Mechanical mishaps Options

[natedogg]

I'm sure we've all done some stupid things when working on our cars so I thought I'd start a thread to share some of this stuff for a little comic relief. Feel free to share. If not, just fee free to laugh at others stupidity and misfortunes. Or if no one else decides to share feel free to laugh at my stupidity.

I'll start. Lets see we already established in another thread that I've
-Forgot to plug in MAF
-Forgot to torque down lugnuts.

Also I've
-Almost killed Akamiami back in the day by using a spare tire jack to hold my old FWD up while we attempted to change the fuel pump. The jack sheared, rear of the car fell, and fortunately didn't crush anything or anybody.
-Poured a quarter tank of gasoline on the floor of my parents garage on the same night.
-Started old GST with no oil in the transmission. Didn't actually drive anywhere. Just sat in neutral and revved it a few times until I started to notice the water and grime on top of the xmsn was smoking.

I'm sure I'll think of more as it comes back to me.

[99Spyder]

Just wrote another chapter in the mechanical mishaps book...

Back in November I suffered a spun bearing on #2. After a long process of getting things back together I went for a test drive tonight. I am now sporting a 90 oil filter housing with provisions for an external cooler. Here is the thing. Being too lazy to install the external cooler before a test drive I put a piece of hose (coolant hose - I know...) on both cooler lines. Worked fine during idle and a tug made it seem secure.

One trip around the block, no problem. Took off for another with a little higher RPM and split the damn hose out! Unfortunately it was dark out so I did not notice the oil trail I was leaving behind. Luckily I was only on the accelerator to about 3500 and then slightly over idle until I stopped three blocks away for a check up. I found the split and replaced it with the braided line that I had in the car and headed to Wal-mart for some more Mobil 1. By the time that I filled it back up I had put in about 4 quarts. Good thing I didn't head for the interstate on the first run.