2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Ever done anything really stupid?

[Rams-n-Hogs]

OK, I'll fess up one that didn't cause me any pain. Had to replace brake line from front to rear on my truck, and I had the fuel tank out to do it. Started bleeding the brakes, and got in the truck and started it to check brake pedal. My son looked at me and said, "How is it running with no fuel tank?" DOH!:--)



Jim

 

[lschultz]

Back in 69 when I had 69 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 4 spd had this girl in car taking her home from dance. Laid a big juicy kiss on her while driving and when I opened my eyes car was in the side of ditch heading for reflector swerved to left but still got reflector. All it did was knock door handle off. Next day when I picked up another girl(now my wife)she asks what happened to door handle and I had to make up a good story. No I did not tell the truth.

 

[CumminsPower98]

when young I was playing with my 10 pump bee bee rifle blasting air at my foot. On this gun I could point it up when cocking it and it wouldn't grab a bee bee so I was working my way up blasting air on my foot starting with one pump. I got up to 3 and it felt different (cocked gun pointing down without thinking). I didn't really feel or see anything right away but it didn't take long to feel the pain of a bee bee lodged half way through my foot between the two outer metatarsals. Went in to have it removed and they couldn't find it but must have dislodged it because later on after it was all healed up it was at the surface of the skin where it remains today.



When not so young I jump started something off of a van at work. All went well and I unhooked everything, shut the hoods and put the cables in the jumped vehicle and took it on over to the shop to work on it. About 5 hours later someone asked me if the van out in the yard was supposed to be running... What a dumb a$$ I felt like after that and still can't believe I did that to this day.

 

[Crowhurst]

In 1965 I had to be towed home when the clutch pedal just dropped to the floor. I was an 18 year old lad with no money, and less experience. The car had cost me $30. I read the books and learned how to change a clutch. I spent two days lying on my back in melting snow, eventually crawling out with the oily gearbox laying on my chest. I learnt about the clutch release bearing, and with my last money, bought and installed a new clutch and bearing. With a great struggle, and scraping the skin off my back, I eventually forced the reluctant gearbox back on the crankshaft. My new young bride proudly looked on from the warmth of our apartment as I struggled and shivered in the snow. As I tightened the last bell-housing bolt, I wiped the oil from my eyes with my blood-stained knuckles, and saw that the shaft on which the clutch pedal pivoted had simply slipped out of its recess in the frame, thereby causing the original problem. I didn't tell the new bride. Nick.

 

[Scot]

I was over at a friends house during Christmas break in college and his dad was trying to start one of the old piece of junk Toyotas he had dragged home. He asked if I would help him. This little voice in my head said "you know better than priming a carb with a coffee can of gasoline. " So after a few starts and sputters, he hits the key just as I moved the can away. Flame shot out of the carb and into the can. I jumped back and managed to slosh some of it on my arm and chest. Ended with about 2 sq/ft of first and second degree burn.

 

[elamb]

Some cars had been getting stolen around the house, in March 2001. So I told my wife we needed to start locking the vehicles. So we did. Well, we get up one morning going to a dealership to see about trading for a new vehicle. I go out to warm her car up, but couldn't get the door open. For some reason I thought the door was frozen shut. So I continue to pull on the door handle and I end up walking in the house with door handle in my hand. Still didn't realize the door was locked. Funny thing was it was like 40 to 45 degrees out. That screw up only cost me about $150, but the wife still rides me about it.



Eric

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Originally posted by Sageair

I sent an arrow out of sight straight up ONCE. Man that thing took about a month to come down 4 feet away!

You think thats bad, on the 4th of July, I was shooting off tracers out of my AR15. My farm is a half mile wide and 2 miles long so i am aiming them at about an 80* angle down range. Tracers are cool shooting up a few miles before they come down. Oh yea, did I metnion the head wind. Shot off the first one and about 15 seconds later we hear something come down through the tree and hit the ground 10' away. the next ones went off at about a 70* angle.



And on the running out of fuel, it took me a week of messin with my truck to figure it was out of fuel. The gauge was broke and ran out of fuel after 412 miles. I was bouncing ideas off of everybody from indiana to kommiefornia trying to figure out what was wrong with it. the next time i ran out, it took me 30 seconds to figure out what happened.

 

[Hohn]

I've done about 100 years worth of dumb things in only 28, so i am way ahead of you all.



Last dumb thing I did was get out of bed this morning... ... .



Justin

 

[David_VT]

This is an opportunity to tell folks that potato guns can be dangerous in the wrong hands... ... .



Let me tell you about someone who decided to try propane from the tank of an outdoor grill as the propellant for the potato gun... ...



A dud shot just plopped the potato out on the ground. A visual inspection down the barrel showed a flame burning at the far end... .



Boy genius did not want the fire to damage the gun so did the most effective thing and BLEW down the barrel to put the fire out...



It did go out when the fresh air from blowing down the tube mixed with the oxygen starved propane at the far end of the barrel. .



The rest of the day was spent breaking off all the crisp burnt hair ... . eyebrows, beard, mustache... . etc Not to mention the magic sunburn and humiliation at the hands of my dear wife... ...



Smooth move... . and lesson learned...

 

[Mad Max]

Uh, well, YE$

How's this for bright.



Loyal user of 76 Royal Triton QLT semi synth oil, I (was) getting a great price on the stuff. I knew I could run it longer than 3750, oil analysis said so. So I got to thinking, a bypass filter will make it even better. So I went with an OilGuard EPS20.



After letting it sit for months while I contemplate mounting, routing plumbing, etc, I started the install.



Mounted up the assembly.

tapped into the test port on the filter head for supply and decided, slick would be running the return line into the vacant oil dipstick tube boss on the passenger side of the engine, remove a freeze plug, carefully tap the whole and done right?



Uh, more like TAPPED that freeze plug into the oil pan trying to remove it!



Three hours of trying before writing it off as having to go to the dealership.



Needless to say, I'll have to put some 200,000 miles of extended intervals on the truck to break even for what it cost me to get that pan dropped to rescue that plug.



That was a $tupid and Co$tly mistake.



MaX



The others, well, no witnesses to a lot of them, so they're best left not shared.

 

[Diesel Gunner]

Hi-Lift Jack

Did you ever read the little instruction booklet that comes with one of these killers?



I had managed to knock the rear bumper on my old Ford out of alignment while backing into the side of the mountain during deer season. So, I decided that the fastest and easiest way to straighten things up would be to slack up the bolts on the bumper and jack it back into place with that bad ass jack. Everything was going just fine. I was jacking the bumper into position while on one knee and using one hand on the handle. At what I thought would be a good place to check the alignment I leaned over the jack handle to get a better perspective. It just did not occur to me that a better perspective would be had by letting go of the jack and standing several yards back from the truck at the time.



Believe me, my perspective was very different when I woke up. When I had leaned over the jack handle slipped out of my hand and the spring tension on the handle was applied swiftly to my temple. I now have much respect for that tool.

 

[rashwor]

I carry a...

12 ton bottle jack for due to less than wonderful experiences with high lift jacks. Very dangerous. I understand that the bottle jack probably would not have done what you wanted.

 

[TnLRacing]

This takes the cake... ...





I had a older Italian gentleman that was a friend of the family do this... . He owned a Caddilac that he thought the world of, even thought the rest of the world knew it was a junker. Well one day while changing the oil he wanted to do something good for his baby, so he thought why not give it a oil change with the best, most expensive oil he knew of. So he heads off to the local Italian import store to purchase a gallon of Fillipo Berri extra virgin olive Oil. Well Needless to say he only made it a few miles and the motor let go, so as he is telling this story to me he ends with this, "But thats a notta da worst part Mike" So I ask him what can be worse, and he tells me, " there wassa a some lefta over and I putta it in my other car" :--) :--)







Needless to say I helped him change the oil in his other car before that met a sudden death also!

 

[Forrest]

Was doing a Governor Lever Adjustment on Garys truck. This adjustment needs a 10mm socket. I tightened the nut & was pulling the wrench out & caught the socket on the case of the pump.



The socket popped off & dropped into the pump. :--) :--) :--)

 

[DavidGardner]

When I was 9 yrs old I learned a very important lesson.



NEVER-EVER-EVER-PEE ON AN ELECTRIC FENCE!



You can"t shut off the fence and you can"t shut off the pee until its ALL GONE! :--)

 

[Camara]

In 43 years I've done so many stupid things that:



A) I've lost track &



B) I can't count that high Oo.

 

[rashwor]

Speaking of electric fences.

Friend says "here, take this blade of grass and touch it, it won't hurt you". WRONG!



Also learned that the rubber straps with the steel hook in each end (like the truckers use to strap their tarps down) don't work well for latches on electric fences. They conduct electricity.

:--)

 

[mcoleman]

:-laf I've got some friends coming over tonight to stay in the cabin on my farm for the deer season opener in the morning. I haven't told them about the new electric fence behind the barn to keep the horses out of the hay fields. It runs right behind the cabin beside the tree they use for a bathroom at night. Lets see do I tell them or just let them find it. I'm going to be drinking a few beers with them tonight around the fire so I think I will leave it plugged up at least until I head back to the house for bed. Might make for a good laugh.

 

[Forrest]

Absolutely don't say anything



Just think of how many potential stories would be sacrificed by telling them.

 

[CNichols]

Well here is my stupidest.



When I was 17 granted it was only 4 years ago I was working on my 86' bronco. It had this funky fuel vapor thingy mabob on it. Well the filter to that thing cloged and I couldnt find another one anywere so I decided to bypass it. I got my self some 3/8 inch steel line and atempted to splice it in to the Plastic fuel line. Whats this? "damn it the plastic fuel line is not big enff to slid the steel line into". For some DUMB reason with out even thinking that I was working with GAS i Decided to pull out my Lighter and HEAT THE PLASTIC LINE UP!!!!!!! so it would be soft enuff for the other stuff to slide into. Well I lit the lighter and pulled the fuel line twards me (im laying on my back in the drive way) and I put the lighter up to the line and Gas Came pouring out and went up in flames instantly. So there I was on october day rolling around under my truck. On fire!! STOP DROP AND ROLL DOES NOT WORK WHEN YOU HAVE A GAS SOAKED CARHART ON.