Kids...don't Try This At Home...

[FFutch]

O. K. Heres the brain fart of the day. I wrapped a small trash bag around the B. H. A. F. so I could steam around the right side of the engine. Then I got to doing a couple of other little things including tightening up a fuel line. I go to start the beast and guess what?Super mechanic forgot about the trash bag. Needless to say it did not take long to suffocate the mighty ram!I go "OH SH#T!!!". FOR SALEne slightly used,and slightly(majorly)deformed B. H. A. F. :--) . Oh well I was thinking about changing it out any way. Oh yea the reason I was cleaning the right side of the engine is because super mechanic forgot to reinstall the oil filter after changing his oil. Guys... It's been a bad couple of days ... ... Doug

 

[Whitmore]

Doug,Doug,Doug, slow down partner the all mighty Cummins needs tender lovin care. Whenever one wants to work on a Cummins he must be thinking clear and have his mind free from distracting obsticles. We are here for you buddie and we can help you thru this but first you have to want the help Kevin

 

[Extreme1]

Fear Not!

It gets worse as you get older. I made it about half way to work one day checking out the range of my then new boost guage. A large set of pliers I had forgot on the roof from the night before decided it was time to walk. It slid across the roof and then fell between the topper and the cab, hit the ground and got run over by the rear wheels. At about 80. Scared the heck out of me!

 

[Chipstien]

Don't worry Doug... we have all had those days too.

 

[Koa Man]

Yeah, today I forgot I put my coffee cup on my front bumper (I have a custom job with a wide flat surface) and drove off. No coffee, no mug. During lunch at work I go to my truck and guess what... . also forgot my lunch at home. Ate a big dinner to make up for it.

 

[DarrellB]

Hers's a bad day for ya. Woke up about 9:30 Monday morning and had to take the news paper to the recycling center. We put all are news paper in a big rubbermaid container. Well the container was so full of paper I couldn't get the lid on it. I sat it in the bed of the truck and was going to put two bungie cords over it to hold in the paper. (good idea huh) Well my phone rang, so a talked for about 5 minutes jumped in the truck and drove to the recycling center. By the time I got there the container was half empty. I had to look pretty dumb driving down the road stoping and picking up old newspapers. :{



Darrell

 

[Jim Fulmer]

Fri night I updates to 4k's and 60 lb valve springs, got the job all finished fresh run on the valves, new gaskets! Check it all out, cool ready to start, BAG, CLANG... ... . you get the picture, It seems I still had the ratchet on the alternator from turning the motor over... . no damage, just looked like an idiot



Jim

 

[TowPro]

I see this at least once per year with dirt bikes. Somebody will unload at the riding area, then procede to kick the bike for 10 minutes and it will not start. Here they left a rag in the air intake from when they cleaned there air filter.

 

[sdalton]

I've also had a brain fart or two. The last one was when I was changing the oil, while trying to entertain my 4 yr old. I was in the driveway, changing the oil and he was playing 100 and 1 questions. He would also find small bugs around the area and try to show me every one. If I didnt look he would just bug me even more about it. Well, I just finished with everything and just pured in my second gallon of oil when I get this nagging question in my head. Did I put the drain plug in? I hated to look, but I did. Dang. I forgot. Then my son asks what all that stuff was doing under my truck. What a mess to clean up. My son didnt ask one question until all was cleaned up. I didnt yell at him or punish him, because it was my fault for not paying attention.

One good thing came out of it though. I had my ex wifes $400 quilt, that I have dispised since she bought that thing, sitting in my closet. I was going to give it back but what the heck, she is a bit**. It soaked up almost every drop of that oil. I had a big smile on my face the entire time I was mopping the oil up. My son told me that his mother was going to be mad that I got her favorite quilt dirty. I told him that that wouldnt be the first time.



That turned into the best oil change of my life.

 

[FFutch]

Thanks for the support...

... What makes this bad is I make my living as a Diesel mechanic,and I've been doing this stuff for 15+ years. I've just had a lot on my mind as of late. I guess my point is"SH#T HAPPENS" even to the best of us ... Doug

 

[jwdeeming]

Doh!

My most recent brain fart -



Truck stalls, less than 2 miles from the dealer. I'm convinced it's a dead lift pump and so call dealer to let them know it's coming. Then I call AAA for the free tow.



Then I get to figuring I may not get a free lift pump under warrantee if Mr Dealer sees my PE Comp box. So I'm unscrewing, unvelcro-ing, pulling, yanking, stripping, in a big hurry to beat AAA. And, I'm trying to do all this without getting my work clothes dirty.



I'm so relieved to have the evil box removed before the tow truck arrives that I just go on into Village Inn to wait over a cup of coffee. I congratulate myself between sips that I also remembered to get that turnbuckle off the wastegate... .



Service manager Al calls me later in the day.



Al: "Uh, where did you last have this thing worked on? The map sensor was left unplugged and it set off all kinds of fault codes in the computer. "



D O H !

 

[CLorox]

super brain fart

Changed the wiper blades last year, left them on the roof and of course they walked right off and got stuck between the bed and the cab They kindly ripped up all the paint in a 1" wide band from the center to the passenger side. One bottle of touchup paint later and it still serves as a constant reminder of my stupidity



-Adam:

 

[JTMcCracken]

One winter morning I went out in the semi darkness to my welding truck and took off on my way to work. About 20 miles down the road I decided to have some more coffee, but, no thermos in the truck. Unhappily I drove on until checking my passenger side mirror I saw my thermos, upright, wobbling on top of the toolbox on the bed. I sloooowwwly pulled over and retrieved it. I couldn't believe it rode upright all that way. JTMcC.

 

[Jim Fulmer]

One more, Last week I went out started up the truck and goofed off for a second, then jumped in the truck sat down my coffee cup put in reverse, pushed the garage door button then backed out so after it smaked off the roof I stopped strighten the garage door inspected the damage and went to work, luckly it looks like it will all buff out! Didn't even get mad, just shook my head, smiled.



Jim

 

[Briar Hopper]

My buddy McBride loves to tell this one on me: we had just finished installing my injectors at his house a couple of years ago, and I hopped in to fire up the truck and check them out. It wouldn't even turn over. Wouldn't start. Me: "Mac, it won't start!" Eric: " Push in the clutch, moron ! " I was pretty sick that day, allergy attack.

 

[lschultz]

As the years go by you will see that those brain farts(I like that) get more regular. Before I wrecked my 95 got in it one day to go somewhere. Backed up and felt it hit something forgot that my 92 honda civic was behind it. Receiver hitch put a nice impression in the hood. But I stoped before it got the radiator Brain farts is that anything to do with that thread that somebody started in the other section Farts?? I didn't know your brain could fart,now I know where my brain is.

 

[mtrippi]

I could not get the oil filter off and I got on top and kept pulling and pulling until I slipped and put a hole in the air cleaner box. That cost me 75 dollars. After that I took all of my tools to my friends and said you can have these because I will never change my oil or work on my truck again. they are still there.

or how about the dumb loan I have where I pay $487. 19 for 60 months(9. 44 %interest) then I pay a payoff of $14,000 in a lump sum. so I'm paying $42,000 for a truck that was $32,000 with tax. Then the dealer gets arrested for not paying off trade in cars/trucks. at least they paid off my trade in. so I still owe 25,000 on a book value of 21,000. At least the truck is working great and gets 19mpg+. How am I going to get $14,000.

 

[Proram]

Just a BAD day

Here's one for ya. got lazy nite before,new i needed fuel, figured i'd get in morning. 1/2 mile from station guess what... . in 6 deg. weather. huffed to station. no jug for fuel borrowed jug from guy at station. got fuel . got back to truck guess what, it actually started.

got to work , my mack was gone, another driver had to use it,went and got spare, hooked up to my trailer, pulled up on hitch

no prob. headed out across parking lot, boom, trailer on nose in lot. snow in jaws of 5th didn't let lock right, go in and get towmotor to lift trailer, head out across pk. lot *&^%$# out of fuel. ( this is at 4 am in 6 deg weather) get new propane tank

fire's up and runs 10 ft. ,fuel froze up. cranked up trailer by hand

and finally got going. day got better after that. :--) :--)





Someday's it just dosent pay to get out of bed :{

Scott (Proram)

 

[dsnook]

So I'm out in the driveway on a Sunday afternoon trouble shooting a wiring issue with the Dodge accessory towing wire harness. My back-up lights were not working, they did before I installed the harness. Since I needed the truck in reverse, but I didn't want to hear the chime, I was putting it in reverse from the passenger side. I reached over to pull her in gear, and "that didnt feel right", I had managed to pull the shifter past the reverse gate, and locked it somehow in fourth gear. Truck is new, so I call Customer One Care, they send a tow truck



Tow truck driver says "can you back the truck away from the garage, it will be easier to get on the flatbed" I reminded the driver that the truck was imobile, "oh yea" he replies. He loads the truck and takes off. 20 min. later he calls and asks for my name and phone number, I remind him that we are talking on the phone, "oh yea".



At the dealer ship I explain the situation, they tell me that they will have to investigate this further to see if it's covered under the warrenty. they say if I installed the harness incorrectly the warrenty is void. I ask what the wiring harness has to do with the transmission (manual) being stuck in gear? They respond "I don't know, that's why we have to investigate". When I suggested that they not worry about the harness, but fix the transmission, they said " oh, that would be covered by the warrenty"



Just go's to show you, Brain farts are contagious!!!



"D"

 

[cscott]

A while back I was working on my Buick Grand National.



The radiator had sprung a leak so I decided to upgrade to a 4 row radiator. I was working in the driveway beacuse I had prepped the garage floor in antisapation to painting it that weekend. Well it didn't fit and I poked a hole in it trying to force it to fit.



About this time it started to rain. I figure what the heck it's only about 15 feet in to the garage it wouldn't hurt it driving it that far with out a radiator.



Well I had forgotten that the radiator also had a trans cooler and oil cooler running to.



Needless to say I ran about 8 qts of oil/trans fluid on my floor.



Didn't hurt the engine or trans but took the better part of a week to get the floor ready for paint again.



I just hate it when I do dumb things!!!



Craig