Stupid Things done while working on a 914., C'mon..... Fess Up! Options

[ClayPerrine]

There was a request for a thread on stupid stuff done while working on a 914.

I will start......


I had my six up on my lift working on the rear suspension. I remember looking at the clock and it was about 6:50pm. I stood up to do something (I can't remember what now) and the next thing I know, I am sitting on the floor and my head hurts. I touch my head and I am bleeding. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) Seems I raised up under one of the rack arms and cracked my head open. I look at the clock and it shows 7:55 PM. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)

At that point, I decided to call it a night.


When I told Betty about it, she had a fit! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) Her response was "What if you had been holding a cutting torch!!!". Now she insists on checking on me every so often when I am in the garage and it gets quiet for a long time. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Ok... Who's next?

[tat2dphreak]

removing the tar off the floor... I pretty much had the tar off of the pass. side, using my trusty tiny butane torch...

I decided to wipe a bit of the glue off(with brake cleaner) and see if I missed any tar... I wipe up the glue, notice a few small pieces that were hiding, put the shop towels on the back of the floor... and grab the torch (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)

as soon as I *click* the torch things took a turn for the worse... the floor burst into flames... including the brake cleaner soaked rags...

I put out the fire, no sweat, one squirt from the extingusher...

but the rags continued to smolder...

I stomped them, poured water on them, and threw them into the dumpster nearby the garage(I'm still in the apartment at this point) and I go back to work... a few minutes later... things are smelling funny... I look, the dumpster is smoking now... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

it's not going anywhere, so I get some water to pour on it... but an old lady comes by on her power-walk and calls the fire dept. on her cell (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) so soon the fire dept. shows up, on a 100 degree day to put out a smoldering rag in a dumpster in the middle of a concrete parking lot...