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?

[Dead Air]

It was my stepmother's '68 MGB, circa 1977. I didn't have a license. It was sitting in the driveway, the sun was out. My folks were out of town. The batteries were dead. My across the street neighbor had an old Jag Saloon and he lent me a battery to get it started. I broke the battery clamp taking it off. It was coroded by acid. Bought a new battery clamp and broke the post in the battery while installing it with a hammer.
Drove about four miles before it quit in the middle of a four lane across from a 7/11 were three Sherrifs were having their coffee.
One stopped traffic, the other pushed and the third asked to see my license. Then he wrote me a ticket and impounded the car. I was in trouble.