 Stupid Things done while working on a 914., C'mon..... Fess Up! |
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| ClayPerrine |
 Mar 23 2006, 11:51 AM
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Life's been good to me so far.....  Group: Admin Posts: 16,315 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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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? |
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| Carl |
Mar 23 2006, 03:43 PM
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Ummm ... what? Group: Members Posts: 781 Joined: 17-January 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 163 Region Association: Northern California |
Well, if you want to get into teenage stupidity …
My first car was a 1955 Ford Town Sedan and, although it was in good shape and looked pretty nice, it wasn't good for much except using gas and leaking oil. Speed, acceleration, handling, and economy were all options that it didn’t have. It had a huge steering wheel, the diameter of which could just be reached with the fingers of outstretched arms. My high school girlfriend lived up in the hills not far from town and for grins, coming down from her place, it fun was to shut the ignition off, wait for 5 or 10 seconds and then turn it back on. A big backfire would echo through the hills. In an effort for bigger and better I turned the ignition off longer than normal only to turn it back on to an enormous “KABOOM”. COOL! That was NEAT! Not only did it tear a hole in a muffler, it also humped up the rocker arm covers and blew out the seals from between the valley cover and the engine block. Geez, that was smart … (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) |
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ClayPerrine Stupid Things done while working on a 914. Mar 23 2006, 11:51 AM
olav I was working on my car and my elbow hit my bevera... Mar 23 2006, 11:55 AM effutuo101 LOL! Nothing that dramatic. When I was moving ... Mar 23 2006, 11:58 AM bondo Ok, here's a couple I can think of at the mome... Mar 23 2006, 12:00 PM ! Screwing a tapping metal screw thru the positive b... Mar 23 2006, 12:03 PM jhadler Just getting ready to finish setting up a crank fi... Mar 23 2006, 12:07 PM URY914 I had my dizzy 180 degrees off and shot a flame ab... Mar 23 2006, 12:14 PM Mueller stupid thing: wearing loose fitting sweat pants wh... Mar 23 2006, 12:15 PM SirAndy Mar 23 2006, 12:18 PM URY914 <... Mar 23 2006, 12:18 PM Mueller stood over the carb on a 914/V8 and poured gas int... Mar 23 2006, 12:19 PM URY914 I looked at my car one day and I said to myself, i... Mar 23 2006, 12:27 PM bondo <... Mar 23 2006, 12:28 PM elocke My kids were driving me crazy with croquet mallets... Mar 23 2006, 12:29 PM sk8kat1 I too have a sweat pants story
car on jackstands... Mar 23 2006, 12:29 PM balljoint All the way under the car, lying on my back, car i... Mar 23 2006, 12:29 PM Eric_Shea 
