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Posted by: ! Sep 1 2004, 09:16 AM

Thought I was gonna do some good. The cover plate for the transmission knuckle went missing....so I took out my handy dandy knibbler and cut some sheet metal and proceeded to make one.....

Cut it nice and clean, sanded off the edges, primed and painted it and used some self tapping sheet metal screws....went on like butter.

Next day, come out and it won't start.....look at the ground strap on the batery and jiggle it....damn thing snapped at me....hmmm, no click, snapping battery ground....oh shit, take the new custom cover plate off and feel underneath....yup....

Knicked the battery cable to the starter with the screw tip....grounded the freaking sytem out.

Removed plate,,,tossed it across room, stuck in the dry wall, got in car and started it up.

The moral of the story?

People on BEER should not screw things into cars.....

Posted by: ! Sep 1 2004, 10:06 AM

BTW...this was on the 356...so not to worry about your 914s....

Posted by: VegasRacer Sep 1 2004, 10:13 AM

What a let down.
I thought this story was going to be a sequel to SLITS stun-gun adventure.

Posted by: 736conver Sep 1 2004, 10:22 AM

Posted by: 736conver Sep 1 2004, 10:23 AM

I want to see the piece in the drywall. I love to see other people get mad. Makes me feel normal.

Posted by: kafermeister Sep 1 2004, 11:09 AM

QUOTE(736conver @ Sep 1 2004, 12:23 PM)

I want to see the piece in the drywall. I love to see other people get mad. Makes me feel normal.

...about the making me feel normal part.

Rick

Posted by: tdgray Sep 1 2004, 11:24 AM

But I would like to see some of the Slits Stun Gun adventure. ( I musta missed that thread).

Posted by: SLITS Sep 1 2004, 11:46 AM

QUOTE(736conver @ Sep 1 2004, 09:23 AM)

I want to see the piece in the drywall. I love to see other people get mad. Makes me feel normal.

Please don't ask Z for pictures. You already know what you'll get and it won't be stuck in the dry wall.

Posted by: dinomium Sep 1 2004, 11:59 AM

QUOTE(kafermeister @ Sep 1 2004, 09:09 AM)

QUOTE(736conver @ Sep 1 2004, 12:23 PM)

I want to see the piece in the drywall. I love to see other people get mad. Makes me feel normal.

...about the making me feel normal part.

Rick

If it make you feel any better, I threw a desktop PC across the lab last week and got sent home early... sometimes IBMs need to fly!

Posted by: trekkor Sep 2 2004, 09:51 PM

I once ducked outta the way of a flying, mortar loaded notched trowel from another tile setter. He stuck it in the wall, too

KT

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 2 2004, 10:09 PM

i have large hands, they get in the while doing valve adjustments....many a 13mm wrench have flown mach 5 across the garage