Prank ideas - blown up/smoky engine.

[Hodge]

So a few of us got pranked at work by this individual. He got us pretty good. So naturally, retaliation is in order.
This bloke loves his hilux. So obviously this is the target. We got this idea to make it appear like it's cooked somehow.
We talked about squirting oil or something all over the engine, or even coolant to make it appear it's got a massive leak or head is blown.
Diesel mechanic at work suggested squirting some diesel into his exhaust and when it heats up it'll smoke pretty good... I'm all for this! He comes away camping with us all the time so, we figured we'd do this in the middle of the high country for extra bit of kick....

Anyone heard or done this before?? We don't wanna blow the thing up, as much as we'd like to. Just something that'll make him s*** for a little bit .....


Any other ideas here will be most welcome!

[mudnut]

Heard of it done to a young bloke with a loud motor bike. They squirted some oil into the exhaust. Apparently it took a bit to start smoking but once going it was magnificent. I wouldn't suggest putting oil on the engine though as it might damage something.

The plastic 10mm cable tie on the tail shaft is a quickie but a good one.

[the evil twin]

Dunno what you have against blowing up a Hilux therefore Sorry, but i can't help... let me know if you change your mind tho...

[mudnut]

What about hard wiring in the horn with a switch where someone can turn it off and on at will?

[lhurley]

Have used cable tie trick before. Works great.

Have always wanted to wire up a horn to the brake or indicator lights. Just imagine him sitting at the lights horn blaring.

[Winnie]

Have used cable tie trick before. Works great.

Have always wanted to wire up a horn to the brake or indicator lights. Just imagine him sitting at the lights horn blaring.
Yeah horn to the brake lights is a good one

[mudnut]

Or the old stones in a tin taped really high under the dash.

[billyj]

Yeah horn to the brake lights is a good one

ive got one that just plugs into the trailer socket, plug in hide horn and enjoy the poor bloke going mad

[threedogs]

Have deleted my other post, not a fan of practical jokes in any shape or form
To me its a bit like bullying, hey thats me just hope it doesnt go too far Lol

[mudnut]

Replace a couple of fuses with blown ones.

[Clunk]

Tin of pilchards in the ventilation

[nissannewby]

Is it a diesel or petrol hilux?

There is heaps lol.

[mudnut]

Have deleted my other post, not a fan of practical jokes in any shape or form
To me its a bit like bullying, hey thats me just hope it doesnt go too far Lol

Yeah, it can get ugly quick enough, but if it is your real mates, it's just bloody funny.

[Kimbo63]

How about running a hose from the window washer in under the steering wheel pointing at the crouch smeer some mud on the windscreen and Wolla you just peed your pants

[Hodge]

Is it a diesel or petrol hilux?

There is heaps lol.

It's a D4D.



Thanks for the suggestions folks.
Zippy tie trick is getting very old in our workplace as they are one of our main tools. (we run cables all day every day). He would be onto it in a heart beat.

We need something more elaborate and in-depth. Just had a good chat with some workmates, over a few beers and the smoke out of exhaust seems like the way to go.
So need something that'll spew out white-ish (or any kind) out of the exhaust as it warms up. So far diesel is the go, but pumping too much in, supposedly can ignite and go boom if it reaches the cat???

So far, (if this is what we run with) the idea is to squirt some into the exhaust, during the morning before hes up or something and when the car warm up later on it'll appear as if it's cooked sending him into a frenzy!! Payback is a bitch..... LOL.

[nissannewby]

Not if you zip tie a nut onto one of his wheels or the tail shaft so they run out of balance.

Do you have access to smoke bombs?

[mudnut]

If you do go the oil in pipe do a few tests so you know you're not gunna cause a fire. Only a little bit of oil will make a lot of smoke.

[taslucas]

Is there a throttle pedal stopper that van be wound out on those? Or could you tape something behind the throttle pedal so he feels like he's pushing it to the boards but there's no power or revs? Just something thick enough so that he has to go back a gear earlier than normal. Then carry a small bottle of coolant each and let a bit dribble on the ground every time he parks. That would be a good one.

>>>tappin from tassie

[dads tractor]

Taz the coolant idea is a old but good one but youre evel .:cheers:

[taslucas]

The coolant idea is only to add to the "loss of power" and thus a suspect head issue.... Do it!

>>>tappin from tassie

[taslucas]

Also I think it's slightly common for those d4d to suffer a bit of injector troubles that show up as a lack of power

>>>tappin from tassie

[threedogs]

Not sure you guys should be giving ideas on how to fake a blown motor
or noise. Someone may do it and actually blow a motor up, maybe better
to do via a PM, sorry to be a spoil fun but not a fan at all on what you're
planning to do.

[MB]

Some blokes in the know how, (mechanically minded) like above can do it and do it well and safely :-) !

My experience, a couple of so called mates, inserted (ouch :-( ) a $2 joke shop whistle deep up my exhaust years ago for a laugh and forgot about owning up to it when sober.

Took me ages to find/source the issue out and carbon filled my pride and joy :-( !!

[taslucas]

Not sure you guys should be giving ideas on how to fake a blown motor
or noise. Someone may do it and actually blow a motor up, maybe better
to do via a PM, sorry to be a spoil fun but not a fan at all on what you're
planning to do.
I think the title of the thread explains what's going on. I don't think it's possible to blow up an engine with any of the above methods.
There are plenty of procedures and advice on this forum that if not executed correctly will result in damage to the vehicle and they are in honest threads. This one is clearly stated as a practical joke.
If practical jokes aren't your thing then just let the rest of us have a laugh.
It's just a bit of harmless fun at the expense of someone that pranked first.

>>>tappin from tassie

[AB]

Some blokes in the know how, (mechanically minded) like above can do it and do it well and safely :-) ! My experience, a couple of so called mates, inserted (ouch :-( ) a $2 joke shop whistle deep up my exhaust years ago for a laugh and forgot about owning up to it when sober. Took me ages to find/source the issue out and carbon filled my pride and joy :-( !! You should tell the story of what dad did to my first dirt bike I bought off Jimmy Dick for $5 after he got sick of the noise of me hooning up and down our court...lol

[AB]

I can't remember what that was, 80's ds80???

[MB]

You should tell the story of what dad did to my first dirt bike I bought off Jimmy Dick for $5 after he got sick of the noise of me hooning up and down our court...lol

My Dad's not as Nasty as that !

[AB]

My Dad's not as Nasty as that ! You don't know three dogs like I do ;)

[MB]

FR, won't let me place a single ?, so here it is '?' !

[AB]

FR, won't let me place a single ?, so here it is '?' ! English bro, engaliiiish!!

[MB]

You built it? Or is is just 'Forum 'Runner' ???????

[Clunk]

You built it? Or is is just 'Forum 'Runner' ???????
Its forum runner mate, its crap..... use tapatalk

[AB]

You built it? Or is is just 'Forum 'Runner' ??????? My golly gosh old mate...

I said tell the story about when dad put the wet paper in the spark plugs of my old ds80 so it would conk out and I couldn't ride it anymore because he was sick of me riding up and down the road making noise bla bla.

You said my dad wouldn't do that but we have the same dad so I said you don't know three dogs like I do insinuating 3d is your father Luke and then you tried a ? In a reply and yes 10 characters or less do not work on the forum and here we are.

[MB]

You should tell the story of what dad did to my first dirt bike I bought off Jimmy Dick for $5 after he got sick of the noise of me hooning up and down our court...lol

Quite simply, remember the old wet paper spit balls in school ?

#1 Remove DS80 spark lead

#2 Insert Spit Ball

#3 go to work

#4 return from work

#5 listen to excuses where bike has gone

#6 drive ute to collect bike after honesty :-) !

Spit dries :-) !

Cheers RB :-) !!!!!!!!!

[mudnut]

That might sound funny, but if the spark hasn't got anywhere to go it can track and cause fallure to the coil, distributor or leads, which is no joke.

[AB]

That might sound funny, but if the spark hasn't got anywhere to go it can track and cause fallure to the coil, distributor or leads, which is no joke. It was a $5 motorbike and the old man I'm sure was happy with either outcome mate ;)

But yes, don't do this on someone's beloved beast!

[Hodge]

Tested out a bit of old oil in exhaust today and it works !! Just needs to fully warm up... I think we will run with this. Funny and completely harmless. And best of all it'll be the best retaliation prank considering what hes done to us !

[BigRAWesty]

If your taking home bush build it slowly..
Start off with a few small puddles under the car..
Next day if safe to do so limit his pedal a little.. keep the puddles under car going..
Day 3 is the big one..
Restrict peddle more, add oil to exhaust and puddles. Under car..

That's should have him shitting bricks

[BigRAWesty]

And for shits and giggles throw the brake light horn in the mix on the last day..

[Winnie]

I'm keen to hear how this chap has pranked you Hodge, sounds like he has got you a good one,

[macca]

Like the pedal stop, clever. Wont blow an engine with that one PML

[GeeYou8]

I thought the empty milk carton wedged under the tyre was nasty enough, harmless but they have to get out and look when they hear the bang.
Glycol should make lots of smoke without the fire risk.
Graham

[Hodge]

I'm keen to hear how this chap has pranked you Hodge, sounds like he has got you a good one,


This moron is our superior, so he's the bloke right above me. Late thursday night, he convinced us that our Fridays (April 1st) job can start at 3am if we wanted to. Our normal starts are 730... His fabricated idea was to start 3 and finish 11.30.
Early friday finish, sounds good to me... ! So as you can imagine we rocked up at 3 and the work folder had a "April Fools!! See you at 730!!" sticky note on it..... Yeah we fell for it. Ok....

But as it turns out karma took it's course without us doing a thing ...
Bad thing for him now is the higher management got a word of what took place. So they pulled him into the office and ripped him a new one, so hes shitting bricks, this is a good thing. But the bad thing for him is he picked a wrong time to do it as there is a lot of tension at work right now with retrenching and re-structure so they are looking for any reason to get rid of blokes. According to some of our policies, this was classed as harassment.

Technically the 3 of us that came in at 3 could have claimed O/T from 3-7.30 if we wanted to, but none of us did as after all it was this idiots bad idea of a prank. I really didn't give a shit tbh, but some of the other boys are absolutely ropeable. One of them have a tiny baby at home so he was up most of the night anyway... Not happy.

So he's already copping it. Nothing will happen he won't get the sack, but everyone is going with the idea that he is, so hes panicking... Justice served.

However, back to original topic. This won't stop us for round 2 we have decided. He absolutely loves the hilux, so our prank is full steam ahead....
At this stage, on our next camping trip and GoPro's will be around to catch the moment, we will try.

[taslucas]

Ouch thats a low one! If he'd said 7 instead of 7;30 it would have been funny but 3 is a bit too far. I say actually blow his car up haha

>>>tappin from tassie

[Winnie]

Ouch thats a low one! If he'd said 7 instead of 7;30 it would have been funny but 3 is a bit too far. I say actually blow his car up haha

>>>tappin from tassie

Hahaha. Yeah I would have been pissed off too and I would be making sure they paid me from 3am.

[Hodge]

Hahaha. Yeah I would have been pissed off too and I would be making sure they paid me from 3am.

Haha yeah well if we would have booked those hours , the three of us all on double time. I'm confident he would have got the marching orders and that would have been a c**** act. And most of the time he isn't a bad bloke ... He did take it too far. But watch this space.....

[Winnie]

Haha yeah well if we would have booked those hours , the three of us all on double time. I'm confident he would have got the marching orders and that would have been a c**** act. And most of the time he isn't a bad bloke ... He did take it too far. But watch this space.....

Meh, the c***s act was him telling you to come into work 4.5 hours early.
But getting him back via his Hilux is probably just as good. (it would be even funnier if it ACTUALLY blows up while you are away)

[rusty_nail]

So need something that'll spew out white-ish (or any kind) out of the exhaust as it warms up.

as i recall, a ping pong ball wrapped in alfoil with a funnel in the top made a hell of alotta white smoke, we used to make em as smoke bombs when we were kids. not sure if the exhaust would heat up enuff to start the melt process tho.

[BigRAWesty]

That is a bit of a shit act but as you say if he's not a bad bloke then best keep him around..

The ping pong ball in alfoil is a wicked smoke bomb..
But usually lit with an open flame..
I'd say best chance of light up would be the manifold.. but if he's still got the factory heat shield I doubt you'll get anything in close enough. .

I am personally liking smoke in exhaust and brake light horn..
Both easy to carry out with a great outcome..

If in the high country a limited rpm range may become dangerous on some of those tracks...

[mudnut]

That is a bit of a shit act but as you say if he's not a bad bloke then best keep him around..

The ping pong ball in alfoil is a wicked smoke bomb..
But usually lit with an open flame..
I'd say best chance of light up would be the manifold.. but if he's still got the factory heat shield I doubt you'll get anything in close enough. .

I am personally liking smoke in exhaust and brake light horn..
Both easy to carry out with a great outcome..

If in the high country a limited rpm range may become dangerous on some of those tracks...

Was thinking the same thing and also if he pulls out in front of traffic.

[Hodge]

Yeah, against tampering with any "functionality" of the car. Definitely won't go there. Exhaust oil smoke is the go... That'll be enough to send him into overdrive.
Last time in Jamieson his Ctek solenoid was stuck shut and drained both his batteries, and then when his car didn't start he nearly took a week off on stress leave. Loves is shit lux! So the smoke thing will be a direct hit !! lol

[Hodge]

Just an update, this may eventuate end of the month as we are planning a trip to the VHC. He's already stressing as his rear diff cover is weeping oil so , a bit of smoke out of the exhaust will just add a bit of sour taste.
Hope I'll be there, depending on if my clutch gets done by then. (Ironic I'm excited to get this bloke back on his car, but I have issues with my car which might not get me there lol). Oh well.

[the evil twin]

... if thats the case just take an oil can and squirt the rear diff every chance you get

[megatexture]

Potassium nitrate (stump killer) and sugar melted on a low ...low heat and not in your house. Makes the best smoke bomb. Burns with a thick white smoke if you want a slower burn add some wax but half a coke can size will burn for over 5 mins easy with a lot of smoke can also be coloured with crayons

[garett]

next morning wrap his air filter with glad wrap....

[threedogs]

Yeah, against tampering with any "functionality" of the car. Definitely won't go there. Exhaust oil smoke is the go... That'll be enough to send him into overdrive.
Last time in Jamieson his Ctek solenoid was stuck shut and drained both his batteries, and then when his car didn't start he nearly took a week off on stress leave. Loves is shit lux! So the smoke thing will be a direct hit !! lol

Just reading this and one statment says "loves his Shitlux" my question is "Why" lol
Really a Hilux

[Hodge]

Just loves his car mate like we do ours i guess.

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[taslucas]

...... He's already stressing as his rear diff cover is weeping oil so..... .

Definitely go for the cable ties on the tail shaft then. Ting ting ting...."oh no mate, sounds like that diff is bad"

>>>tappin from tassie

[taslucas]

Just reading this and one statment says "loves his Shitlux" my question is "Why" lol
Really a Hilux
^^^^owns a cruiser^^^^ haha

>>>tappin from tassie

[mudnutette]

Or you could just bedazzle it
*shrugs*

[mudnutette]

66173
like this
I'm sure he'll appreciate

[Touses]

66173
like this
I'm sure he'll appreciate

Now that is evil and pure genius.

[lhurley]

Handful of glitter down the ac vent would be pretty damn funny too.

[garett]

Handful of glitter down the ac vent would be pretty damn funny too.

thats just evil... he'd be covered in glitter for months...

[mudnutette]

Ooooh, glitter, I like that idea xD

[GeeYou8]

A twist on the cable tie is to lay one flat against the shaft and use another one to secure the tag end, trim the second one off flush, it only make a noise at speed & then lays back flat when you stop & have a look.
Graham

[Hodge]

Bit of an update...
Prank was booked in to be executed this weekend just gone... The camping trip I missed out on.
Supposedly they didn't even make it to the campsite and the very Hilux in question spat out rear diff cogs ... lol
They are still up there as I type this, trying to pull it up to the main road to be loaded onto a flat bed.
Between a front wheel drive only hilux, very steep clay hills and shitloads of trees down after last nights storm... Gonna be a long night for them!

[rusty_nail]

Bit of an update...
Prank was booked in to be executed this weekend just gone... The camping trip I missed out on.
Supposedly they didn't even make it to the campsite and the very Hilux in question spat out rear diff cogs ... lol
They are still up there as I type this, trying to pull it up to the main road to be loaded onto a flat bed.
Between a front wheel drive only hilux, very steep clay hills and shitloads of trees down after last nights storm... Gonna be a long night for them!
Well seems like karma has taken care of things for you mate.

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[mudnut]

Bit of a bugger for everyone else there too.

[Bloodyaussie]

Bit of an update...
Prank was booked in to be executed this weekend just gone... The camping trip I missed out on.
Supposedly they didn't even make it to the campsite and the very Hilux in question spat out rear diff cogs ... lol
They are still up there as I type this, trying to pull it up to the main road to be loaded onto a flat bed.
Between a front wheel drive only hilux, very steep clay hills and shitloads of trees down after last nights storm... Gonna be a long night for them!

Hope they make it out safe mate... know you wanted to play a prank on him bit this is not what you would want to happen to a mate.

[BigRAWesty]

Bugger..
I'm mean yay for karma but shit for the other boys..

[Hodge]

Hope they make it out safe mate... know you wanted to play a prank on him bit this is not what you would want to happen to a mate.
Definitely crap. As much as we wanted to get him back this is far and beyond what the plan was.
Let's face i could have been up there amongst the carnage my self.

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[Hodge]

Just heard from them. They are safe and well. Pulled the pin on the car for safety reasons and a Mansfield mob is gonna get involved in recovery.

[BigRAWesty]

Just heard from them. They are safe and well. Pulled the pin on the car for safety reasons and a Mansfield mob is gonna get involved in recovery.
Shit.. now he's talking big $$$$$$

[Hodge]

Shit.. now he's talking big $$$$$$
Yeah apparently it got really gnarly trying to get the car up a certain hill and they decided not to proceed after the JSA .

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[BigRAWesty]

Yeah apparently it got really gnarly trying to get the car up a certain hill and they decided not to proceed after the JSA .

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Bahahaha.. I could imagine..
I'd say boss owes em now..

[Bacho86]

Yeah apparently it got really gnarly trying to get the car up a certain hill and they decided not to proceed after the JSA .

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Well good to see they were being responsible and all!! Any photos of the carnage?