How Many Times Has DIY cost you BigTime??
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Installed a set of extra leaf springs on a van in my sisters garage. Springs lifted the van 2" I couldn't get it out...had to take the tires off and use the floor jack to get it out
Now that is good right there :rofl:
Install a 4 inch exhaust on my dad's 2005 Dodge 2500, well I took it for a test drive, pulled back in at the shop to lock up... Jump out of the truck only to see it roll backwards down the loading ramp, hit the curb at the bottem of our parking lot, cut hard left and slam into Dads new Wellcraft (the truck was prolly doing 25 mph) I had to use a 15,000 pound forklift to "un tangle" the Dodge and boat. New tailgate, drivers side bed, rear bumper, mucho work to the fishing boat, and a new trailor. It could have been worse though ie multi million dollar homes across the street, could of hit those, or car driving down road, or kids playing I am lucky it turned hard left and stayed in our parking lot.
BTW this was when Dodge issued a recall on the trans slipping out of park and into reverse.
That was by far the worst DIY accident I have ever had.
(the truck was prolly doing 25 mph) I had to use a 15,000 pound forklift to "un tangle" the Dodge and boat. New tailgate, drivers side bed, rear bumper, mucho work to the fishing boat, and a new trailor. It could have been worse though ie multi million dollar homes across the street, could of hit those, or car driving down road, or kids playing I am lucky it turned hard left and stayed in our parking lot.BTW this was when Dodge issued a recall on the trans slipping out of park and into reverse.
That was by far the worst DIY accident I have ever had.
Install a 4 inch exhaust on my dad's 2005 Dodge 2500, well I took it for a test drive, pulled back in at the shop to lock up... Jump out of the truck only to see it roll backwards down the loading ramp, hit the curb at the bottem of our parking lot, cut hard left and slam into Dads new Wellcraft
BTW this was when Dodge issued a recall on the trans slipping out of park and into reverse.
That was by far the worst DIY accident I have ever had.
So did it slip out of park into reverse or did it not ever make it to Park? That sucks!
My worst wasn't on my own vehicle. I was towing a buddy off the pulling track (truck was dead, he just hooked to the sled to bump it in order to get points then I tow him off). Well, he does his deal and I pull out there, get the chain hooked up to the front weight rack and without thinking about it, just took off. Not fast but unfortunately still with slack in chain. Ooops. It slammed hard! Get around to the trailer and the rack is nearly falling off. Bad deal is, it's because the frame bent. Don't know how this one's gonna get fixed and I still feel bad/sick about it.
Did it all in front of a large crowd too, of course.
C-ya
Don't know how this one's gonna get fixed and I still feel bad/sick about it. Did it all in front of a large crowd too, of course.
C-ya
i got all of mine from above but had to heat all with a torch , and 1 i had to torch the head off , it did ruin the downpipe but was able to get the bolt out of the turbo so it was saved .did not have a problem with the feed pipes just the downpipe .the EGR and shit gets in the way when doing it through the fender well though on mine because its a cal emissions
You just need muscles for that turbo, quit pussy footing around and get after it like you mean it. Remember leverage is your friend. I little pipe goes a long way.
Broke a 3/8 extension while tightening the 4 bolts that hold the hub bearing assy.
costs 3 bucks to replace the ext, and got a nice lump on the head and went to the hospital to get it looked at
costs 3 bucks to replace the ext, and got a nice lump on the head and went to the hospital to get it looked at
HOLY S***!!! thats a good bump.....I broke a 18" craftsman breaker bar on the sub-frame bolts on my Saab and sent me clear across the garage but i have never seen a bump like that!!
also almost lost three fingers trying to get the blades off my uncles lawnmower that was fun.
also almost lost three fingers trying to get the blades off my uncles lawnmower
that was fun.
did this tuesday scraping mud of the drivefay to get to the gravel underneath and spread more on top of old gravel cut down to the bone cold see my knee cap and out side ligamnet
slipped and fell inthe mud caught somethign sharp went through my jeens and bib-overalls
got me 5 stiched 3 xrays and 6 hours in the ER 15 vicodin, and some 20 atibiotice (which are free at mierers with prescribtion)
slipped and fell inthe mud caught somethign sharp went through my jeens and bib-overalls
got me 5 stiched 3 xrays and 6 hours in the ER 15 vicodin, and some 20 atibiotice (which are free at mierers with prescribtion)
X2, my hands have had enough of 20 dollar rachets and cheap tools. I only use SK and Snap On now.
Pulled the fill plug out of the used oil container and set it on the edge. Pulled the oil pan drain plug. Rolled out from under the truck to start the fuel filter change while the oil was draining. Stuck my head in the wheel well and saw that the used oil container was spilling oil all over the driveway...the wind had blown the plug back into the container so the oil had no where to go...I spent the rest of the morning cleaning used diesel motor oil from the driveway and the side walk...
Yip, know how that goes: I also placed the plug near the top of oil collection container and went inside while the oil was draining. When I returned, somehow the plug got back into the port and plugged the resevoir. Cleaning up 10 qts of used oil on the garage floor made my oil change seem endless that night. But these mistakes only happen once because everytime I change oil now, that memory comes back and I definitly know better: plug is never with 10 feet of my oil collection pan!
X3 on the good tools! I hate cheap sh!t that breaks and hurts me! :rofl: Im a BMW tech for a livin and so i kind hafta have good tools, its my way of life! 95% of my tools are Snap-On and belive me, I could have one Hellova D-max if i didn't all that green in tools!
BTW, Adam an Dan, looks like that F-in hurt! :hug: Worst ive done to myself latly was like 5mo ago, unhookin my buddies boat and while cranking it up the hitch wouldn't release, WTF? So i steped on the truck bumper and jounced it up and down... Well I didn't see the boat trailer tires were on the lip of the garage so it was loaded against the hitch ball... It poped up off the ball and rammed into the inside ball of my right ankle and pinned me against the truck! It was a nice heavy ass 19' Cobalt and had a good 1' to pick up momentum! I got a nice fracture out of that deal and swollen and bruised bad! Very painful to walk, hurt for 3-4 months! I guess thats DIY....I shoulda gone inside to grab a beer instead!
BTW, Adam an Dan, looks like that F-in hurt! :hug: Worst ive done to myself latly was like 5mo ago, unhookin my buddies boat and while cranking it up the hitch wouldn't release, WTF? So i steped on the truck bumper and jounced it up and down... Well I didn't see the boat trailer tires were on the lip of the garage so it was loaded against the hitch ball... It poped up off the ball and rammed into the inside ball of my right ankle and pinned me against the truck! It was a nice heavy ass 19' Cobalt and had a good 1' to pick up momentum!
I got a nice fracture out of that deal and swollen and bruised bad! Very painful to walk, hurt for 3-4 months! I guess thats DIY....I shoulda gone inside to grab a beer instead!
the worse that i ever hurt myself while doing a DIY was when i was tightening one of my exhaust clamps and i couldn't get my cordless dewalt impact off of the not, gave one good hard pull and poped myself right in the eye and it hit hard enough that it swelled shut
And just the normal takes me twice as long as it should to do stuff, it took me 5 days to put headers on my car but in my defense it was in a stone driveway with no ramps or anything and i had to remove the starter and shove them through the bottom
and it hit hard enough that it swelled shut And just the normal takes me twice as long as it should to do stuff, it took me 5 days to put headers on my car
but in my defense it was in a stone driveway with no ramps or anything and i had to remove the starter and shove them through the bottom
ive done many turbo swaps. this one is a beast trust me
I know they can be tough.
When dad's turbo went, it sucked a lot of oil into the intercooler boot. When I took the drivers side boot off of the intercooler, I just about got a bath.
50 pounds of kitty litter later.......
No problems.Well there wasn't an injury except to my pride.
I have yelled at my boys for years not to drop a single drop of oil in the driveway as I hate oil stains. One of my sons now has a trans leak in his truck and I told him he isn't welcome here anymore if he parks in the driveway one more time.
Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving I am changing my oil in the driveway. My 50 year old eyes don't see that well in dimmer light conditions so I wear my reading glasses while working on the truck and my bike. I pull the filter off and don't have my glasses on and didn't see that the rubber washer from the old filter stayed on the filter plate. Installed the new one right over the top of the old and I am thinking it didn't feel right but it looked on good. Clean up out from under the truck and fill with oil. Start the truck up and do more clean up while its at an idle and I hear a noise..........WTF look under the truck and there is a 1 1/2 gallons of fresh new black oil all over the ground running down hill towards the gutter.
I get the oil cleaned enough to get back under and see what the problem is fix it and refill. While cleaning up the mess it starts raining and there I am on my hands and knees in the rain with the dishwashing liquid and a brush scrubbing the driveway and its not helping.
Boy comes over the next time and see's the stain in the driveway and says "whats that"?
I told him when I tried to wash his trans fluid off the driveway it just spread out and made that great big dirty dribble in the driveway!
He didn't buy it! :rofl: :banghead:
I have yelled at my boys for years not to drop a single drop of oil in the driveway as I hate oil stains. One of my sons now has a trans leak in his truck and I told him he isn't welcome here anymore if he parks in the driveway one more time.
Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving I am changing my oil in the driveway. My 50 year old eyes don't see that well in dimmer light conditions so I wear my reading glasses while working on the truck and my bike. I pull the filter off and don't have my glasses on and didn't see that the rubber washer from the old filter stayed on the filter plate. Installed the new one right over the top of the old and I am thinking it didn't feel right but it looked on good. Clean up out from under the truck and fill with oil. Start the truck up and do more clean up while its at an idle and I hear a noise..........WTF look under the truck and there is a 1 1/2 gallons of fresh new black oil all over the ground running down hill towards the gutter.
I get the oil cleaned enough to get back under and see what the problem is fix it and refill. While cleaning up the mess it starts raining and there I am on my hands and knees in the rain with the dishwashing liquid and a brush scrubbing the driveway and its not helping.
Boy comes over the next time and see's the stain in the driveway and says "whats that"?
I told him when I tried to wash his trans fluid off the driveway it just spread out and made that great big dirty dribble in the driveway!
He didn't buy it! :rofl: :banghead:
decided the best place to run my egt and boost gauge into the truck was by drilling a 1/4" hole through the rubber boot where the wiring harness goes through the firewall...drill grabbed hard and caught and wrapped some of the wires and broke them... no money to fix it...but talk about tedious work digging through that loom and soldering wires and reinsulating a bunch of them
I've fought with those too, until some transmission guy from Fullerton showed me this...
http://thexton.com/index.cfm/pageid/25
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