DIY Mechanic Mistakes

[skyhook]

What mistakes??? Hold my beer and watch this!:thumbsup:

Left over parts were not needed anyway. Just the manufacturer driving up cost.:confused2:

Ahhh, I feel better now.:thumbsup:

 

[lamanated]

Its sad, but looking at the Mach 1, those nickle strips under the door are worth a grand ,, we needed the 2 thin rocker panel trim pieces and the hood lip one.. they were $2100 last yr..

 

[TJP89]

I hate it when you post things about me.

:laughing:

Must remember to put belt on pulley before attaching guard, turning on PTO, and wondering why mower won't work, and I know I put those bolts around here somewhere:mur:

And I wonder why it takes so long.

 

[jrdepew]

Ahh...I have so many of these stories.

I was rebuilding a buick 231 for my grand national powered cutlass and managed to fold a piston ring over when installing a piston. **** total seal rings with that "extra" piece on the top ring. I didn't notice until it was too late...engine smoked good.

Same engine, I put the timing cover on with a fresh gasket and then realized I forgot the cam button that puts slight backward pressure on the cam...

That car was a blast. It still had a 1/4 vinyl roof and was quite a sleeper. Recently sold it when I took it too far with a 12pt cage and a complete frame off build. I bought that car when I was 16 and sold it when I was 27.

Related to the sky hook stories, I have heard of newbies being sent off for "aluminum magnets" and "buckets of steam" before too...good stuff.

Joe

 

[jaotguy]

note to self ... install the torque converter before bolting the transmission to the engine and installing in car ....

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

We always send the newbies to the "basement" in the plant to get the bolt stretcher:laughing: I work in a 1.2 million sqft plant with no basement. One time it worked so well I didn't see the kid until the next day. The best part is that most guys know that joke and keep telling the kid it's at the other end of the plant. It never really gets old though.

 

[KennyG]

Related to the sky hook stories, I have heard of newbies being sent off for "aluminum magnets" and "buckets of steam" before too...good stuff.

Joe

The followup on the bucket of steam story is the kid disappears for a few hours and finally comes back with a bucket with a half inch of water in it and says he couldn't keep it hot.

 

[skyhook]

LOL...related to jrdepew, story, I bought a Dodge Demon, with a 340 in her, the thing smoked "bad".
So I rebuilt the engine, those 340's are a real breeze to rebuild, only to find out, it smoked just as bad as before.Sooo, I took er apart again to verify what was up, when the wife came over and said, your leaking oil from the mufflerreplaced the muffler and all was good afterwards.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I know a person who rebuilt a chrysler v8. forgot one of the pistons. In his defense, he had done a bunch of engines before (sort of guy who was almost assembly line) and his kid had taken the rod and piston off the workbench and, well, anyway,,,,

 

[ecbaatz]

The followup on the bucket of steam story is the kid disappears for a few hours and finally comes back with a bucket with a half inch of water in it and says he couldn't keep it hot.

Or send then non-qual to get 50ft of shoreline, or a can of relative bearing grease.