iroc stangs

thats funny right there iv done crap like that an couple times in my life that must of been 1 hell of a tough truck because if you did that to say an new vette your'll be screwed.

FireDemonSiC

After reading through all these posts and mostly laughing my *** off, no offense, but how can you stay married to a like that?

If I ever told my wife that my motorcycle was acting like a chainsaw on my leg, or that a 300lbs plow was on top of me and I couldn't breathe and the first words out of her mouth were, "It's your own fault" along with laughter, I would promptly file for divorce.


I do have a rather comical one from tonight though. When I first bought my car 2 years ago, it had a busted out drivers side door lock. The lock still worked, but the cap and shutter were long gone. Instead of replacing the whole lock and having to worry about getting it keyed, I hop onto Ebay (Yes it took me 2 years to finally get around to it) and scout out some parts. After a few months of searching through donor locks, I find a seller who is selling a set of 3 shutters and caps only. And to make things even better, they're stainless caps from a 1st gen Camaro so I don't have to worry about the cheap plastic versions getting all scratched up and eventually falling off when they dry out and crack apart.

So today, they finally arrive via mail. I go out (At night when It's hard to pay attention to details), to repair the drivers side lock. This was a pretty simple job but kinda frustrating. To make the job easier, I put the key in the ignition and roll the window all the way down. Takes me about 5 minutes banging and prying around inside the door to pop the retainer clip off the lock, then another 15 minutes trying to get the tricky retainer clip off that holds the actuator rod to the lock.

Finally get it off, and close the door. In all the prying and maneuvering of the lock, I didn't realize it was in the lock position when I shut the door. I look in the car and OH CRAP my keys are still in the ignition (no spare). So I look through the hole of the now absent lock and see that the actuator rod has fallen back into the door. I spend the next 5 - 10 minutes frantically trying to get to it, finally am able to push it down and unlock the door. I open the door and then remembered that I had rolled the window down...






Another funny one. About a month ago, I take my car to my buddy's place to change the fuel filter.

Step 1: Turn car off and let sit for 10 minutes while taking a smoke break to let the initial pressure bleed off.

Step 2: Unplug FPR vacuum hose toe plenum so I can easily access release valve on fuel rail. Bleed pressure from system, then get under car.

Step 3: Change fuel filter.


So after all that is done, I start the car and drive it home. Feels better at first, so I take it on a back road and open it up. Well, it starts to feel worse and worse, so I go back to my house and park it. I put it in P and rev the engine up. The engine is BADLY shaking and misfiring and I'm thinking oh crap WTF is going on. I shut the car off figuring I'll take a break in the house and come back after an hour when I've had time to think things over. As I was walking past the car, I heard a faint hissing sound that gradually got louder and louder, coming from under the hood. ppppsssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. Sounded like a turbo blow off valve. I then smell a strong odor of fuel. I pop the hood to see WTF, and discovered I had forgotten to hook the vacuum line back to the FPR.




I can go on and on with these, especially from my earlier days of having the car when I was still a young jedi. Here's a short version of my biggest and most costly blunder:

One day I decide to go over all the small stuff on my car to make sure everything is in proper tune. one of the GENIUS things I decided to do was make sure the 700R4 TV cable was properly set. I read the procedure, but it seems my brain decided to drop certain details. I held the button on the TV bracket, and pushed the cable as far back towards the transmission as it would go. Then, STILL HOLDING THE BUTTON, rotated the throttle to WOT. Long story short 5 months later after spending $2500 on a new trans build and misc pieces, I re-read the TV adjustment procedure to make sure it was done right on the new trans, and realized my mistake

The_rabbit1

Me and High Output ignition systems go way back, my first car, at 17.. a '73 Dodge Dart with a 318, had an Accel Super coil. I left the ignition on by accident and went to pull the plug wires for something, dunno what.. was fine till I got to the coil/dist wire.. time stopped, I swear it did.

Then with my Iroc, It has a full MSD ignition.. was running the car one night when I thought I heard an exhaust leak, so I thought I'd run my hand by the exhaust manifold to feel for the air blowing by the gasket.. and got to my 8.8 MSD plug wire on cylinder number 2.. Threw me into the garage door I tell you.

Grumbles

I figure I should contribute here, though mine is more a tale of ignorance than stupidity.

I disassemble my TBI 305 with the intent of carbing it and replacing the stem seals on the heads. I button it all back up but have neglected to find TDC. My timing is way, way off. No big deal though right? Plenty of valve clearance right??

Now I'm used to pedestal rockers being a recent Ford convert. Needless to say, chevy rockers do not have pedestals. I am perplexed. So I tighten it down to what the lil book recommends (20 lb ft) which is almost bottoming out the rocker arms. Looks fine to me!

...16 S shape pushrods, 5 bent valves and 6 tagged pistons later....

engineer1matt

I had to leave a comment on this post. Mine is not as good as most of them on here but it was dumb.....

I finally just got my engine in 3 years after blowing my 383 (only had the car 2 weeks) well I was in such a rush to hear the car run I was checking it over, quick once over and noticed the oil cooler lines were a little close to the header I could of taken 2 min to move them but in my rush I said they should be fine pushed the car out of the garage thank god because unknown to me I was about to have a BBQ. My dad was leaning over the driver side fender adjusting the timing when the oil line decided to melt and then came the flames. Needless to say got the fire out and the car went back in the garage for more work I love doing stuff over or at least it seems that way. So a lesson learned sometimes if you take 2 min it can save you 3 hours and a mess. The best part was I giving my dad $hit about having an extinguisher in his 68 camaro saying he only had it for looks. There is one in my car now lol

jeep6981

had a customer come in with no brake lights at all after about an hour of checking fuses, brake light switch and wireing i checked the bulbs they were all burnt out !!!!!

jeep6981

was using the torch to cut the nut off the top of a shock when the rubber gromet cought fire and the surronding oil also cought fire only thing around was windsheild washer fluid talk about pretty blue flames. luckly the alchol in the washer fluid burnt off rather fast

engineer1matt

Lets keep this going.

Pug89

i did that was a big trunk. I worked at an install shop, was putting an amp and two twelves in a 94 mustang vert. Kid wanted it so he could take the subs out if he had to and have the whole trunk to use. The only way to do that was to mount the amp on the underside of the rear decklid from inside the trunk. I am laying inside the trunk screwing this up when one of the other installers pushed my legs in the trunk and shut it. the cars trunk pop did not work and the keys were in my pocket we had to call the kid to bring the spare sets of keys down to get me out of the trunk. That sucked

Another time i was doing a quick deck install in a stick in the middle of the winter. I did not want to pull the car in the garage it was warm in there and cold outside did not think it would take long.. went into the garage to grad a ratchet i come back and the car was gone. I put the car in gear and did not pull the ebarke and did not realize the slight slant we were on. the car was thirty yards away against a guard rail.

Sure there was more but all i can think of now

jj74sd455

my old boss was welding on his mustang near the gas tank full of gas and caught it all on fire,he had to push the burning car out to prevent burning down his garage-ford people

Pug89

Torch stories ar great. I worked at a VW dealer for about a year and the funniest thing i ever witnessed was the idiot lube tech take a torch to a wheel.

He was doing a tire rotation and oil change on his girlfriends parents liberty before they went on a long trip. The person that changed the tires before him made the lug to tight he could not get it off and stripped it. Instead of buying a thirty dollar socket from matco used in this situation he tries using an air hammer to split the lug not the worst idea, and when that didnt he got the torch out. tried to heat up the and cut the lug off. This had to be the funniest thing i ever saw he was tryin for hours. He totally destroyed the Alloy jeep wheel, and he melted the wheel to the lugs not just the nuts. The Jeep dealer had to use a plasma cutter and cut the wheel off, and replace the studs. Almost a G with parts and labor because he was to cheap to buy a 30 tool

HankL69

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Shortly after buying my '70 Z/28 I was driving along when I started to wonder if the tach was mechanical or electronic. I thought if I turn the ignition off with the car still in gear (4 speed) and the tach still works it would have to be mechanical. So at about 40 mph I turn the car off. OK no tach, guess it's electirc. Turn the key back on and BOOM! Blew the exhaust system completely apart.

five7kid

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Since it doesn't meet Board rules, let's not.