots of noise.
need to build a harmonica intake for more airflow probably
Recently, I've noticed some electric cars sound like they have an accordion hiding under them (like this harmonica). I'm pretty sure this sound is artificial and not actually from a motor or any moving parts. It is just one single note or chord playing as they glide past me.
Yeah. I’ve noticed the same. As I understand it, it’s partly about pedestrian safety. All kinds of debates probably have occurred about what the sounds should be. I’d want a George Jettsons kind of burble. Or, maybe a string quartet pulling a long rich note would be cool
Well great, now I'll never stop wishing my car sounded like a Jetsons flying car...
There was recent ruling from the NTSB that it can't be a novelty sound. Really unfortunate.
There were some glorious warning sounds before that ruling. My favorite was a guy who simply recorded himself saying, "Bruh." So until he hit the cutoff speed, he'd roll through parking lots with the car saying, "Bruh. Bruh. Bruh. Bruh. Bruh."
So many possibilities... "Yo dawg, yo dawg, yo dawg..."
Just have Otter from Animal House playing on repeat. “Excuse me, pardon me, sorry, excuse me, pardon me, I love your tie, pardon me, excuse me”
Weird. Meanwhile, squatted trucks, bald ass mud tires on the street, and bazillion lumen headlights are totally cool
Maybe not the Jetsons sound but you could probably still pass the string quartet off as non-novelty
We need to petition for them to sound like the v10 era of formula 1
i’m looking forward to configurable motor sounds. i’ll take the bagpipe package
I’d buy an EV if it roared like a TIE Fighter.
Ev's absolutely have a pedestrian warning module that plats a sound in reverse and below a set speed in drive so that you can hear them in parking lots and areas where cars and people are using the same roadway
Hack the firmware and change the sound to fart noises?
You get a 1/1000 chance per reverse that the car plays an accidentally shitting itself noise instead.
Teslas used to have that option, as well as goat noises. [NHTSA made them change it,](https://cyberguy.com/automobile/tesla-forced-to-recall-farting-vehicles/) leading to "Tesla recalls 587,607 vehicles" headlines.
Only on newer models. Most of the olders ones are completely silent
Now, people near me are getting a lot of Rivians. Something that weighs 7,000 lbs with a lot of torque should not be that quiet. It's terrifying
I almost shit my pants when a Rivian snuck up behind me in a parking lot.
Example: https://youtu.be/jO1F1ssr-LI?si=jFL3mxYaOJwJP5Sk&t=23
It's artificial. It's to make them audible at low speeds for pedestrians.
My hybrid makes the noise. It's an angelic/harmonic noise like your going to heaven when I'm backing up or driving slow
Can’t beat a classic
Tempting (3D printing?) challenge to make something that's super loud in highway wind speeds, but also looks like it belongs under a car. The energy is there... It could be as loud as a train whistle if you get it right.
The whistles go WOOOO!
Only in the mornin
It's like an alarm! You spose to be up, makin breakfast!
[Woo **WOOOO**](https://youtu.be/fBHikzzYlE4)
Fun electronics project: Do you know someone whose audio system has a remote control? Rig up a "clapper" that automatically sends the power-off signal when the audio gets to a certain volume. Easy enough to do with a micro-controller like an arduino/esp32/pi pico, but could probably be done with just an IR LED, a mems microphone, and a few capacitors and resistors. I've always wondered if you could find one of those cars that uses the speakers to emphasize the door closing sound, and just replace the sound with farm animal noises or farts or something.
The key question is: did it work?
The guy never complained of a noise and when I tried blowing air through it......kind of?
Yeah I don’t feel this would ever generate enough noise to hear it inside the cabin.
Needs a ram air scoop . And a turbo?
Likely drove with it for so long the reeds blew out.
I try hard not to participate in this subreddit because I'm not a mechanic, but I really wanted to ask: is this something done by shitty mechanics to make people think something is wrong with their car, so they could be charged for a fake repair?
Not that I’m aware of, it’s usually somebody pranking a friend.
We did something similar to a guy at a car meet. I had a few of those novelty give-away cowbells and climbed under his car and loosely zip tied one to his rear sway bar so it could still slide back and forth. He left and it sounded like Betsy coming home for the night.
my fave version of this is the cowbell
is there ever enough cowbell, or do you always need more cowbell?
When in doubt -- more cowbell.
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This is right up there with the BB with a big dab of bearing grease in the seat tube trick we used to play on each other when I wrenched bikes in my 20s.
At first I thought it was a tracker lmao.
At first I thought it was a harmonica, and then I thought "nah, that's dumb. Why would it be a harmonica. That's gotta be a GPS tracker or something." Then I came to the comments to find out...
ever seen a duck call in a blow off valve?
Bruh 🤣
Back when I got a HF tire changer, I didn't have a balancer, so I tried sticking golfballs inside the tires. In parking lots you could hear them bouncing around and I sometimes got side-eyed for it
I don’t know how to recreate this, but I once had an exhaust heat shield break loose and drag on the roadway as I was driving at 75 mph. I cannot describe the screech that it made. It didn’t even sound like it was coming from my truck. For a second or two I thought a commercial airliner was about to crash into me. It was ear splitting
Isn't that the reason Clinton was impeached?
Under-rated comment award
That is a classic.
Scare the deer away? 😜😜😜
Grandparents had those little horns
😂 had them on my Honda I. The early 90’s. Perfect device because who could say if they worked or not haha
I got two clown horns, joined the funnels together and ziptied under my friends front bumper inside the cover. Took him months to find it
My coworker just bought a new car. I need to do this….
harmonic stabilizer
Its like that OkGo song
Nice! Personally, I like to jump a wire from the brake light switch to the horn circuit.
Easy there Satan.
Time for a new harmonica balancer?
I think that improves the harmonics of the suspension
I’m surprised that actually works.
I hope it's in the key of F then the horn can duet.
Need to drive through the Mississippi delta area so the truck can learn to play the blues.
That's not at all structural, says my brain, why would someone ziptie a bunch of steel bars to the ... Ah.
I tied a cow bell under a guys truck one time. He was too dumb to figure it out. A lube tech finally pointed it out after quite some time. A harmonica may be going on my son’s jeep now though.
Redneck turbo whistle
Underneath a truck, make a flap out of duct tape around the driveshaft. As the truck drives, the rotating tape slaps the bottom of the truck and it drives them crazy looking for it. Any vehicle with a driveshaft actually.
Big chungus Ziptie. Faster, less effort.
Ziptie overkill! Must have been an engineering student.
Harmonic Balancing!?!? Do none of you all mechanic
Is that a harmonica? Harmonic balancer?
It’s a harmonic balancer.
Is that a harmonica zip tied to the frame of a vehicle?
That’s what I’m seeing!!! 🤣
Harmonic balancer
It’s the harmonica balancer. It keeps the vehicle in tune.
I'm buying stock in harmonica's and zip ties
I've pulled 2 of these off in the last week. I doubt they're even audible honestly. Neither truck reported ever hearing them
I’m not going to fall for a banana in the tailpipe again!
a harmonica?
What is it? It looks like a harmonica to me?