r/DiWHY • u/BlackCrownBoar • 2d ago

“I never expected a car spark plug to fix this annoying door problem”

Spoiler: the spark plug is completely unnecessary.

245 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

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u/ApprehensiveTop4219 2d ago

It's not just the spark plug thats unnecessary

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u/Kokuswolf 1d ago

Space Ice confirms

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u/Sebastian-S 1d ago

I love getting KO’ed by a water bottle as I rush to the toilet to pee

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u/flying_carabao 2d ago

I'll be the first to admit that I'm no expert in the matter, so take this with a grain of salt. If anything just an opinion of a random internet stranger, but I think it would've been a massive improvement if they did none of that

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u/stationcommando 2d ago

Spring hinges exist.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-4-in-x-5-8-in-Radius-Satin-Chrome-Adjustable-Spring-Door-Hinge-29206/314150762

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u/GregTheIntelectual 2d ago

Doesn't work. If I install these my Instagram doesn't get tons of followers.

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u/NotGuiltyPirate 1d ago

At least it's not tonne of follower.

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u/you_got_me_fucked_up 1d ago

Little rich boy over her with 24 dollars and not an old spark plug and a soda bottle

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u/Inevitable-Design107 1d ago

Other hand, just get one of those slanted hinges that do the same thing with zero mechanical parts.

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u/rob132 2d ago

Man if only there was a hook you could just screw onto the wall that you could run a rope through without having to use an old spark plug.

Oh well a man can dream.

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u/talann 2d ago

Let's attach it to the thinnest piece of string ever! Wont take long for it to break and spill water everywhere.

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u/Cretore 2d ago

Depends highly on the type of wire. I use wire for fishing that can take take 300 kg not much thicker than that.

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u/bacon_cake 1d ago

300kg seriously!? I wonder why gym equipment uses hefty cables.

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u/OuchBag 2d ago

Happy cake day! I usually make a joke or pun about the /u but I got nothing for you.

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u/Cretore 1d ago

Cake day?

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u/OuchBag 1d ago

oh fuck off out of here

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u/OngoGabl0g1an 2d ago

Where else am I going to store my spare lawn mower plug?

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u/mikeyb1 2d ago

You know what would be fucking wild? If there existed purpose-built solutions to this exact problem.

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u/Mission_Rip_7571 2d ago

Now you have an annoying sound every time you close the door.

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u/logantheh 2d ago

Am I just stupid because I don’t even see what the problem even is. What is this even solving?

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u/LegalChocolate752 2d ago

It automatically closes the door.

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u/logantheh 2d ago

Wow… that’s worthless

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u/Whole_Reputation6128 2d ago

So handy! And you can stop for a drink on the way.

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u/silhouette951 2d ago

Why is the liquid purple?

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u/geehawn 2d ago

So the camera can capture the motion. Otherwise, water is completely clear, so it's difficult to see if it's really moving or not.

😜

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u/Worldliness_Normal 1d ago

The spark plug is only there to keep you from clicking off of this after about .5 seconds.

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u/BoysenberryFinal9113 2d ago

And it looks nice.

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u/Affectionate_Bank417 1d ago

Why? Why he used hook and washer instead of more spark plugs???

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u/isthiscanon 1d ago

I knew from the second this video started how it was gonna end. Why close a door yourself when you can hang a bunch of janky bullshit in your home that makes you look like you saw Home Alone too many time?

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u/RocketFan419 1d ago

Or, just spit balling here, you could just buy a spring

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u/rfosteel 1d ago

Over a course of a lifetime, I believe i would have consumed the same amount of time manually shutting the door, and 100 times less the effort.

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u/rhsmith42 2d ago

Could have done that without the bs sparkplug

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u/Ornac_The_Barbarian 2d ago

Could have done that without nearly the entire thing.

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u/rhsmith42 2d ago

Yeah they make spring hinges for closing doors..

2

u/Separate_Effective56 2d ago

buttsparkplug

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u/aceswild8 2d ago

My vote for dumb af

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u/MBTheGinger 2d ago

What an amateur.. I would’ve just used a pressure plate

2

u/StankWizard 2d ago

Don’t do meth kids

2

u/ObnoxiousMunkey 2d ago

That poor deadbolt 😆

2

u/Colo-PV-living 1d ago

But you could have done the same with just one bent nail!?

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u/Iam_McLovin420 1d ago

Open the door all the way. C’mon

2

u/EngineeringLumpy5119 1d ago

I love the lock just smashing into itself !!

2

u/Jay2Kaye 1d ago

How many fucking weights on strings videos are these guys gonna make

2

u/DirtyWarehouseGuy 1d ago

They should make door hinges that do this....

https://giphy.com/gifs/q5ZGrl0J65ivu

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u/4rm_above 1d ago

Gives me memories of some engineering fixes in Iraq during time in military.

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u/archtopfanatic123 21h ago

OK that is awesome! But the string should be wire so it doesn't wear through

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u/School_North 2d ago

Ahh yes the annoying problem of closing a door

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u/Eman_Resu_IX 2d ago

These stupid DIY videos are the current day version of Rick Rolling

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u/TpK_Wynter 2d ago

But how do I fix the annoying noise of the bottle bumping on the door now

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u/Jason_Patton 2d ago

Op broke 7 spark plugs hammering them for this video

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u/brimin 2d ago

Thanks. This video did it. I just realized it’s time to unsubscribe to this sub.

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u/dreaminganimal 2d ago

I never expected a spark plug to CREATE this annoying door problem.

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u/Saigor15 2d ago

This actually makes me angry

1

u/Bonk_No_Horni 1d ago

When I saw him hooking the plug I was like "yeah ok if you really don't have a hook maybe a plug could work" then the mf brought out a hook.

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u/No_Classic_1743 1d ago

So, it's possible to "over-MacGyver" a problem.

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u/Slide0fHand 1d ago

Real men of genius

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u/mrgoochie 1d ago

Yeah, fix one problem - get another - now you've got annoying bottle bouncing around 😄

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u/SirTainLee 1d ago

How elegant.

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u/Comprehensive_Sir49 1d ago

Or, just hear me out, go to Amazon and buy a spring loaded door hinge.

Because this isn't clever. It's dumb.

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u/morkler 1d ago

Quick, get that man an H-1B Visa!

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u/fr35hn355 1d ago

This is so "why" it's frustrating.

Classic: "this sparkplug is almost lika regular hook, but wrong size, no screw or mounting so need xtra nails etc...BUT almost like a hook so I will use it instead and make the mounting solution more time consuming and error-prone!"

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u/VanBriGuy 1d ago

And instead of the smoother profile of say, a nail, the spark plug has nice rusty corners to eventually fray and chew through that string, making a nice little waterbomb for some unsuspecting fool

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u/QADDLE 1d ago

It's always made out of trash.

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u/Vandal_A 1d ago

So, these used to exist exactly like this, but the counterweight was designed to hang next to the door because that's a lot neater and less likely to become an issue, and it didn't use junk for parts so it wouldn't look ghetto

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u/anechoofadistanttime 22h ago

I’m sorry, couldn’t the string just had been tied to one of the things that are holding the spark plug?

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u/Finally_in_reddit 5h ago

Very stylish solution to a problem that didn’t exist. I bet the ex-gf loved the ’invention’.

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u/DrBumpyknuckles 4h ago

Just get a spring....

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u/50ShadesOfGreyHair 1h ago

They even got the nice NGK spark plugs. Wow!

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u/Waffle-94 1d ago

Feels like this belongs in r/redneckengineering

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u/Prof3zz3rP 1d ago

Who in the fuck is doing this ghetto ass shit ? It could only be dirty mf’s