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russiankid · 08-18-2008, 10:04 PM

Today I was putting the drivers door panel back on in the BMW. Everything was clipped in and bolted, then I went to installed the tweeter. Well tweeters don't work without wires right? I forgot to bring the wires out from under the panel to the designated area for the tweeter. So I had to fish the wires out from behind the panel as I didn't want to pull the whole panel off again.

igo4bmx · 08-18-2008, 10:21 PM

i tried to pull a control arm off every which way until i finally did the the brake rotor smashed me right into my face. it left a circular imprint across my face

russiankid · 08-18-2008, 10:40 PM

I just remembered another one. I was helping a friend replace his thermostat in his 96' Accord. I got the new thermostat in, and as I went to put in the second bolt, I dropped it. So I searched around under the car, all around the engine, I couldn't find it. I have spare bolts for my Accord so I used that since its the same type. After bleeding the system and snooping around for leaks, I saw the bolt right in front of my face. All I needed was a magnet to get it out.

Piro · 08-18-2008, 11:02 PM

back in the 80's I was replacing the sepentine belt on my first car. I was pushing on the tensioner with a wrench when it sliped, my hand pushed forward, and a cog from the cam gear went in to the back of my hand, it bled like hell.

another time i cut my self with a knife cutting some wires off the blade weht like one inch in the flesh between the index and the thumb, that was realy painfull specialy taking the knife out!

the4g63 · 08-19-2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DropTopChevy

Any of you guys ever work on your car and end up having a few bolts left over after your finished? Well I did.

DSM style.

TurboTagTeam · 08-19-2008, 01:12 PM

I constantly forget to put the drain plug back in before filling my car with oil. Usually I'll start to see the puddle by the 3rd or 4th quart. Defiantly sucks, Royal Purple is not cheap.

420sx · 08-19-2008, 02:16 PM

I was 16, removing the battery from my girlfriends car. As I turned the wrench removing the power cable, the wrench touched the ground terminal. It shocked the hell out of me, so I let go of the wrench, which was left there arching off. It eventually melted the back of the battery and caught on fire by the time I got the wrench off. I had to buy her a new battery... and I let her dad put it in.

djb5118 · 08-19-2008, 08:05 PM

i was changing a battery for a hot neighbor, dropped the wrench into the engine bay. it only took 10 mins to get it out! that was embarrising

tmrepp · 08-19-2008, 09:58 PM

Please note: Definite sleep deprivation during this whole time.

Around a month ago, I was trying to take out a stripped off TORX bolt for my passenger seat. I was running out of ideas, head was completely rounded..no luck. So, I try to cover everything with foil tape only to find out it's flammable, so I ditch that idea. Hmm, how about if I freeze the fcker with a can of compressed air (upside down) and knock the head of the bolt off with a hammer. That didn't work, so I was at wits end, and I took the torch to it again in a desperate attempt to pinch vice grips on with channel locks..REALLY tight. Keep in mind, there was around a half hour and there was no more white stuff from the compressed air and it was not cold anymore. Well, I lit the torch up (blue propane job) and went to put the flame on the bolt...and what'dya know. My car's on fire! OH ****, what do you do? try to blow it out.. Well I inhaled whatever fumes were being given off a good 3 times and was choking as well as panicking. Tried smushing my floor mat where the fire was but that didn't work. Eventually grabbed a big thick moving blanket I was kneeling on and snuffed it out. Melted the interior of my carpet in a good 4x4" spot.

Eventually got it off, but first tried slotting it to use a flathead and just broke off one side of it..then drilled it out, which was easier than all of the above.

I win.

240sxDann · 08-19-2008, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmrepp

Please note: Definite sleep deprivation during this whole time.

Around a month ago, I was trying to take out a stripped off TORX bolt for my passenger seat. I was running out of ideas, head was completely rounded..no luck. So, I try to cover everything with foil tape only to find out it's flammable, so I ditch that idea. Hmm, how about if I freeze the fcker with a can of compressed air (upside down) and knock the head of the bolt off with a hammer. That didn't work, so I was at wits end, and I took the torch to it again in a desperate attempt to pinch vice grips on with channel locks..REALLY tight. Keep in mind, there was around a half hour and there was no more white stuff from the compressed air and it was not cold anymore. Well, I lit the torch up (blue propane job) and went to put the flame on the bolt...and what'dya know. My car's on fire! OH ****, what do you do? try to blow it out.. Well I inhaled whatever fumes were being given off a good 3 times and was choking as well as panicking. Tried smushing my floor mat where the fire was but that didn't work. Eventually grabbed a big thick moving blanket I was kneeling on and snuffed it out. Melted the interior of my carpet in a good 4x4" spot.

Eventually got it off, but first tried slotting it to use a flathead and just broke off one side of it..then drilled it out, which was easier than all of the above.

I win.

LMFAO! torch inside car = no good.

Erik · 08-19-2008, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmrepp

Please note: Definite sleep deprivation during this whole time.

Around a month ago, I was trying to take out a stripped off TORX bolt for my passenger seat. I was running out of ideas, head was completely rounded..no luck. So, I try to cover everything with foil tape only to find out it's flammable, so I ditch that idea. Hmm, how about if I freeze the fcker with a can of compressed air (upside down) and knock the head of the bolt off with a hammer. That didn't work, so I was at wits end, and I took the torch to it again in a desperate attempt to pinch vice grips on with channel locks..REALLY tight. Keep in mind, there was around a half hour and there was no more white stuff from the compressed air and it was not cold anymore. Well, I lit the torch up (blue propane job) and went to put the flame on the bolt...and what'dya know. My car's on fire! OH ****, what do you do? try to blow it out.. Well I inhaled whatever fumes were being given off a good 3 times and was choking as well as panicking. Tried smushing my floor mat where the fire was but that didn't work. Eventually grabbed a big thick moving blanket I was kneeling on and snuffed it out. Melted the interior of my carpet in a good 4x4" spot.

Eventually got it off, but first tried slotting it to use a flathead and just broke off one side of it..then drilled it out, which was easier than all of the above.

I win.

this is why i love my dremel rotary tool

probevette · 08-19-2008, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DropTopChevy

Any of you guys ever work on your car and end up having a few bolts left over after your finished? Well I did.

If you have extra parts left over..that just means you built it better.

DropTopChevy · 08-20-2008, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by probevette

If you have extra parts left over..that just means you built it better.

Weight reduction

tmrepp · 08-20-2008, 11:47 PM

Oh, and by the way...the fumes from the compressed air are what lit on fire. I froze a nail in the drive way, and waited a good while. The same thing happened where there were holes in the rocks for the gas to lay in.

RyanG · 08-21-2008, 12:01 PM

Im notorious for forgetting to install up pipe gaskets when doing turbos or up pipes lol

Erik · 08-21-2008, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AREA1320

Im notorious for forgetting to install up pipe gaskets when doing turbos or up pipes lol

note to self, dont go to area1320 for indeuction services

jk man

namdoogwerdna · 08-21-2008, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick'06

same here, same friend. Almost as good as the surround sound subwoofer kept in the backseat with his seat belt.

a surroud sound subwoofer from his HOME STEREO when is best friend worked at a car stereo shop.

or the time when he let CIRCUIT CITY install his ****ty jensen headunit because he didnt want to wait an extra week to get an alpine from his best friend who worked at a stereo shop and could have gotten in to him cheaper. and then the jensen OBVIOUSLY broke because it is a piece of **** and circuit city's wiring sucked so his best friend had to fix it anyway for free. what a great friend he has.

PoorMan'sR, I'm talking to you.

namdoogwerdna · 08-21-2008, 03:13 PM

i was working on my stereo but i had to go out and my center console was apart, so i screwed the shift knob back on and left the rest out for the next day. problem was i forgot to plug my hazard button back on and with out it my turn signals wont work. whoops.

OPZ · 08-21-2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by namdoogwerdna

i was working on my stereo but i had to go out and my center console was apart, so i screwed the shift knob back on and left the rest out for the next day. problem was i forgot to plug my hazard button back on and with out it my turn signals wont work. whoops.

I've done that as well, haha, kinda surprising when your driving and then it's like "wtf, my turn signals are broke?"

namdoogwerdna · 08-21-2008, 04:38 PM

^yeah totally, i had no idea what was going on at first haha

08-18-2008, 10:21 PM	#42
igo4bmx Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Under the bar... Member #592 My Ride: 2009 Audi A3 Quattro, 2008 BMW X5, 2003 WW Evo8, 2000 Turbo SOHC Civic iTrader: (1)	i tried to pull a control arm off every which way until i finally did the the brake rotor smashed me right into my face. it left a circular imprint across my face __________________ BOOST doesn't get you laid. Roofies and some creativity does however Tuned by some white dude @ a shopwithbigtrucks.com "You get what you pay for" - thanks captain obvious, unless you bought rotas and received volks.

08-19-2008, 02:16 PM	#47
420sx Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Warrington, PA Member #2811 My Ride: '98 240sx, 98 Impreza L, 00 SV650 iTrader: (5)	I was 16, removing the battery from my girlfriends car. As I turned the wrench removing the power cable, the wrench touched the ground terminal. It shocked the hell out of me, so I let go of the wrench, which was left there arching off. It eventually melted the back of the battery and caught on fire by the time I got the wrench off. I had to buy her a new battery... and I let her dad put it in. __________________ loltst

08-19-2008, 08:05 PM	#48
djb5118 Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Member #5884 My Ride: SC300 iTrader: (0)	i was changing a battery for a hot neighbor, dropped the wrench into the engine bay. it only took 10 mins to get it out! that was embarrising __________________ Live with Passion.

08-21-2008, 12:01 PM	#55
RyanG Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Easton, PA Member #63 iTrader: (1)	Im notorious for forgetting to install up pipe gaskets when doing turbos or up pipes lol __________________ I am Area1320 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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08-18-2008, 10:04 PM	#41
russiankid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lincoln University PA Member #7769 My Ride: 2012 Scion tC iTrader: (0)	Today I was putting the drivers door panel back on in the BMW. Everything was clipped in and bolted, then I went to installed the tweeter. Well tweeters don't work without wires right? I forgot to bring the wires out from under the panel to the designated area for the tweeter. So I had to fish the wires out from behind the panel as I didn't want to pull the whole panel off again.

08-18-2008, 10:40 PM	#43
russiankid Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2008 Location: Lincoln University PA Member #7769 My Ride: 2012 Scion tC iTrader: (0)	I just remembered another one. I was helping a friend replace his thermostat in his 96' Accord. I got the new thermostat in, and as I went to put in the second bolt, I dropped it. So I searched around under the car, all around the engine, I couldn't find it. I have spare bolts for my Accord so I used that since its the same type. After bleeding the system and snooping around for leaks, I saw the bolt right in front of my face. All I needed was a magnet to get it out.

08-18-2008, 11:02 PM	#44
Piro Tri-State Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: PA Member #296 iTrader: (0)	back in the 80's I was replacing the sepentine belt on my first car. I was pushing on the tensioner with a wrench when it sliped, my hand pushed forward, and a cog from the cam gear went in to the back of my hand, it bled like hell. another time i cut my self with a knife cutting some wires off the blade weht like one inch in the flesh between the index and the thumb, that was realy painfull specialy taking the knife out!

08-19-2008, 01:12 PM	#46
TurboTagTeam Tri-State Post Whore Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Cell Block F Member #275 My Ride: constantly changes iTrader: (2)	I constantly forget to put the drain plug back in before filling my car with oil. Usually I'll start to see the puddle by the 3rd or 4th quart. Defiantly sucks, Royal Purple is not cheap.

08-19-2008, 09:58 PM	#49
tmrepp Tri-State Training Wheels Join Date: May 2008 Location: SE, PA Member #7788 My Ride: 2008 Scion xD iTrader: (0)	Please note: Definite sleep deprivation during this whole time. Around a month ago, I was trying to take out a stripped off TORX bolt for my passenger seat. I was running out of ideas, head was completely rounded..no luck. So, I try to cover everything with foil tape only to find out it's flammable, so I ditch that idea. Hmm, how about if I freeze the fcker with a can of compressed air (upside down) and knock the head of the bolt off with a hammer. That didn't work, so I was at wits end, and I took the torch to it again in a desperate attempt to pinch vice grips on with channel locks..REALLY tight. Keep in mind, there was around a half hour and there was no more white stuff from the compressed air and it was not cold anymore. Well, I lit the torch up (blue propane job) and went to put the flame on the bolt...and what'dya know. My car's on fire! OH ****, what do you do? try to blow it out.. Well I inhaled whatever fumes were being given off a good 3 times and was choking as well as panicking. Tried smushing my floor mat where the fire was but that didn't work. Eventually grabbed a big thick moving blanket I was kneeling on and snuffed it out. Melted the interior of my carpet in a good 4x4" spot. Eventually got it off, but first tried slotting it to use a flathead and just broke off one side of it..then drilled it out, which was easier than all of the above. I win.

08-20-2008, 11:47 PM	#54
tmrepp Tri-State Training Wheels Join Date: May 2008 Location: SE, PA Member #7788 My Ride: 2008 Scion xD iTrader: (0)	Oh, and by the way...the fumes from the compressed air are what lit on fire. I froze a nail in the drive way, and waited a good while. The same thing happened where there were holes in the rocks for the gas to lay in.