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I got you all beat. Rebuilt the throttle body on my '89 Silverado and didn't realize that I left out a gasket. Installed it and went to...
May 6, 2024
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I had no idea. One of these days, I'd love to have an Old's engine.
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3 come to mind. 1.) crossed battery cables on pontoon boat we had just received. Fried wires under the console. 2.) snapped 2 headbolts...
May 6, 2024
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Replaced plugs,wires,cap and rotor on an Olds. 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 right? Fired it up and spit,pop fire out the carb,,,WTF? Forgot the Olds...
May 6, 2024
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I did the same once, turns out bleeders go on the top. Who woulda thunk it? I have a multi-part dumbass story. I built an engine in...
May 6, 2024
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I don't do the maintenance on my wife's '16 Camry, but took it to the Toyota dealership instead. UNTIL, my wife took it in for a tire...
May 6, 2024
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Old oil filter gasket? Done that. Sooooo embarrassed. What else have I done, (that I’m willing to admit to)… Replaced the serpentine...
May 6, 2024
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Years ago i did an oil change on my 69 Javelin. While the oil was draining i decided to put a "Hemi" oil pump relief spring into it...
May 6, 2024
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I don't know if this counts as maintenance, but I melted a set of jumper cables once. The jumper and the jumpee had opposite battery...
May 6, 2024
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The single biggest mistake I've ever made in the engine bay all started by making an assumption that a Pontiac V8 is a Pontiac V8, since...
May 6, 2024
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I forgot that the cam in my boat was a 4/7 swap firing order. it didn’t take me long to figure it out but it was still a simple mistake...
May 6, 2024
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After I rebuilt the top end of the 350 in my 88. I went to prime the oil pump and make sure we had oil flowing up to the top. I took...
May 6, 2024
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Checked the oil on my wifes VW CC back in 2010. She and her sister were whining "hurry up, we want to get going". Ten minutes later they...
May 6, 2024
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Under duress - father at my back - doing a service and general check on a VW my sister had just bought, I pulled the plug to check the...
May 6, 2024
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I routinely use the "right-hand-rule" to confirm direction when I'm in doubt... which is often, when I'm in odd situations like yours...
May 6, 2024
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