What NOT to do when working on your car.
01-28-2003, 06:45 PM
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Do not attempt to cut up totaled camaro with a full interrior only to find out that the garden hose is frozen because it's the middle of January. Car buring- no water. Car burning bigger still no water. FD didn't have to come.
Don't believe soemone when they tell you lower controll arm bushings can be pressed out with only a vice.
Remember to disconnect speedometer cabel when removing engine and tranny together.
Do not leave cooler lines on tranny thinking that it will be easier to remove them with tranny on ground. Shorted on starter. They removed themselves.
Don't believe soemone when they tell you lower controll arm bushings can be pressed out with only a vice.
Remember to disconnect speedometer cabel when removing engine and tranny together.
Do not leave cooler lines on tranny thinking that it will be easier to remove them with tranny on ground. Shorted on starter. They removed themselves.
01-29-2003, 12:41 AM
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Car: 1986 Firebird
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Corry brought up welding; I read thru this post, coulda sworn I wrote this message already, but, oh well. 
I was fixing a friend's car last summer (2002); a deer ran right into his driver's side doors. I had to do some slide hammer work; when I was done, I broke out my MIG to weld the holes shut. I'm welding away, and man, my butt is HOT. I figure it's the 1000 watt (dual bulb) halogen lamp that's making my rear warm. Okay, can't take the heat anymore, lets stop welding and move the lamp.
I use a nozzle dip; and usually lay the MIG gun on a paper towel so the dip on the nozzle doesn't get dirt on it. The paper towel blew behind my butt, and some welding sparks lit it up! Singed the jeans a bit, but no harm done, just smacked the fire out with my gloves. But man, you shoulda seen me get up fast!
Another one; when you're going after a VSS in a junkyard, and wiggle yourself between the ground and the Camaro, pretty much pinning yourself under the car, don't get too excited when the bolt comes loose and you're holding the VSS in your hand. A half second later, the trans fluid will start pouring out on you, while you're basically stuck under the car. Then, when you finally do get out, all the sand and glass and who knows what else from the ground, which got into the back of your tshirt, will fall into your pants as you stand up.
I was fixing a friend's car last summer (2002); a deer ran right into his driver's side doors. I had to do some slide hammer work; when I was done, I broke out my MIG to weld the holes shut. I'm welding away, and man, my butt is HOT. I figure it's the 1000 watt (dual bulb) halogen lamp that's making my rear warm. Okay, can't take the heat anymore, lets stop welding and move the lamp.
I use a nozzle dip; and usually lay the MIG gun on a paper towel so the dip on the nozzle doesn't get dirt on it. The paper towel blew behind my butt, and some welding sparks lit it up! Singed the jeans a bit, but no harm done, just smacked the fire out with my gloves. But man, you shoulda seen me get up fast!
Another one; when you're going after a VSS in a junkyard, and wiggle yourself between the ground and the Camaro, pretty much pinning yourself under the car, don't get too excited when the bolt comes loose and you're holding the VSS in your hand. A half second later, the trans fluid will start pouring out on you, while you're basically stuck under the car. Then, when you finally do get out, all the sand and glass and who knows what else from the ground, which got into the back of your tshirt, will fall into your pants as you stand up.
01-29-2003, 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by 84Z28_5.7ltr_V8
what the hell is a VSS
what the hell is a VSS
01-29-2003, 11:44 PM
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When you pass by your girlfriend at work, dont try to impress her by reving your car while not paying attention. Shifting into reverse at 30 mph isn't fun. The tire squeals and burnt rubber are cool. But pulling over 30 feet later because the car shuts off isn't the most ego boosting event. Let alone when the 10 year old kids waiting to catch the bus start to laugh when you pull over by then to restart the car. Then squeal the tires again getting outta there as fast as you can. (So much for long life tires)
01-30-2003, 12:11 AM
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1) While changing the starter do not over tighten the bolts holding the wires on, plastic cover tends to break..
2) In your fit of fury after breaking new starter do not lay directly below starter while removing, it is heavy and will inevitably fall onto chest causing a jerking of the head upward into the tranny.
3) If a friend helps work on your car do not under any circumstance lay directly beneath them, they will drop tools, parts , oil and gum on you while "working"
All in all just remain calm and be safe and you wont get hurt as bad. Sorry bout your bad luck man.
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2) In your fit of fury after breaking new starter do not lay directly below starter while removing, it is heavy and will inevitably fall onto chest causing a jerking of the head upward into the tranny.
3) If a friend helps work on your car do not under any circumstance lay directly beneath them, they will drop tools, parts , oil and gum on you while "working"
All in all just remain calm and be safe and you wont get hurt as bad. Sorry bout your bad luck man.
SX
01-30-2003, 08:03 AM
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Don't continue to drive your vehicle with that "funny squeaking noise" coming from the rear axle.... which brings me to my next point.
Never drop the clutch in a Jeep. Ever. Especially when your rear u-bolts are loose.
Don't try to bleed the clutch cylinder on a bleederless clutch.
Don't drive with four wheel drive engaged and wonder why there are "odd banging noises" coming from underneath the floorboards. Then, don't be surprised when you discover that a previous owner put 4.56 gears in the rear differential and left the stock 4.10's in the front. Now you understand why the front u-joints were so stiff. Finally, be gracious that your transfer case is still working and the Jeep didn't pull itself apart.
Don't continue to drive your vehicle even though something just "doesn't feel right." You might just find your rear brake drum sitting on the inside of the rim... which brings me to my next point.
Don't try to find all five of your lost lug nuts on the road in 5* weather in January.... which brings me to my next point.
Make sure that there's no snow inside the lug nuts when you tighten them down with an impact wrench. The snow just might melt when you pull it into your garage, then freeze while you're at school, backing out every lug nut on every wheel... which (you guessed it) brings me to my next point.
When you say you're going to torque the lug nuts because "you just don't like impact wrenches," make sure you don't put it off because it's "cold outside."
When your friend comes to rescue you, don't be surprised if the lug nuts on HIS vehicle are loose, too, because both of you were morons and changed wheels in a snowy driveway.
When driving home after you purchase your Jeep, don't wonder what that "weird smell" is that's coming from your back wheels. Don't be surprised when your parking brake doesn't work anymore. And try not to laugh when your mom, who was following you in her car, says, "I kept smelling this really bad odor the whole way home."
Disconnect the battery when changing radios. If you don't, you just might touch the always-on power wire to ground, resulting in a shower of sparks. Then, don't spend an hour wondering why your radio isn't getting power, even though you checked every fuse. Ahh, but you forgot the tiny, mis-labeled fuse that blew inside the engine bay -- you know, the kind that you don't have any replacements for (another Jeep thing).
Don't ignore the fact that your Camaro is overheating, and say "maybe I can make it home," just to discover that you COULD make it home. But, just as you pull into a friend's garage, the coolant bottle blows its top, the radiator explodes, and throws coolant all over you, the car, and the garage. On the same day that you brought it back from the body shop after it's been there for three months.
Don't think that you can drain the AC drier by yourself just by pushing on the valve with a screwdriver. And don't be surprised when there's a freon explosion when you pull off one of the hoses, resulting in you, your car, and your tool chest covered in a whipped cream-like substance. Again, on the same day that you brought it back from the body shop for the second time.
Don't ever offer to replace an Optispark on a friend's car. Ever. Especially when it's in his garage (which is in an apartment), the car is up on ramps, and he doesn't have a "real" trouble light. When everything is back together, don't be surprised when the car doesn't start. Try not to get angry and tell him that he should've bought a car with a real distributor.
The scary thing is, I've only had the Jeep for three months and I've already had more stupid situations with it than the Camaro. I guess that GM is still the way to go (for me, at least).
Never drop the clutch in a Jeep. Ever. Especially when your rear u-bolts are loose.
Don't try to bleed the clutch cylinder on a bleederless clutch.
Don't drive with four wheel drive engaged and wonder why there are "odd banging noises" coming from underneath the floorboards. Then, don't be surprised when you discover that a previous owner put 4.56 gears in the rear differential and left the stock 4.10's in the front. Now you understand why the front u-joints were so stiff. Finally, be gracious that your transfer case is still working and the Jeep didn't pull itself apart.
Don't continue to drive your vehicle even though something just "doesn't feel right." You might just find your rear brake drum sitting on the inside of the rim... which brings me to my next point.
Don't try to find all five of your lost lug nuts on the road in 5* weather in January.... which brings me to my next point.
Make sure that there's no snow inside the lug nuts when you tighten them down with an impact wrench. The snow just might melt when you pull it into your garage, then freeze while you're at school, backing out every lug nut on every wheel... which (you guessed it) brings me to my next point.
When you say you're going to torque the lug nuts because "you just don't like impact wrenches," make sure you don't put it off because it's "cold outside."
When your friend comes to rescue you, don't be surprised if the lug nuts on HIS vehicle are loose, too, because both of you were morons and changed wheels in a snowy driveway.
When driving home after you purchase your Jeep, don't wonder what that "weird smell" is that's coming from your back wheels. Don't be surprised when your parking brake doesn't work anymore. And try not to laugh when your mom, who was following you in her car, says, "I kept smelling this really bad odor the whole way home."
Disconnect the battery when changing radios. If you don't, you just might touch the always-on power wire to ground, resulting in a shower of sparks. Then, don't spend an hour wondering why your radio isn't getting power, even though you checked every fuse. Ahh, but you forgot the tiny, mis-labeled fuse that blew inside the engine bay -- you know, the kind that you don't have any replacements for (another Jeep thing).
Don't ignore the fact that your Camaro is overheating, and say "maybe I can make it home," just to discover that you COULD make it home. But, just as you pull into a friend's garage, the coolant bottle blows its top, the radiator explodes, and throws coolant all over you, the car, and the garage. On the same day that you brought it back from the body shop after it's been there for three months.
Don't think that you can drain the AC drier by yourself just by pushing on the valve with a screwdriver. And don't be surprised when there's a freon explosion when you pull off one of the hoses, resulting in you, your car, and your tool chest covered in a whipped cream-like substance. Again, on the same day that you brought it back from the body shop for the second time.
Don't ever offer to replace an Optispark on a friend's car. Ever. Especially when it's in his garage (which is in an apartment), the car is up on ramps, and he doesn't have a "real" trouble light. When everything is back together, don't be surprised when the car doesn't start. Try not to get angry and tell him that he should've bought a car with a real distributor.
The scary thing is, I've only had the Jeep for three months and I've already had more stupid situations with it than the Camaro. I guess that GM is still the way to go (for me, at least).
01-30-2003, 06:03 PM
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Engine: A slow one & a fast one
Transmission: A bad one & a good one
Axle/Gears: A weak one & a chained one
*** that's a long list..I feel sorry for you man! I've had a series of dumb close calls, but nothing horrible..here's one.
When rigging up 3 sets of strobe lights all over the car and running the wire together via connectors, etc. (yeah, Walmart strobes...laugh all you want...they're off now) you get the idea that a switch to turn them on from inside the cabin would be pretty cool instead of crossing the wires under the hood. So you have a friend sodder (sp?) the wires to a nice new switch you wired into your door.. You went by Radio Shack earlier and saw a nice little piece of power cable with a fuse clip built right in, and thought 'maybe I should buy that for the strobes'...but then figured 'hell, they're only little strobe lights..nothing's gonna happen'. Then when you finish the job and are walking away, don't be surprised when your friend mumbles something then screams "YOUR HOOD! YOUR HOOD!", so you whip around and see smoke pouring out of your closed hood, through the driver's side headlights. Frantically popping the hood and finding something to cut the grounded power line with as it smolders and melts all over your BRAND NEW battery is not too fun.
Here's another one..when you get your new car, the first V8 you've ever owned and you go to try to impress someone while you're a little distracted, don't forget that you have the car in Low and wonder why the transmission isn't shifting as your engine hits 6500 rpms and you almost sh*t your pants when you glance at the tach after realizing it's not shifting.
Never let your friend drive your car 'around the block'...because 'around the block' never means just 'around the block'....and it usually includes a burnout.
[Sidenote...if the above happens, make sure you get your friend's keys for a drive 'around the block', and dump his clutch right in front of his house.....]
When rigging up 3 sets of strobe lights all over the car and running the wire together via connectors, etc. (yeah, Walmart strobes...laugh all you want...they're off now) you get the idea that a switch to turn them on from inside the cabin would be pretty cool instead of crossing the wires under the hood. So you have a friend sodder (sp?) the wires to a nice new switch you wired into your door.. You went by Radio Shack earlier and saw a nice little piece of power cable with a fuse clip built right in, and thought 'maybe I should buy that for the strobes'...but then figured 'hell, they're only little strobe lights..nothing's gonna happen'. Then when you finish the job and are walking away, don't be surprised when your friend mumbles something then screams "YOUR HOOD! YOUR HOOD!", so you whip around and see smoke pouring out of your closed hood, through the driver's side headlights. Frantically popping the hood and finding something to cut the grounded power line with as it smolders and melts all over your BRAND NEW battery is not too fun.
Here's another one..when you get your new car, the first V8 you've ever owned and you go to try to impress someone while you're a little distracted, don't forget that you have the car in Low and wonder why the transmission isn't shifting as your engine hits 6500 rpms and you almost sh*t your pants when you glance at the tach after realizing it's not shifting.
Never let your friend drive your car 'around the block'...because 'around the block' never means just 'around the block'....and it usually includes a burnout.
[Sidenote...if the above happens, make sure you get your friend's keys for a drive 'around the block', and dump his clutch right in front of his house.....]
01-30-2003, 11:28 PM
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1)Don't work on ya car with your back turned to any NZ sheep. They see you're not looking and ATTACK!!!
2) NEVER try mixing the brew for the "Coolaid" burnout with a sheep in the garage, they'll use the as an excuse to ATTACK also.
2) NEVER try mixing the brew for the "Coolaid" burnout with a sheep in the garage, they'll use the as an excuse to ATTACK also.
01-30-2003, 11:43 PM
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Car: '86 IROC-Z/'94 Z28
Engine: 350 LT1/382 LT1
Transmission: 4L60-E/T-56
Axle/Gears: 3.45/3.42 (soon 4.10)
Don't be like a friend of mine and let the clutch slip alot in your 5.0 Mustang because it sounds cool if you don't plan on replacing it in a year.
Don't work under a car supported by thin cast aluminum jackstands and a factory jack. I had my car fall on me twice...
Don't change spark plugs in a Dodge Mini-van with the keys in the ignition, with stupid people nearby. I got zapped plenty by the plug wires, which were also shot. Needless to say, spark from plug wires no longer bothers me
Never let your friend tighten the lug nuts (by hand) after doing tie rod ends and balljoints
never think that 'it wont happen to you' when a friend gives you advice because he's been there. My friend's car (see #1) has been sitting in his garage for 9 months out of the year he's owned it
never speed away from a drag race when the police show up and you weren't doing anything without a driver's license or registration. When you get away at 145+, DON'T stop and wait for your friends, who 'pulled up very fast behind me'. Same person with the clutch issues.
Make sure there aren't any cinder blocks lying on the road over the hill after it was raining. Makes interesting crunching sounds when you hit them and they disintegrate. Luckily it didn't hurt the car
Make sure the pintle doesn't fly off the IAC valve when you're cleaning the curd off of it. It's spring loaded.
Make sure you don't use GM fuel system cleaner on TPI cars. You read the bottle and it's not for fuel injectors...GM also says their injectors are of the 'self cleaning' variety. Now I know this as my 305 in my Camaro sat in the parking lot at work idling with that crap in the tank, as it proceeded to short my fuel injectors and flood my motor with fuel, killing it. Imagine how I felt when I came back outside and the car was barely idling, smoking with 0 oil pressure...
don't take anybody's word for it, period. 'This GM fuel injector cleaner works GOOOOOOD'
Make sure when you buy rebuilt distributors (or your car had one on it when you bought it) that the distributor advance doesn't get stuck in full advance, and burn up your new 350. Wonder why it was running so hot at idle. Tends to do minor damage like crack both heads and burn both new head gaskets. Never saw so much water shoot out of the EGR passages between the heads and intake and sit on top of the motor. Led to my new Vortec 350 and a GOOD distributor. Rebuilt to me now means CRAP
Use AC Delco sensors or equivalent, like Bosch, on your fuel injected motor. Wonder why it runs like crap with all new generic sensors, then mysteriously runs great with AC Delco parts...EGR especially
Break off the thermostat housing bolt in the intake of my TPI car, then break the tap in the old bolt I'm drilling out
Rebuild your first 700-R4 tranny and have it work great for 10 miles, then get stuck in gear. Later find out that some ******* tranny shop gave you cam assembly lube to put it together with so you would come back
*** ****** *** of a *******!!!!!At least I was 16 then...and I did find out I did it right, the lube hung up the valve body....
disassemble your interior and junk half of it because you were 'expecting' more money from wherever than you were actually going to get. At least my interior is fresh now...2 years later
Leave black interior pieces in the back of a hot car in FL for several weeks in odd positions. Tends to make them look like pretzels.
DO prepay when you find nice parts in junkyards. I scored my second Borla exhaust this way for $15! I never saw an old man so pissed off!
leave the windows down in your Camaro when you pull the motor and you have power windows. Even worse when it starts to rain.
get a job as a mechanic in a small town, if you can help it. Especially a ******* town. Regrets...
Pass on an '86 Corvette 4+3 for $2000 needing a head gasket supposedly. Turns out the spark plug wire was burnt causing a stumble...man I want a Vette...
more to come...I've been around plenty of stupid people and have done enough myself...
Don't work under a car supported by thin cast aluminum jackstands and a factory jack. I had my car fall on me twice...
Don't change spark plugs in a Dodge Mini-van with the keys in the ignition, with stupid people nearby. I got zapped plenty by the plug wires, which were also shot. Needless to say, spark from plug wires no longer bothers me
Never let your friend tighten the lug nuts (by hand) after doing tie rod ends and balljoints
never think that 'it wont happen to you' when a friend gives you advice because he's been there. My friend's car (see #1) has been sitting in his garage for 9 months out of the year he's owned it
never speed away from a drag race when the police show up and you weren't doing anything without a driver's license or registration. When you get away at 145+, DON'T stop and wait for your friends, who 'pulled up very fast behind me'. Same person with the clutch issues.
Make sure there aren't any cinder blocks lying on the road over the hill after it was raining. Makes interesting crunching sounds when you hit them and they disintegrate. Luckily it didn't hurt the car
Make sure the pintle doesn't fly off the IAC valve when you're cleaning the curd off of it. It's spring loaded.
Make sure you don't use GM fuel system cleaner on TPI cars. You read the bottle and it's not for fuel injectors...GM also says their injectors are of the 'self cleaning' variety. Now I know this as my 305 in my Camaro sat in the parking lot at work idling with that crap in the tank, as it proceeded to short my fuel injectors and flood my motor with fuel, killing it. Imagine how I felt when I came back outside and the car was barely idling, smoking with 0 oil pressure...
don't take anybody's word for it, period. 'This GM fuel injector cleaner works GOOOOOOD'
Make sure when you buy rebuilt distributors (or your car had one on it when you bought it) that the distributor advance doesn't get stuck in full advance, and burn up your new 350. Wonder why it was running so hot at idle. Tends to do minor damage like crack both heads and burn both new head gaskets. Never saw so much water shoot out of the EGR passages between the heads and intake and sit on top of the motor. Led to my new Vortec 350 and a GOOD distributor. Rebuilt to me now means CRAP
Use AC Delco sensors or equivalent, like Bosch, on your fuel injected motor. Wonder why it runs like crap with all new generic sensors, then mysteriously runs great with AC Delco parts...EGR especially
Break off the thermostat housing bolt in the intake of my TPI car, then break the tap in the old bolt I'm drilling out
Rebuild your first 700-R4 tranny and have it work great for 10 miles, then get stuck in gear. Later find out that some ******* tranny shop gave you cam assembly lube to put it together with so you would come back
*** ****** *** of a *******!!!!!At least I was 16 then...and I did find out I did it right, the lube hung up the valve body....disassemble your interior and junk half of it because you were 'expecting' more money from wherever than you were actually going to get. At least my interior is fresh now...2 years later
Leave black interior pieces in the back of a hot car in FL for several weeks in odd positions. Tends to make them look like pretzels.
DO prepay when you find nice parts in junkyards. I scored my second Borla exhaust this way for $15! I never saw an old man so pissed off!
leave the windows down in your Camaro when you pull the motor and you have power windows. Even worse when it starts to rain.
get a job as a mechanic in a small town, if you can help it. Especially a ******* town. Regrets...
Pass on an '86 Corvette 4+3 for $2000 needing a head gasket supposedly. Turns out the spark plug wire was burnt causing a stumble...man I want a Vette...
more to come...I've been around plenty of stupid people and have done enough myself...
01-31-2003, 02:13 PM
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Don't use a rope and pulley system with no self locking device to lift an engine back into a car especially if you are only just heavy enough to hold the rope from lifting you off the floor.
But if you do, dont let you helper go until you are sure the car is completely under the engine.
Dont build up an engine and transmission system on a bench if you have no way of lifting it off the bench.
But if you do, dont let you helper go until you are sure the car is completely under the engine.
Dont build up an engine and transmission system on a bench if you have no way of lifting it off the bench.
01-31-2003, 05:22 PM
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Car: 95 E-150 & 07 Kawasaki ZX-6R
Engine: A slow one & a fast one
Transmission: A bad one & a good one
Axle/Gears: A weak one & a chained one
Kiwi....what's it like to be attacked by sheep?? I'm just curious, because....that's friggin hilarious!!!
01-31-2003, 09:21 PM
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dont jack the car up half assed i watched my friend to it for a quick 2 seconed fix on soem under car lights he installed and put the centerlink through the oil pan
01-31-2003, 10:11 PM
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dont do the move where u put ur car in neutral at 10 mph, turn it off, and then let it roll into the parking spot at the mall on a crowded day with pedestrians everywhere
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Man!! this post started in 2001!!!
Dont pull an engine and trans from your camaro then put all the bolts in a toolbox that is unsecured in the back of your pickup because it will end up on its side and open. Yeah, I dont know exactly what I lost yet, but I 'll find out soon enough.
Dont pull an engine and trans from your camaro then put all the bolts in a toolbox that is unsecured in the back of your pickup because it will end up on its side and open. Yeah, I dont know exactly what I lost yet, but I 'll find out soon enough.
02-01-2003, 08:30 AM
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Car: 95 E-150 & 07 Kawasaki ZX-6R
Engine: A slow one & a fast one
Transmission: A bad one & a good one
Axle/Gears: A weak one & a chained one
Ha ha...can't imagine that.. Baaah.......baah......BAAAAH.......BAAAHH BAAAAH ABAAHHH BAAAAH!
Sorry...just had the urge to recreate sound fx.
Vegeta....ouch! Lol, was it the loss of power steering or power brakes that got ya?
Here's a funny one to add to that...don't, trying to show off to friends, punch the gas pulling into a parking spot and remember that parking spots tend to have oil and such in them, so that you barely gain traction as you're braking and your front tires continue to slide into the parking space, nearly sending you over the curb and into a ditch.
Sorry...just had the urge to recreate sound fx.
Vegeta....ouch! Lol, was it the loss of power steering or power brakes that got ya?
Here's a funny one to add to that...don't, trying to show off to friends, punch the gas pulling into a parking spot and remember that parking spots tend to have oil and such in them, so that you barely gain traction as you're braking and your front tires continue to slide into the parking space, nearly sending you over the curb and into a ditch.
02-01-2003, 08:29 PM
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Originally posted by Nixon1
Ha ha...can't imagine that.. Baaah.......baah......BAAAAH.......BAAAHH BAAAAH ABAAHHH BAAAAH!
Sorry...just had the urge to recreate sound fx.
Vegeta....ouch! Lol, was it the loss of power steering or power brakes that got ya?
Ha ha...can't imagine that.. Baaah.......baah......BAAAAH.......BAAAHH BAAAAH ABAAHHH BAAAAH!
Sorry...just had the urge to recreate sound fx.
Vegeta....ouch! Lol, was it the loss of power steering or power brakes that got ya?
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WOW, did I sin by changing the engine block twice in 2 days to have the vehicle fully functional when it rolled out the basement garage(found the new block to be warped)??
Ya it took me 4 months to paint my truck in that same room(almost fully disassembled), and some of you have problems just cleaning your hood. No paint pealing here after a year later of sitting outside under sappy trees...
I guess partying like everyone else did in high school really paid off...
Ya it took me 4 months to paint my truck in that same room(almost fully disassembled), and some of you have problems just cleaning your hood. No paint pealing here after a year later of sitting outside under sappy trees...
I guess partying like everyone else did in high school really paid off...
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Kiwi, you need to keep a video camera handy. Attacking sheep are halarious to watch. Or Peacocks attacking you just because you have a shotgun in your hands to kill off a nest of rattlesnakes. Now that was funny and I was laughing my *** off while they were doing it, LOL One would attack then scream and run off about 30 yards and then come back again.
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Make sue ALL plugs are in the block you just got back from the machine shop(esp. ones in the bell housing area), if you don't, you may have to pull it back out of the vehical to find out why you have no oil pressure and all of your oil is now on the garage floor
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Yeah especially if your friend doesnt put the rear plug in the pass head. Started filling the radiator up and then heard gushing water. My friend thinking it would be funny to lie, told me wholy **** your block is cracked. 
I had spent over 9 months getting the motor rebuilt. After practically jumping into the engine compartment looking I found the hole with its missing hole. Then my friend laid on the floor for a few minutes after the wrench sliped from my hand....yeah it sliped
I had spent over 9 months getting the motor rebuilt. After practically jumping into the engine compartment looking I found the hole with its missing hole. Then my friend laid on the floor for a few minutes after the wrench sliped from my hand....yeah it sliped
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Don't reef on a bolt, trying in vain to get it off when it just will not move... Only to discover you are turning it the wrong way
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This is dedicated to a friend of mine, Allen...
Don't try for 5 minutes to get a spark plug out, using several extensions and different angles, and finally relying on brute strength....WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE RATCHET SET TO TIGHTEN. Yes, he actually broke the freakin spark plug in half.
And this one is for Joe...
Don't use your nice, shiny, brand new wrench to try to twist a spark plug out at a bad angle around headers.. He broke one of the teeth of the open end clear off... At least they were warrantied! I believe they were chrome-plated vanadium steel wrenches...
Don't try for 5 minutes to get a spark plug out, using several extensions and different angles, and finally relying on brute strength....WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE RATCHET SET TO TIGHTEN. Yes, he actually broke the freakin spark plug in half.
And this one is for Joe...
Don't use your nice, shiny, brand new wrench to try to twist a spark plug out at a bad angle around headers.. He broke one of the teeth of the open end clear off... At least they were warrantied! I believe they were chrome-plated vanadium steel wrenches...
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when changin your thrmo stat, coolant temp gauge sensor, water pump. to put coolant back through to thermo stat houysing to fill the motor back up.
started the car, let it idle, filled the coolant up in the rad. took it for a boot down the street, looked up at my surprise, my temp gauge almost over heating, when the car has been on for 5 minutes. GADDAM, get it back in the shop, and turn the car off and POOOOP, FFFFSSSSSTTTTTTTTT. Yep new rad as well. good time for the new aluminum rad. Hot air and lots of pressure, means plastic side of the rad will explode and crack to crap.
Pullin codes from the computer, tellin you the MAF caode, go out spend 500$ (canadian) on a new one from the dealer, and find out a it was an O2 sensor (40$). That was my first fix, and first lesson.
Don't do any rough fixing will your car is on the jack. It might slip off and go throught the floor
Beer is cool at the beginning of a prodject, but getting wasted, and waking up the next norning not nowwing where you put some of tyhe bolts the night before sucks, specially with a huge head ache.
Washing the engine bay, not covering the distributer. Takin the car down the street and get 200 feet from your drive way (county) and your car dies.
started the car, let it idle, filled the coolant up in the rad. took it for a boot down the street, looked up at my surprise, my temp gauge almost over heating, when the car has been on for 5 minutes. GADDAM, get it back in the shop, and turn the car off and POOOOP, FFFFSSSSSTTTTTTTTT. Yep new rad as well. good time for the new aluminum rad. Hot air and lots of pressure, means plastic side of the rad will explode and crack to crap.
Pullin codes from the computer, tellin you the MAF caode, go out spend 500$ (canadian) on a new one from the dealer, and find out a it was an O2 sensor (40$). That was my first fix, and first lesson.
Don't do any rough fixing will your car is on the jack. It might slip off and go throught the floor
Beer is cool at the beginning of a prodject, but getting wasted, and waking up the next norning not nowwing where you put some of tyhe bolts the night before sucks, specially with a huge head ache.
Washing the engine bay, not covering the distributer. Takin the car down the street and get 200 feet from your drive way (county) and your car dies.
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LMAO reading this thread!
For all us guys with long hair:
When working on your car, ALWAYS put it in a ponytail and stick it under your hat. The hanging ponytail is just as dangerous as the flying hair. DON"T ASK!
Also, when working on a diesel with 2 batteries (you know what's coming don't ya?) never cross the + and - on the 2nd battery! Never!
Great forum you have here. I have been lurking for a while and finally decided to join.
For all us guys with long hair:
When working on your car, ALWAYS put it in a ponytail and stick it under your hat. The hanging ponytail is just as dangerous as the flying hair. DON"T ASK!
Also, when working on a diesel with 2 batteries (you know what's coming don't ya?) never cross the + and - on the 2nd battery! Never!
Great forum you have here. I have been lurking for a while and finally decided to join.
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You know guys, after reading this thread I'm actually too frightened to put my engine back together....I may have picked up some bad habits, and it seems there is a heck of a lot that can go wrong!
I agree with the Haynes manual thing...is it just my manual that says "...to remove starter, first remove oil pan", but later on, "...to remove oil pan, first remove starter"...???
Here's my contribution, sorry if they've come up before :
1. When removing the battery, always disconnect the negative terminal first...the wrench meeting the bodywork will be less stressful.
2. Don't start taking bits of your engine apart because the car runs "a bit sluggish" without first checking you haven't been driving around with the parking brake on (should really replace that BRAKE bulb).
3. Prop the rear hatch up with something BEFORE you remove one of the gas struts.
4. Don't assume electrical tape will hold up that big bunch of speaker cables right above the foot pedals for your ENTIRE journey, it'll only work for about half of it.
5. Don't tell the wife the job you're going to do on the car will "only take about half an hour" because 3 hours into the job, when you're just getting started, being screamed at and beaten with a wooden spoon is a little distracting.
6. When you store your pushrods in a shoebox with holes cut in the top, as the haynes bible dictates, so as to keep them in the right order, make sure you write FRONT on one end...had to rely on fingerprint locations for that one...
7. Make sure you have someone on hand to help you remove your car cover on particularly windy days. Having it blow into oncoming traffic may be hazardous.
8. After removing a rear caliper and having the screwdriver you were prising it with slip off into the palm of your hand, don't assume it's just brake fluid all over the floor...the pain cometh when thou wash thy caliper with spirit based products.
9. Don't light a cigarette when someone is draining fuel from their tank next to you (wasn't me by the way, but you've never seen a man run so fast)
10. Finally, for now, when changing the wiper blades, don't stop halfway through to answer the phone, leaving the wiper-less arm sticking up for the cat to come and push it with his @ss...those springs are quite strong.
I'll think of some more I expect.
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I agree with the Haynes manual thing...is it just my manual that says "...to remove starter, first remove oil pan", but later on, "...to remove oil pan, first remove starter"...???
Here's my contribution, sorry if they've come up before :
1. When removing the battery, always disconnect the negative terminal first...the wrench meeting the bodywork will be less stressful.
2. Don't start taking bits of your engine apart because the car runs "a bit sluggish" without first checking you haven't been driving around with the parking brake on (should really replace that BRAKE bulb).
3. Prop the rear hatch up with something BEFORE you remove one of the gas struts.
4. Don't assume electrical tape will hold up that big bunch of speaker cables right above the foot pedals for your ENTIRE journey, it'll only work for about half of it.
5. Don't tell the wife the job you're going to do on the car will "only take about half an hour" because 3 hours into the job, when you're just getting started, being screamed at and beaten with a wooden spoon is a little distracting.
6. When you store your pushrods in a shoebox with holes cut in the top, as the haynes bible dictates, so as to keep them in the right order, make sure you write FRONT on one end...had to rely on fingerprint locations for that one...
7. Make sure you have someone on hand to help you remove your car cover on particularly windy days. Having it blow into oncoming traffic may be hazardous.
8. After removing a rear caliper and having the screwdriver you were prising it with slip off into the palm of your hand, don't assume it's just brake fluid all over the floor...the pain cometh when thou wash thy caliper with spirit based products.
9. Don't light a cigarette when someone is draining fuel from their tank next to you (wasn't me by the way, but you've never seen a man run so fast)
10. Finally, for now, when changing the wiper blades, don't stop halfway through to answer the phone, leaving the wiper-less arm sticking up for the cat to come and push it with his @ss...those springs are quite strong.
I'll think of some more I expect.
Si
02-03-2003, 05:46 PM
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Do not ignore the oil pressure guage when it's fluctuating all over the place. 2 weeks later you might find a snapped connecting rod with a 3 inch hole in the side of the block, and you just might realize it's all because THE OIL PUMP WENT OUT. 
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speaking of which, one day i was driving my party van and all of a sudden something started clicking. then the engine stalled while going 60 mph and i noticed a big dent and a small hole in the side of the oil pan?? any ideas?? i think my idiot friend poured transmission fluid in the oil thing...
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Originally posted by 84Z28_5.7ltr_V8
speaking of which, one day i was driving my party van and all of a sudden something started clicking. then the engine stalled while going 60 mph and i noticed a big dent and a small hole in the side of the oil pan?? any ideas?? i think my idiot friend poured transmission fluid in the oil thing...
speaking of which, one day i was driving my party van and all of a sudden something started clicking. then the engine stalled while going 60 mph and i noticed a big dent and a small hole in the side of the oil pan?? any ideas?? i think my idiot friend poured transmission fluid in the oil thing...
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we only bought the van for like 300 bucks.. between 5 of us.. i have yet to put our new free engine in. it is so rusted its not even funny. ANYWAYS what shot through the oilpan? or should i say, what COULD..
this brings me to my next point...
when taking apart an engine, LABEL EVERYTHING. even if you think you will remember what it is, you will probably forget.
this brings me to my next point...
when taking apart an engine, LABEL EVERYTHING. even if you think you will remember what it is, you will probably forget.
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Originally posted by 84Z28_5.7ltr_V8
when taking apart an engine, LABEL EVERYTHING. even if you think you will remember what it is, you will probably forget.
when taking apart an engine, LABEL EVERYTHING. even if you think you will remember what it is, you will probably forget.
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funny
I gota say this is the funniest thing Ive ever heard in my life...
My only controbution since ive only been working on my car for about 3 months.
1) Take everyones advice, the starter is heavy and DOES hurt, well i got a mis-shapped nose to prove that one.
2) Disconect battery when doing above job, Ill never make that mistake again.
3) I had another car(my first, 87 dodge colt) well for some reason the little sensor in the gas pump wasent working right so im pumping gas into the car and decicde to set the little clip thing and go clean the car, the guy comes running out of the gas station screaming, I look back and their is gas pouring all over the place, I pay the guy and procede to start the car and lay some rubber down ontop of the fresh gas.... He was pi$$ed. Like 2 hours later im sitting in my house and their is a knock at the door, Mr. Police officer, who gives me a lecture for like 30min. on the danger i put the "city" in...
As far as the attacking sheep, I would pay money for that
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My only controbution since ive only been working on my car for about 3 months.
1) Take everyones advice, the starter is heavy and DOES hurt, well i got a mis-shapped nose to prove that one.
2) Disconect battery when doing above job, Ill never make that mistake again.
3) I had another car(my first, 87 dodge colt) well for some reason the little sensor in the gas pump wasent working right so im pumping gas into the car and decicde to set the little clip thing and go clean the car, the guy comes running out of the gas station screaming, I look back and their is gas pouring all over the place, I pay the guy and procede to start the car and lay some rubber down ontop of the fresh gas.... He was pi$$ed. Like 2 hours later im sitting in my house and their is a knock at the door, Mr. Police officer, who gives me a lecture for like 30min. on the danger i put the "city" in...
As far as the attacking sheep, I would pay money for that
video
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Who brought up the topic about driving your car while the starter is slowly dieing... doing that now with my daily. (please hold up until a warm weekend). I do carry my cell phone in case I need a ride.
02-04-2003, 06:04 AM
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Don't: Decide to be lazy since it is below zero and try to back your car up the ramps instead of jacking it up. You know what happens? You give it a little gas to get up the ramp and when it gets to the top it kicks both the ramps forward and your car is now sitting on the ramps with crunching sounds coming from the floor pans. It was not a pretty site...resulted in a hole and a huge bulge in the floorpans. Secondly, after doing that don't jack the back of the car up the right way, put it on the ramps, with the garage closed because while trying to remove the Panhard bar the car will roll forward off the ramps into the garage door because you forgot to block the front wheels or reverse one of the ramps. That was one bad day. Compounded with the fact that the problem with the pahard bar was that the bolt was loose and had worn the hole in the frame too big and now you needed to find some obscure sized bolt to get in there and make it tight.
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i cant even get my stupid car on ramps in this minus 10 celcius weather... they jsut slide when i try to drive up them. stupid ****ers
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Don't ever offer to replace an Optispark on a friend's car. Ever. Especially when it's in his garage (which is in an apartment), the car is up on ramps, and he doesn't have a "real" trouble light. When everything is back together, don't be surprised when the car doesn't start. Try not to get angry and tell him that he should've bought a car with a real distributor.
Then when you finish the job and are walking away, don't be surprised when your friend mumbles something then screams "YOUR HOOD! YOUR HOOD!", so you whip around and see smoke pouring out of your closed hood, through the driver's side headlights.
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Don't work on your can in bare feet. Expecally when you are drilling out rivets. metal shards in your feet suck : (.
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Originally posted by LnealZ28
Also, when working on a diesel with 2 batteries (you know what's coming don't ya?) never cross the + and - on the 2nd battery! Never!
Also, when working on a diesel with 2 batteries (you know what's coming don't ya?) never cross the + and - on the 2nd battery! Never!
Fortunately, the Ford 1910 has mechanical fuel injection, and only like two electrical circuits on the whole chassis. No real damage, but the glow plug indicator melted a hole in its cover. Never seen glow plugs warm up that fast, either.
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the glow plug indicator melted a hole in its cover. Never seen glow plugs warm up that fast, either.
the glow plug indicator melted a hole in its cover. Never seen glow plugs warm up that fast, either.
Another "no-no" bit me in the *** last night... NEVER, after putting in new coolant, let your dad try to start your car without putting on the cap on the new drain plug you just put on one of the hoses to make life easier. It will quickly make a mess of the passenger side of the engine compartment... not cool
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Bob..that would be me. Drove it for a few weeks just fine! Barely even gave signs of failure. My old old starter turned over slower, and slower, and slower, until it barely started the car..then I had it replaced. This "new", aka probably rebuilt, NOT remanufactured, only gave me a few warning missed turns and then just blew on me one afternoon. Solenoid shorted out after about another 10 attempts to start it. Needless to say I was pretty furious..the shop didn't even have any sort of warranty on the starter or their work at all. Had to pay $65 to have it towed home the morning of Christmas Eve! There's a lesson for ya... I tell ya though..the remanufactured DAP started I replaced it with MYSELF works better than that piece of crap the shop put on.
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Never let a friend help you work on your car unless he's going to be the tool b!tch and that's it. And don't leave your keys in the ignition while your friend is there. Friends get bored and decide to turn on the car so they can listen to the radio... Not realizing that your hand is millimeters away from the electric fan blades.
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Who brought up the topic about driving your car while the starter is slowly dieing... doing that now with my daily. (please hold up until a warm weekend). I do carry my cell phone in case I need a ride.
Who brought up the topic about driving your car while the starter is slowly dieing... doing that now with my daily. (please hold up until a warm weekend). I do carry my cell phone in case I need a ride.
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Haha, these are great guys! I've gotta agree with unhooking the battery before pulling the starter...ruined my brand new front brake line in my GTO, sorta "brazed" a hole in it Also do not expect that all 3 (or maybe 4?) of your 3/8 extensions plus the u-joint and socket will all hold together when tightening bellhousing bolts after installing a new clutch in your GTO at 9:00 at night. The extensions will separate and the torque wrench will fall on your face, knocking a huge chunk off one of your front teeth The shock was much worse than the pain Thank goodness my neighbor's wife works at the dentist 
-Paul
Also do not expect that all 3 (or maybe 4?) of your 3/8 extensions plus the u-joint and socket will all hold together when tightening bellhousing bolts after installing a new clutch in your GTO at 9:00 at night. The extensions will separate and the torque wrench will fall on your face, knocking a huge chunk off one of your front teeth The shock was much worse than the pain Thank goodness my neighbor's wife works at the dentist -Paul
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I've got a couple of these....
When installing amplifiers + speakers in friend's car, and using a brand new 9V battery to check speaker polarity...do not put said battery in your pocket w/change and drive home. The change will short the battery terminals. About halfway home, my pocket felt really hot, looked down, and it was smoking . By the time I pulled over, my pocket was on fire and had a hole burned through!
A 6TH grade math textbook on top of a floor jack does not double as a transmission jack. No matter how well you centered the book on the jack.
Do not attempt to move a folding engine crane across a cracked garage floor, and forget to put one of the pins in the leg to lock it in place . Pretty good sized welt in the garage floor from that one, missed the car by inches.
When pulling a motor for the first time, you WILL NOT "remember where everything goes." Mystery wires and orphan bolts everywhere.
Do not disconnect fuel lines from the motor when working on your car in the middle of winter, and then go to Autozone to buy tools. You will return to find a large puddle of 93 octane two feet away from the space heater you left running on full blast to heat your garage . That one could have been UGLY. Thank g0d nothing happened.
Do not attempt to move a loaded engine crane across a cracked driveway to the car with a sb350 attached to it. The wheels will catch on a crack right in front of the car, and the motor will swing into your car, leaving a nice gash/dent in the fender .
When you're checking your fuel pressure, and drop the cap to the valve somewhere in the engine bay...do not put the car in drive, floor it, and then mash the brakes to "shake it out". You'll get it out...but you'll burn out on it, and then lock up the tires on it, squashing it and rendering it useless.
That's all I can think of for now....
When installing amplifiers + speakers in friend's car, and using a brand new 9V battery to check speaker polarity...do not put said battery in your pocket w/change and drive home. The change will short the battery terminals. About halfway home, my pocket felt really hot, looked down, and it was smoking
. By the time I pulled over, my pocket was on fire and had a hole burned through!A 6TH grade math textbook on top of a floor jack does not double as a transmission jack. No matter how well you centered the book on the jack.
Do not attempt to move a folding engine crane across a cracked garage floor, and forget to put one of the pins in the leg to lock it in place
. Pretty good sized welt in the garage floor from that one, missed the car by inches.When pulling a motor for the first time, you WILL NOT "remember where everything goes." Mystery wires and orphan bolts everywhere.
Do not disconnect fuel lines from the motor when working on your car in the middle of winter, and then go to Autozone to buy tools. You will return to find a large puddle of 93 octane two feet away from the space heater you left running on full blast to heat your garage
. That one could have been UGLY. Thank g0d nothing happened.Do not attempt to move a loaded engine crane across a cracked driveway to the car with a sb350 attached to it. The wheels will catch on a crack right in front of the car, and the motor will swing into your car, leaving a nice gash/dent in the fender
.When you're checking your fuel pressure, and drop the cap to the valve somewhere in the engine bay...do not put the car in drive, floor it, and then mash the brakes to "shake it out". You'll get it out...but you'll burn out on it, and then lock up the tires on it, squashing it and rendering it useless.
That's all I can think of for now....
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Car: 85 Camaro SC
Engine: V6
Transmission: 700r4
Originally posted by Black88GTA
Do not disconnect fuel lines from the motor when working on your car in the middle of winter, and then go to Autozone to buy tools. You will return to find a large puddle of 93 octane two feet away from the space heater you left running on full blast to heat your garage . That one could have been UGLY. Thank g0d nothing happened.
Do not disconnect fuel lines from the motor when working on your car in the middle of winter, and then go to Autozone to buy tools. You will return to find a large puddle of 93 octane two feet away from the space heater you left running on full blast to heat your garage . That one could have been UGLY. Thank g0d nothing happened.