Re: Ignition switch jerry rigged and will not turn off

Posted by BH On 2008/2/20 11:02:00

I hear "jerry-rigged" a lot, but have heard a lot worse.

Not sure whether that's merely a garbled form of "jury-rigged" or a mash-up with "jerry-built". The latter term refers to shoddy workmanship, which appropriately describes a lot of work I've seen on old cars.