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Offline jmsheahan

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The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« on: 16 August 2011, 18:21 »
What's the most stupid thing you've done whilst working on your car? Hear all sorts of stories of people leaving the car in gear and running themselves over etc!

Have done a few but here's one of mine today - was fitting a vdo sender to the oil cooler. Removed the original sender, got distracted with something else, left the cooler hole open and started the car... lovely clean engine bay now covered in oil. Fecking projected everywhere!  :rolleyes: :laugh: Just spent the last hour cleaning up the mess!

What have you done? Lets have a laugh  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #1 on: 16 August 2011, 18:51 »
Started changing the alternator on a rover vitesse a few years ago but forget to disconnect the battery, the jolt threw me about 6ft away from the car, didn't do it again :cry:
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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #2 on: 16 August 2011, 19:06 »
fitted a turbo timer to my old 200sx, never hooked it up right, set it to a 2 mins to cut off, went in the house and about 8 hours later it was still running  :smiley:
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #3 on: 16 August 2011, 19:26 »
You should rename this thread.  Bellend:Adventures in motor mechanics.
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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #4 on: 16 August 2011, 19:37 »
Decided that removing pistons by pushing them down the bores was possible............................  :rolleyes:
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Offline Wayne

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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #5 on: 16 August 2011, 20:03 »
Thinking that welding a crank pulley on was a good idea :grin:
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Offline MrBounce

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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #6 on: 16 August 2011, 20:23 »
When I first got it I topped up my Mini's engine oil using a funnel via the dipstick hole whilst choosing to ignore the large oil filler cap in front of me. At least it went to the right place...  :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #7 on: 16 August 2011, 20:28 »
Quote from: MrBounce on 16 August 2011, 20:23
When I first got it I topped up my Mini's engine oil using a funnel via the dipstick hole whilst choosing to ignore the large oil filler cap in front of me. At least it went to the right place...  :grin: :grin: :grin:

Reminds me of someone I know who tried draining his oil that way.
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Offline benvictors

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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #8 on: 16 August 2011, 20:31 »
Quote from: MrBounce on 16 August 2011, 20:23
When I first got it I topped up my Mini's engine oil using a funnel via the dipstick hole whilst choosing to ignore the large oil filler cap in front of me. At least it went to the right place...  :grin: :grin: :grin:

Ha ha, I knew a girl once that used to fill up her sh!tty little fiat this way until I caught her doing it one day and proceeded to rip the wee wee out of her  :grin: :grin:
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Offline bricey

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Re: The most idiotic thing you've done (car related)
« Reply #9 on: 16 August 2011, 20:49 »
smashed the sh!t out of my very car a nova 1.4 into the back of a volvo estate.
not a scratch on the volvo.
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