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07-10-2013, 04:09 PM | #1 | ||
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I had a family car Laser that needed the handbrake adjusted, was so bad in the end it had no bite whatsoever. Never really found the time to get around to it, and just parked it on a flat surface and left it in gear. I was the only one driving it at that point so was conscious of the situation and made sure I allowed for it. Parked at the top of the driveway after getting home from work (flat area) but forgot to leave it in gear, came out about half and hour later and the bloody car was gone, in a rage some ranting to the wife someone stole the car ensued, we came out to survey the situation and after having a loud conversation the wife says, whats that in the backyard across the road? I looked to see the front of the Laser sticking out of a fence. Walked over and found the Laser had rolled down the drive, across the road, neatly navigated the neighbours carport (it was a double), through the fence behind the carport, and landed in his lovely coi carp fishpond. Note: no fish appeared to die from this incident once car was extracted.
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Me too has dumped 5 litres of new oil out of the sump plug hole.
Biggest mistake, trusting my drunk mate when he confirmed he had done up the engine mount bolts after a late night midweek engine changeover. The 340 in the VE (Valiant) coupe rotated 270 degrees when I put my foot down to give it a rev. Wish I had taken photos, would probably be funny now (30 years later) |
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14-01-2014, 09:48 AM | #3 | ||
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Not me but a friend from school rebuilt an old 253 his stepdad had in their shed as a project to learn about motors. He has never again forgotten to fill piston rings.
Naturally he never told us about it but his step dad made sure we all heard about it haha
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30-01-2014, 10:33 PM | #5 | ||
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Almost lost the tip of my finger cutting braided lines under the valiant with a grinder w/ 1mm cutting disc!!
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a newly mobile 16yo me was under the bonnet of my KB laser tightening EVERYTHING in which a phillips head screwdriver would fit.Car would then not idle.Realized that those screws on the carby arent supposed to screw in tight if you want it to idle properly.
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30-01-2014, 11:18 PM | #7 | ||
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Biggest mistake was trusting the fuel range readout. I once ran out at the 25klms remaining and from then on believed that was the critical reading.
Which proved to be totally wrong when I ran out at the 34k mark in the M1 quick lane. Second mistake was putting in Nolathane bushes which gave me a ride harsher than an old MGB I had years and years ago. But the height of stupidity was driving 50ks to my wrecker to buy 3 new electric window switches. Got home and none of them worked. And then I remembered the drivers side unlock switch. They promptly started working fine as did the old ones when I tried them again.... Last edited by Andrew S; 30-01-2014 at 11:27 PM. |
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Here's a couple of laughables for ya'...
I was friends with a 4x4 mechanic in Queanbeyan NSW years ago & he told me this. He had done a full service on this ladies vehicle, all done (or so he thought), she paid the bill & off she went. Next day he got to thinking that he'd forgotten something, then it dawned on him that he hadn't refilled the transfer case with fluid. "DoH"!!! So he rang her up & asked her to return the vehicle for a "follow up" inspection. Upon inspecting the transfer case it was indeed empty. He fixed it & afterwards inquired as to how far she had driven the vehicle after she picked it up the previous day. She had driven home (some 20klm) to her rural home home in Captains Flat, then she had gone bush to cut a trailer load of wood for a friend (another 5 klm), then she towed the loaded trailer to Belconnen to deliver the wood (another 80klm round trip, then drove to his workshop again. His only words to me to describe what saved his butt...."Thank god for Slick50" !!! Next is my own funny incident, I had an XF that mysteriously refused to turn over one day, funny 'cause I had only just pulled up at home minutes earlier. I rang my local mechanic who knows ALL of these fords & he suggested it may be the ignition switch. So out to the car I go to do a final test before stripping parts, no go, so I start the tear down. Steering column cover, ignition switch, inspection, put it back together, out with the tester screwdriver, prodding all wires at different points of turning the key but still no go. Then whilst sitting in the drivers seat & contemplating my next move (& a big electricians bill) I noticed that the tranny shifter wasn't all the way in "Park" properly. I shoved it in, (with the inevitable audible "Click") & turned the key again...."Vroom vroom". Man I could've kicked myself if my foot would've reached that far!!! My mechanic had a darn good laugh over that one. Last edited by Spurious; 08-03-2014 at 01:14 PM. |
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This thread is awesome. I see a future reality television show where all the above,and more, get re-enacted.
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07-03-2014, 09:28 PM | #11 | ||
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I sold a diff centre to someone and later they told me that they thought I had given them the wrong one until they had another go at putting it in, this time the right way up.
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08-03-2014, 01:11 PM | #12 | ||
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tried to undo sump nut while car was hot, ended up threading it. Had to take it to a mechanic to get it off and drain old engine oil
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one of First car was a VC valiant i go told by a mechanic if you want to lower the front of them just undo the two bolts on the bottom of the front wish bone, so i did looked great front lowered but the new tyres i had on lasted 2 weeks before they blew out i raised it back very quickly
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08-03-2014, 07:51 PM | #14 | ||
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climbed under my vl turbo to do an oil change when i was 20 yrs old,used a trolley jack to support the car,after a while i could feel the car leaning on my chest,"better climb out from under here and have a look", climbed out then about a minute later the jack collapsed! stupidity at its best.i learned a lesson that day.
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