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bkrantz
post Mar 11 2023, 09:02 PM
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I know we have threads about PO stupidity, but how about the dumbest 914 thing you have done?

I will start with a, ahem, senior moment I had today. When I tried to add oil after my recent engine re-installation, it would not go in. Short version: I forgot to remove the paper towels I had folded up and tucked into the breather recess while the engine was out of the car, to keep anything from falling into the case.

I still can't believe that I installed the breather and did not see and remove paper towels.


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bkrantz   Dumbest Thing   Mar 11 2023, 09:02 PM
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dr914@autoatlanta.com   RE: Dumbest Thing   Mar 13 2023, 12:08 PM
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fiacra   I alternate between thinking it was the dumbest th...   Mar 13 2023, 03:21 PM
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930cabman   Perhaps not dumbest thing, but scared me crazy do...   Mar 15 2023, 08:45 AM
barefoot   Perhaps not dumbest thing, but scared me crazy d...   Mar 16 2023, 06:09 AM
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Superhawk996   I trusted them and assembled the Fiat (my own c...   Mar 16 2023, 11:13 AM
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ClayPerrine   [quote name='Superhawk996' post='3065501' date='M...   Mar 17 2023, 05:25 AM
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930cabman   my brightest moment was when I had just finished ...   Mar 19 2023, 05:53 AM
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