Ok things I have learned today and not to do over!! All while trying to get the 80 F100 back to life. Not so easy!!
#1 snapping a water pump bolt off in the block is no fun. Have. Yet to get it out.
#2 if u make ur own gasket for the oil pump to pickup tube, make sure u have the hole for the oil to flow thro. Othere wise u have no oil.
#3 a starter from an automatic and manual trans vheicle have the same mounting holes. Yet they do not sit inside the bell housing the same. The auto WILL rub on the flywheel!!!
#4 water pumps do make a big deal in your mounting brakets!! For simplicity stick to what it came with. A mustang and truck aren't exactly the same.

Well do post up what silly things u have learned. Hopefully somebody will get a laugh out of this. I know I did/am. As I try to fix my mistakes.

 

Well today I was fixing the steering coupler in my brothers van and after putting all together I realized I didn't put the steering wheel on straight, so it turns sharper to the left then the right So I have to pull it all back apart and do it again, duh me. That's what happens when you're working on 3 cars at the same time.

At least you remembered to put the brackets on the water pump, I've put the water pump on before and forget to attach all the brackets, I just stared at it like what was I thinking.

 

U should let ur brothers van be. Tell him u. Did it on purpose. So he could start practice driving for NASCAR. There is always a positive way to look at things. Heck if u can smile and laugh at ur own little mistakes then ur doing good. I've seen some people get upset over simple things. O well I'll let them keep their high blood presure!!

 

That's exactly what we need, Ford trucks in NASCAR! Enough of these shapeless blobs they're driving now, they need some REAL style!! lol


Not too long ago I was at the junkyard and for some reason I decided that since I found a deluxe padded steering wheel for my truck, I thought that warranted an attempt at straightening the current wheel so it'd be centered properly (it hasn't been centered for a loooong time). So I disconnect the column from the steering box, and spend the next 15 minutes trying to figure out why in the Sam Hill it won't go back on. Yard owner was no help (him selling a vehicle took higher priority...), so I ended up figuring it out by myself.

I finally had a revelation: perhaps there is a reason that the steering shaft coming out of the box has a flat area on it that matches the shape of the inside of the clamp on the column shaft!

Upon making such an astute observation, I quickly rectified my connection problem and was on my merry way.

Then there was the time that I got tired of my rearview mirror re-aiming itself, so I decided that I would adjust its aim at the ball-joint nearest to the base as opposed to the joint by the mirror head. I'll just say this....30 year old adhesive has to come loose some time! I'm using this as my excuse to get a mirror out of a 2000s Firebird so I can get one with built-in reading lights.

And I don't know if this counts, but a month or two ago, as I was leaving the bank parking lot that's on a stretch of highway near my house, my empty 2 gallon gas can decided it wanted to escape. I got maybe a 1/4 of a mile down the road....looked over my shoulder into the bed to see if it was still in the back. Nope...must be where I can't see it. Kept driving. Look in my rearview mirror and see a little red can in the middle of the road....hey that looks an awful lot like my can, neat! WAIT IT IS MINE!!

I went back to get it, and as I parked in the bank parking lot so I could go get it, some guys in a little Ranger pull up and have their eye on it. I kindly tell them it fell out of my truck, and after a short exchange of "oh okay cool" and "hahahaha", all was well.


I'm sure I'll remember more. lol

 

Nice about the gas can. Some people well ok probably half woulda said to bad and took off. Others woulda seen it as bonus points if they hit it. People around here are very inconsiderate. I had a riding mower roll out the back of my truck oneday. In the middle of a main intersection. Only 1 person stopped. I worked with him and he was also my dads friend. Every1 else kept on driving around me. It's not easy to flip a riding mower back on all 4 wheels.

 

i had 5 tires and rims, all still mounted, in my truck and the idiot that closed the tailgate didn't listen to me when i told him to slame the dog mess out of the gate or it wold fall and i didnt think to chec behind him and with my new tires on i thought id be a bad *** and pop the clutch and see if they would hook...they hooked and good..
long story short i ended up in 5 o'clock traffic playing frogger to get my friends tires and rims out of the busyst intersection in town.. i can laugh now..but i was pissed then..