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IALuder · 09-08-2005, 04:21 PM

- stepped and slipped on a floor jack
- Automotive-Gooped my pants to my shirt
- dremelled a piece off my fingernail by accident...took off some skin behind the cuticle while I was at it
- don't accidentally touch a wire brush that's hooked up to an electric drill and is spinning
- put my center console together without plugging the antenna back into my deck...no radio
- burned myself on exhaust tip (never try to lower the exhaust yourself after having driven for an hour)
- cut myself on the inside of my fender (right under where the edge of the hood comes down)
- shocked myself hooking up 2AWG wire for amp power supply
- dropped a trunk lid on my head (took the springs off)
- stabbed myself with a voltage tester

*pdiggitydogg* · 09-08-2005, 08:08 PM

-slipping off the jack handle and hyperextending my thumb
-picking up a piece of metal that I was grinding on w/ bare hands
-cross-threading a mount bolt because I was tired, and didnt care
-wondering why a bolt wont go in, because Im turning it left, instead of right
-getting zapped by the battery because Im using a 10" extension, touching the opposite terminal
-too much threadlock on hood pin studs, making it impossible to remove the nuts
-wd40 is flammable

thermal · 09-08-2005, 08:24 PM

-grinding without goggles
-doing electrical work without unplugging the battery
-using a 9/16 vice 14mm wrench/socket
-always snapping the rear lower control arm bolts
-spending all my money on I/H/E thinking it would make power... so I turboed later
-welding without gloves nor goggles
-welding while pants are soaked in oil... burnt the bottom of my pants
-using crescent wrench
-shorted out my O2 sensor cuz the wire was laying on the exhaust pipe, causing the insulation to melt and blew almost every fuse in my car

... theres more...

*pdiggitydogg* · 09-08-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by thermal
-using crescent wrench

Oh god yes

IALuder · 09-08-2005, 10:16 PM

lol at the crescent wrench. i think everyone has done that.

CD5Passion · 09-09-2005, 01:23 AM

- blow fuses
- drop a nut or bolt down into the engine bay and have to dig it out.
- jack giving out -_- (that was scary as shit)
- broke three Craftsmen wrenchs
- forgetting about reverse threading
- put wrong bolt in wrong hole
- forget rotors get hot after driving and switching out brakes

*ChrisCantSkate* · 09-09-2005, 08:21 AM

-shocking myself on the coil
-stabbing my oil filter with a screwdriver cause i couldnt find the wrench to pull it off
-forgetting to hook my alternator up after the swap(glad autozone gives free replacment batteries when its under warentee)
-forgetting to hook my fuel pump up after the swap the trying to figure out why it wont work for 3 days

-trying to fix shifter while driving
-not waiting till coolent is cold to drain it cause "they dont know what they are talking about"

and of course

- trying to use a crecent wrench

Mischief · 09-09-2005, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ChrisCantSkate

-not waiting till coolent is cold to drain it cause "they dont know what they are talking about"

09-08-2005, 04:21 PM	#1
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	Whats your lists of mistakes when doing DIY's? - stepped and slipped on a floor jack - Automotive-Gooped my pants to my shirt - dremelled a piece off my fingernail by accident...took off some skin behind the cuticle while I was at it - don't accidentally touch a wire brush that's hooked up to an electric drill and is spinning - put my center console together without plugging the antenna back into my deck...no radio - burned myself on exhaust tip (never try to lower the exhaust yourself after having driven for an hour) - cut myself on the inside of my fender (right under where the edge of the hood comes down) - shocked myself hooking up 2AWG wire for amp power supply - dropped a trunk lid on my head (took the springs off) - stabbed myself with a voltage tester __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

09-08-2005, 08:24 PM	#3
thermal Banning Machine Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: My Garage, Va. Posts: 5,547	-grinding without goggles -doing electrical work without unplugging the battery -using a 9/16 vice 14mm wrench/socket -always snapping the rear lower control arm bolts -spending all my money on I/H/E thinking it would make power... so I turboed later -welding without gloves nor goggles -welding while pants are soaked in oil... burnt the bottom of my pants -using crescent wrench -shorted out my O2 sensor cuz the wire was laying on the exhaust pipe, causing the insulation to melt and blew almost every fuse in my car ... theres more... __________________ Project Teg Visit the Turbo Forum

09-08-2005, 10:16 PM	#5
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 38 Posts: 7,908	lol at the crescent wrench. i think everyone has done that. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

09-09-2005, 01:23 AM	#6
CD5Passion Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Barbara, California Age: 38 Posts: 5,446	- blow fuses - drop a nut or bolt down into the engine bay and have to dig it out. - jack giving out -_- (that was scary as shit) - broke three Craftsmen wrenchs - forgetting about reverse threading - put wrong bolt in wrong hole - forget rotors get hot after driving and switching out brakes __________________

09-09-2005, 08:21 AM	#7
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	-shocking myself on the coil -stabbing my oil filter with a screwdriver cause i couldnt find the wrench to pull it off -forgetting to hook my alternator up after the swap(glad autozone gives free replacment batteries when its under warentee) -forgetting to hook my fuel pump up after the swap the trying to figure out why it wont work for 3 days -trying to fix shifter while driving -not waiting till coolent is cold to drain it cause "they dont know what they are talking about" and of course - trying to use a crecent wrench __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

09-08-2005, 08:08 PM	#2
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 40 Posts: 10,579	-slipping off the jack handle and hyperextending my thumb -picking up a piece of metal that I was grinding on w/ bare hands -cross-threading a mount bolt because I was tired, and didnt care -wondering why a bolt wont go in, because Im turning it left, instead of right -getting zapped by the battery because Im using a 10" extension, touching the opposite terminal -too much threadlock on hood pin studs, making it impossible to remove the nuts -wd40 is flammable

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