Turkeylord Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 ^ Front, I'd assume? I have spare rear door switch minus the rubber boot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 By far - my dumbest mistake was swapping out the fuel pump alone, in my driveway, on a 95 degree day, without wearing eye protection. I got sprayed in the open eyes and mouth by pressurized E85. While temporarily blinded (and spitting out fuel) - I managed crawl out of the car and fall over the back seat (that I had to remove to get at the fuel pump) that was sitting on my garage floor. While falling blindly (and still spitting the last drops of fuel) I tried to grab on to my full "recycling" garbage can. Long story short - picture a semi blind guy on the garage floor, sweating profusely while surrounded by bottles and cans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haight 05LGT Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 picture a semi blind guy on the garage floor, sweating profusely while surrounded by bottles and cans. Sounds like my night last night lol. Had a few too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCHM1AN Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 By far - my dumbest mistake was swapping out the fuel pump alone, in my driveway, on a 95 degree day, without wearing eye protection. I got sprayed in the open eyes and mouth by pressurized E85. While temporarily blinded (and spitting out fuel) - I managed crawl out of the car and fall over the back seat (that I had to remove to get at the fuel pump) that was sitting on my garage floor. While falling blindly (and still spitting the last drops of fuel) I tried to grab on to my full "recycling" garbage can. Long story short - picture a semi blind guy on the garage floor, sweating profusely while surrounded by bottles and cans. I just lol'd in a public setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoe Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Lol some of these are great and make me feel a whole lot better. The first time I used my Porter Cable about 5 years ago I used WAY too aggressive a polish and the roughest pad I had right off the bat. I managed to melt the paint off the passenger door handle within the first three seconds of using the thing. I nearly cried I was so dam mad at myself. I ended up buying rattle can paint and clear from paintscratch and I repainted and re-cleared just that door handle while it was still on the car in my garage. It actually turned out pretty good and that event boosted my confidence in painting small parts myself. It's held up well to this day. You can tell if I show you, but otherwise you'd never know unless you looked really closely at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt166 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I have a couple. Not removing enough footwell lining on my 1976 mini to weld some holes - the tar caught on fire, managed to put it out. Not pumping brakes on a Lotus Elise while working at a race school, rolled straight off the ramp into a formula ford being repaired behind. Luckily no damage. The worst - 3 weeks ago after buying my LGT I spend 2 hours troubleshooting the windscreen washer system, testing pump, voltage on wires, fuses, everything. Read on the forum someone else with the same problem - i had been pulling the mist function instead of pushing the button. Idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtoearth Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 had a friend back into me and her insurance paid for a bumper cover replacement, new headlight, new side panel and a BEAUTIFUL paint job (i was floored) anyways 2 days later my oil temp gage was getting spazzy. So i drove her up on ramps to tighten/check the connection.... my beautiful paint job is down to black plastic where the ramps rubbed never worried about it with my old chipped peeling bumper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 By far - my dumbest mistake was swapping out the fuel pump alone, in my driveway, on a 95 degree day, without wearing eye protection. I got sprayed in the open eyes and mouth by pressurized E85. While temporarily blinded (and spitting out fuel) - I managed crawl out of the car and fall over the back seat (that I had to remove to get at the fuel pump) that was sitting on my garage floor. While falling blindly (and still spitting the last drops of fuel) I tried to grab on to my full "recycling" garbage can. Long story short - picture a semi blind guy on the garage floor, sweating profusely while surrounded by bottles and cans. Did you at least get drunk from it? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idiot4hire Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Dropped the turbo bolts in the turbo that was a good time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Did you at least get drunk from it? No - eyes were red for 2 days tho. I forgot to mention - this was the 3rd time I swapped out a pump - not my first go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated thefultonhow Posted September 20, 2012 I Donated Share Posted September 20, 2012 I apparently have short term memory loss issues when it comes to tools. I always lose them even if I just used it. I probably spent a quarter of my time this past weekend looking for where I put a socket, a wrench, a ratchet...hell, sometimes I have to look for where I've put my breaker bar or torque wrenches. Been there, done that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowferno Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I still almost always forget that the wheel chocks are there. Don't worry they get me everytime too haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolmers06LGT Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Just misread the torque specs- broke two of my new pressure plate bolts before i realized what was happening. I pulled the bolts to the crank, pulled the flywheel, and took a second to figure out how to pull the studs. To my amazement, one tap with a hammer and punch extracted both. Any shame in reusing the stock pressure plate bolts? Same thread pitch, diameter, and length, right?(06 lgt with act streetlite fw and act HDSS clutch kit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypher0117 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Any shame in reusing the stock pressure plate bolts? Same thread pitch, diameter, and length, right?(06 lgt with act streetlite fw and act HDSS clutch kit). Stock bolts should work fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeblow Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Should work just fine. And remember you only torque those to like 15-20ft/lbs. It's cool; I'm with the band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbang Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Threadlocker as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolmers06LGT Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 That's what i get for working on my car until 2 am. oh well; I'll post pictures when i finish. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouzGT Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Went to try and paint my headlight housings myself however, i broke both tabs on each of the headlights in the corners trying to pull the headlight apart after heating it up. At that point i gave up. At least both sides look even lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02603sec Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 OH do I have them. The percentage of error occurs when I'm tired, hot, pissed, drunk, in a hurry, late or otherwise distracted. Don't know how I did it, but my turbo in my super duty diesel was rattling, bumping, making all kinds of noise etc. I figured the wheel was shot, so I ordered a performance wheel from ebay. So I didn't drive it. When the part arrived, I pulled the up pipe. There was a freaking utility knife in there, with the blade point toward the wheel. I inspected with a magnifying glass and a light, couldn't find a scratch on the wheel, but the blade on the knife was almost completely gone. Without doing anything, I fired it up and yeah, all the noises were gone and it was back to normal. Drove about another 50k miles, no problems. So what happened to the shrapnel? and I have a backup $100. wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJuan Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 :lol: Now that's funny. My wife's balls are delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJuan Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 I made the mistake of draining my coolant into 5 qt empty oil containers. Then placing the containers next to the new oil containers. Guess what happened next. Yup, went to top off the oil one day with used coolant. Had to flush the system after that one. Lesson learn, place used oil/coolant on the other side of the garage. My wife's balls are delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabhomie Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Not on my legacy but spray painted some alloy wheels with out sanding or prepping.... Bad idea... The paint just puddled on top and all the little scratches were noticeable... It was horrible so I tried wiping it of quick...made it even worse... So I had to drive with one rim all smudged black to my sisters house and use her nail polish remover to take all the paint off... Took me 4 hours in total... Never again... Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spc2125 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 After getting a tune I was cleaning my car that night. I noticed a green plug under the glove box was un plugged. So i plugged it in. The next day I started the car... check engine light was blinking. Was so paranoid and was pissed because I also need a new center diff. Emailed the tuner and told him what about it. He said get the code read. Halfway through the day I rembered that green plug. I unlpugged it and i was all set. Turns out its the "safe mode" for the car. Tuners use it Dont plug that in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a93x Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 After getting a tune I was cleaning my car that night. I noticed a green plug under the glove box was un plugged. So i plugged it in. The next day I started the car... check engine light was blinking. Was so paranoid and was pissed because I also need a new center diff. Emailed the tuner and told him what about it. He said get the code read. Halfway through the day I rembered that green plug. I unlpugged it and i was all set. Turns out its the "safe mode" for the car. Tuners use it Dont plug that in! those plugs are visable from my tune last week. ive been afraid to touch them so ive left them alone till i had time to google it lol torque impresses girrls, hp impresses flat-bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haight 05LGT Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 those plugs are visable from my tune last week. ive been afraid to touch them so ive left them alone till i had time to google it lol You are such a dork. You would know what they were for if you just asked the tuner. haha. I have to use them for opensource tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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