I hate it when that happens!!
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Laughing Gas
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From: Tennessee
I hate it when that happens!!
We have all done something on or too our trucks that we have instantly i.e; adjusting the tabs inside of a cigarette lighter and getting zapped, or later; forgot to bolt down my new bucket seat but realized it when I pushed the brake hard, regretted.
What numbskull thing have you done?
What numbskull thing have you done?
Cargo Master
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From: Ideeho
When I was pulling the 351M out of my '78 ........I used 2 tapped holes in the intake manifold to attach the chain on my cherry picker.........I should have run a tap in them first to check the threads......Apparently 40 years of dirt, crud and moisture will eat the threads out of cast iron......imagine that LOL....... The threads in the hole in the rear of the intake pulled out just as the engine was at a point that the sump on the oil pan was directly over the core support.......dropping the rear of the engine on the core support....luckily the threads in the front hole held and luckily I only was clearing the core support by about 1"........I was able to jerry rig a chain to the exhaust manifolds and get it picked up enough to get it off the core support......then got it on the ground ASAP.........very minor damage to the core support nothing I couldn't straighten out quickly with a hammer and dolly......pretty nerve racking having an engine balanced on the core support 4-4 1/2 feet off the ground...........sometimes luck out weighs bad decisions........LOL Definitely not the dumbest thing I have ever done but.....probably the dumbest thing that has happened to me with a Dent......
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OK. I'm incredibly embarrassed to admit this but here goes. When I went to look at the '77, I went prepared with a trailer, tie downs, come a long, etc. knowing that it had been off the road for a while. When the deal was done and it was time to load it up, I let off on the e brake and started pulling it with the come a long. It was sliding like the rear end was locked up. I did this for about ten or fifteen minutes when my wife asks "Is it in gear?". Dropped it out of park and it rolled much better. I have towed many cars and trucks and this is the only time I did this. DUMB.
Fleet Owner
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From: NorCal
'Had a grinder with a cutoff wheel at 10,000 RPM wedge itself into the frame prepping for an axle flip, flying out of my hand, flying across my face, and breaking my nose before it subsequently buried itself in my upper left bicep... good thing the remnant of the cutoff wheel got caught in my t-shirt and eating it or else it could have been worse.
I reset my nose (I could hear the crunching cartilage in my head) and then tended to the cut on my arm.... I have a one-inch scar from that experience.
I reset my nose (I could hear the crunching cartilage in my head) and then tended to the cut on my arm.... I have a one-inch scar from that experience.
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From: Durham, NC
Yeah, I broke one of the cardinal rules of wrenching. I started replacing parts, without properly testing. Thought one of my head lights was out, bought a new swapped it, still wouldn't come on. Turns out, I accidentally had hit the bright switch, which apparently has a short or something, and instead of activating the brights, it turns off the passenger side light. Oh well, it was only a headlight.
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Not on my Dent, but on my Corolla, when I replaced the timing belt, I decided to fire up the engine and make sure it was right, before putting all of the various covers back on. It started right up, but after a second or two, I saw oil squirting/spraying everywhere!
I didn't think it would be any different from a 302 with a valve cover off. Was I ever wrong!
I didn't think it would be any different from a 302 with a valve cover off. Was I ever wrong!
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From: mid-MO
Originally Posted by meangreen92
Not on my Dent, but on my Corolla, when I replaced the timing belt, I decided to fire up the engine and make sure it was right, before putting all of the various covers back on. It started right up, but after a second or two, I saw oil squirting/spraying everywhere!
I didn't think it would be any different from a 302 with a valve cover off. Was I ever wrong!
I didn't think it would be any different from a 302 with a valve cover off. Was I ever wrong!
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From: Robertsdale, AL
About 20 years ago was doing a lift kit on my bronco. I wasn't thinking and put one end of the driveshaft up on the frame rail, I was going to tie it off and forgot. I was crawling around under the truck taking the unbolt off, the driveshaft swung down and hit me in the upper lip. I was knocked out cold and woke up later. There was some blood and I had a nasty fat lip.
Same bronco and broke one of the spring clamp bolts off in the radius arm. I was pissed, so I drilled it and put an easyout in it. I was backing it out and it binded up, the easy out broke off in the radius arm. I threw the wrench and it hit the frame and ricochet past my head at a high rate of speed. The wrench landed about 20 feet behind me. It scared the poo out of me and the last time I threw a wrench. I have since learned when it gets tough to just walk away and come back to it later.
Same bronco and broke one of the spring clamp bolts off in the radius arm. I was pissed, so I drilled it and put an easyout in it. I was backing it out and it binded up, the easy out broke off in the radius arm. I threw the wrench and it hit the frame and ricochet past my head at a high rate of speed. The wrench landed about 20 feet behind me. It scared the poo out of me and the last time I threw a wrench. I have since learned when it gets tough to just walk away and come back to it later.
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The one my wife reminds me of occasionally is when I was trying to remove the ball joints last December. The ball joints were not cooperating and I got pissed and threw the hammer at the garage wall. The hammer bounced off the wall and came back and hit me in the shin leaving a pretty big welt. Mrs. Claus then bought me a rubber hammer for Christmas. She seen more humor in it than I did. 
Laughing Gas
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From: Port Orchard Wa
I needed to reclock the alternator when I did the 3G conversion. I used a small pin to keep the brushes retracted while I put it back together. I re-did all the wiring, got everything re-installed, and fired her up. I spent a least the two hours trying everything to trouble shoot why the alternator was not charging. Finally, when I decided the alternator was bad and started to remove it , I noticed the pin................ At least no Dent fans were injured during this event!
At least no Dent fans were injured during this event!
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One time I was wrapping up putting a new wheel bearing in the front of my old Mercury Topaz, and right about the time I lowered it down off of the jack, I noticed the brake rotor laying there on the pavement...
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Laughing Gas
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From: Tennessee
Happened to me yesterday. Working on a customers 78 F250. Got it all back together and working great, happy customer! Customer comes back to me yesterday stating that the battery will not hold a charge even after he replaced the battery and alternator. I suspected a short and sure enough I traced it to the brake lights, for some reason they were always on and the customer, nor I noticed it. Come to find out I forgot to reattach the brake light switch on the brake pedal so it was always on. Needless to say his next service is on me.
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From: Ideeho
Talking about throwing tools when you are pissed.........I spent several years working overseas as a contractor to the military.....One of the jobs I had, I ran a "service center" for wheeled vehicles and had 35 mechanics working for me.......all sorts of different personalities........One day, I had a couple of the mechanics working together, who were not particularly fond of each other. One guy got pissed at the other guy and threw a 3/4" combination wrench at the other guy.......narrowly missed the guys head and he threw it so hard that the open end of the wrench stuck thru the fiberglass hood of a Humvee.......I was no fan of the guy on the receiving end of the wrench because he was a real jerk........but being the boss, couldn't really let my feelings be known........Had to try VERY hard not to laugh when I brought them both into my office to get the story so I could do my disciplinary write up........felt like giving the guy who threw the wrench a big ol' "High Five" but couldn't.....sad thing is, if that wrench would have hit him in the head.....it probably would have killed him..........