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Most Foolish Things Youve Done While Working On Your Car

Started by OziWPN vbmenu_register("postmenu_693529", true); · 14 Oct 2005 · 337 replies

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step bro accidently nailed his mate to the roof, in 30 degree weather, stinking hot day, his mates on a ladder with his thumb nailed by a 3inch nail to the roof...... freaking halarious i tells ya lol
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i pinched the battery out of my sisters excel for my vl and when i put it back in the excel i didnt do up the batery clamp, driving home from uni one night i took a few corners a bit fast and the sterio cut out, it started wrkin again so i kept driving...it did it again so i pulled over and poped the bonnet, the battery clamp was resting against the pos terminal and was glowign bright red...melted a hole in the bonnet aswell - didnt go all the way thru tho
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forgetting to tighten the battery earth cable and wondering why all my eletrics was ****ing up etc doors locking unlocking all lights on dash flashing all car lights turning on n off all at once, was pretty funny to watch tho lol then the car cut out and it took me 30mins to figure out wtf was goin on
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I WAS CHANGING MY FULE PUMP , EASY ENOUGH , THEN I STARTED TO CHANGE THE FULE REG , in the process so i didnt have to pull the top half of the plenum off i slid my hand in there some how , sure enough i got the two nuts off but my hand got stuck for an hour !!!!!! lol !!!!! i had to wait till someone got home to get me a bucket of soap and water to grease my hand !!!!!! omg what a day !!!!!, any way everything was all changed ,,,,,,,,, then it was time to fire the car up ,,, for 5 hours i was trying to start it looking over the leads checking the computer and fuses and everything in the car !!!!! i had enough it was getting on dark and thought id get some smokes and it came to me what the problem was !!!!! my kill switch hadnt been turned on !!!!!!!! WHAT A DAY ........ Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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I used to get my 12 year old son to lie on his back under the car and reach up around the plenum to undo the small bolts and nuts hold it to the head, unfortunately he is now 15 and worried about his hair style but, hey my 12year old is now of the age he can take over Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Niche I used to get my 12 year old son to lie on his back under the car and reach up around the plenum to undo the small bolts and nuts hold it to the head, unfortunately he is now 15 and worried about his hair style but, hey my 12year old is now of the age he can take over i hope to hear some better story than mine ......so keep em coming ,,, Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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ne1 left their lock nut socket on 1 of their wheels and goin for a drive with it still on the tyre n coming back home then looking for about 3 hours to figure out where it went and then u think to urself " so thats what the tink tink tink was when i took that corner !" " FUCK!!!!!!!"
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Quote: Originally Posted by snake Bump, that's fucked! Haha! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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i asked a gf for help one day.................yeah i no brought it on my self
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^^^^^ ahahahha.... how about changin oil on a vs commo... go for a drive to thomastown to visit family and get back home to smell something... open the bonnet to find OIL LID OFF!!!!... the lid was nex to the strut tower the whole time... funy thing was no oil splated anywhere.. ahaha
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Quote: Originally Posted by dash ^^^^^ ahahahha.... how about changin oil on a vs commo... go for a drive to thomastown to visit family and get back home to smell something... open the bonnet to find OIL LID OFF!!!!... the lid was nex to the strut tower the whole time... funy thing was no oil splated anywhere.. ahaha Opposite for us, just put a new engine in my mates Skyline, last but not least filled her up with water and oil, went to start her up, oil was pissing everywhere, forgot to put on the oil cap! Stupid thing was, 3/4 of us were mechanics.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin_LP Opposite for us, just put a new engine in my mates Skyline, last but not least filled her up with water and oil, went to start her up, oil was pissing everywhere, forgot to put on the oil cap! Stupid thing was, 3/4 of us were mechanics. THAT IS FUNNY STUFF IM PISIN ME SELF LAUGHEN .........THAT IS A CRACK UP !!!!!!!! I THOUGHT I WAS STUPED BBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAA......THATS COOL Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin_LP Opposite for us, just put a new engine in my mates Skyline, last but not least filled her up with water and oil, went to start her up, oil was pissing everywhere, forgot to put on the oil cap! Stupid thing was, 3/4 of us were mechanics. LMFAOROFLMAO SRSLY thats gotta be the funniest *** shiet!!!!!! *** GOLD MAN! YOUZ R FKD LMFAO i kno i aint bringing my car newere u guys LOL
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Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin_LP Opposite for us, just put a new engine in my mates Skyline, last but not least filled her up with water and oil, went to start her up, oil was pissing everywhere, forgot to put on the oil cap! Stupid thing was, 3/4 of us were mechanics. ahahahahahahahahaha that is absolute gold!!! aahhaahhahahaha.... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Geez, its not that funny....
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the best is trans pan trick asking the junior at ur work to help you with the trans pan "yeah theres a bit in there but i did tran it"
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i have to change the fuel filter and put in the bosch 044 on the mercedes tomorrow. i bet something will go wrong. i got 10 bucks on petrol splashing all over me
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when doing fuel pump just slide an old bold into the fuel hose the fillter will have a bit of fuel in it get it out n throw it over next doors fence
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bahaha seriously i did that last time i did a filter hahaha yeh i always put a bolt in but somehow fuel always gets on me when i dosconect it. thats what i get for having a ***ing old car with ****ty hoses
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I changed the oil on a pos Magna 2.6L, and forgot to put the oil filter on. Started her up, 4.5L of oil on the workshop floor.....*glub glub glub* Cleaned it up just as the boss walked in. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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