mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
CHRIST , Tim, with your luck you better watch out for them jet engines.....
:club::hissyfit: :crylol:
Funniest thing you've seen someone do working on a car.
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CHRIST , Tim, with your luck you better watch out for them jet engines.....
:club::hissyfit: :crylol:
big2bird
Charter Member, Founder Bird-Run, Cruise-In Bird-R
That's a great visual right there. I see Chevy Chase as Tim.
TimAT
Addict, Cruise-In Bird-Run 1 Veteran
Kind of like a full swing on a golf ball in a tile bathroom.
pancake
Well-known member
I worked at a coal mine for my first job out of college... which is a testament to the wonderful economy in the Pittsburgh area. I needed health insurance to play rugby and this was a quick way to do it.. So the prick bossman sends me up the hill to get the boom truck which was a mid '60's ford commercial cab that was conveniently hidden out of the way to keep the MSHA and PA State inspectors happy. I jumped in it, fired it up, and started down the hill to the head wall and quickly realized that the brakes were gone.. It started to run away and I picked up a helluva head of steam so I just jammed that bitch into reverse. Needless to say, it stopped. I bent the shit out of the rods or forks or something because all it had after that was 2nd gear and reverse. The asshole I worked for was convinced some kids got in it and broke it. I never told him the truth cause his mere existence made my blood boil.
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big2bird
Charter Member, Founder Bird-Run, Cruise-In Bird-R
I've seen a guy install truck brakes on a sports car and brag about it for years.
SmokinBBC
Well-known member
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
denpo
Carburated Nihilist
:rofl::rofl::rofl: *choking* :rofl::rofl::rofl:
clutchdust
Millionaire Playboy
DAYUM!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
JPhil
Huh?
Well, I dunno..... If we're talking about 1950's IH 2 1/2 ton truck brakes onto a TR2, then that might not be a bad thing....
I didn't get to see it but. The wife's new 2000 S70 Volvo had a problem, bad tires with flat spots. As I understand, if new tires sit to long motionless they can conform somewhat to the shape. Anyhow when I called the dealer which had her car. They said they were attempting to reform the tires by raising the car in gear spinning the tires to see if they would go back round. After this episode they claimed success! Picked the car up and had to throw the BS flag. What finally fixed it was me telling the salesman. When I drive it at 55 mph and it starts to go bumpity bump bad, it's talking to me. It's telling me I will never buy another Volvo again. Amazing a new set of tires finally appeared.
Ralphy
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mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
That would be ME, and damn proud of it too......I actually FIXED the problem, :harhar::drink:
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Over the years, the one brand of tire I have had/seen others have the most trouble with is Goodyear....for tread separation, belts twisting, sidewall deformation for some stupid reason....and know GY does a lot of private label stuff and they don't seem to have the troubles....don't make much sense, and I working on a transmission for my stepson here, he has GY Wranglers on it, NEW all around, and one of the sidewalls is lumpy already, ....
:gurney:
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
That not too cool, messing with RR dicks will get one killed in a heartbeat.....they are a law onto themselves, used to know a RR Detective some years ago, RR property, from tracks to warehouses, they don't screw around.....:ill::gurney:
He told a interesting little story of the alarms going off, broken shit on a RR warehouse, so with cops on the outside, HE goes in with a 12ga 00 buck and shouts out to the perp to drop it, and come out with hands up.....and racks the first shell, a few minits later out comes the perp with weapon dropped and hands up....oops e.....rong warehouse....:huh:
DeeVeeEight
Fast Pedalphile
not car related..... I was preparing to drill a hole through a wall with a long drill bit. I wanted to be sure I would not hit anything so I "sighted" along the long drill bit and pulled the trigger. My hair wound around the drill bit and pulled out of my head. It was both painful and embarrassing. There was a large clump of hair on the drill bit. Fortunately I had a lot of long curly hair and no one could tell.
car related..... Working on my '69 Satellite Convertible I grabbed a hold of one of the spark plug wires while the engine was running. My right leg started to spasm and bang against the fender, completing the circuit. It was a vicious cycle but funny as hell as I was unable to let go for a few seconds.
corvette related - my C3 is on jack stands. I could not open the pass. side door. I thought the frame had flexed and that the door was jammed. For 2 days I poked and fiddled with the jammed lock, not wanting to take the car off the jack stands. I finally realized that somehow i had locked the door. I pulled the door lock and the door opened smooth as glass...
car related..... Working on my '69 Satellite Convertible I grabbed a hold of one of the spark plug wires while the engine was running. My right leg started to spasm and bang against the fender, completing the circuit. It was a vicious cycle but funny as hell as I was unable to let go for a few seconds.
corvette related - my C3 is on jack stands. I could not open the pass. side door. I thought the frame had flexed and that the door was jammed. For 2 days I poked and fiddled with the jammed lock, not wanting to take the car off the jack stands. I finally realized that somehow i had locked the door. I pulled the door lock and the door opened smooth as glass...
denpo
Carburated Nihilist
Those three stories are hilarious :crylol:
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
YGTBFKM.....back '66 or so I met up with a friend I knew bach in HS Summer Skool Engluch class....do a search on William Dean Christianson (en?) and you will find him in the mass murderer files....killed some 30 people between Florida and Canada.....seriously....I have filed of old Wash Post paper articles about him from the time span....
the ASSOCIATION IS....he leaned over his bastard 61/58 corvette and tried to remove a plug wire with engine running, and it kicked him into the weeds....so he get up again to repeat the performance.....
same result.....I try to attach a file, dunno if it holds or not.....don't mean to hi jack a thread, but just a side note....
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Thanks for clarifying, I don't think anyone picked up on that LOL :rofl::rofl::rofl:
TimAT
Addict, Cruise-In Bird-Run 1 Veteran
Back when GM was introducing HEI- the GM training center instructor was doing the class- 12v to the + terminal on the cap, clamp the dizzy in a vise, ground it and turn the shaft- sparks everytime- he got his azz knocked off and made the statement "Everytime I do this I get it"..
Story running around the KC GM dealers- one of the techs at a Buick shop- new Riviera he reached over and did the old time pull a plug wire to find the miss. HEi was good enough it zapped him thru the wire- and thru the zipper and front of his pants. The story goes they had to get him to the hospital to straighten him back out. Wille and the twins took a direct hit off the fender.
Story running around the KC GM dealers- one of the techs at a Buick shop- new Riviera he reached over and did the old time pull a plug wire to find the miss. HEi was good enough it zapped him thru the wire- and thru the zipper and front of his pants. The story goes they had to get him to the hospital to straighten him back out. Wille and the twins took a direct hit off the fender.
Years ago was helping a guy find TDC on an old Olds, had my hand in the tight fit to get to #1 hole. He bumped the engine over with the starter and the hei used my finger to fire the mixture. You could see the black streak trace on my finger as well as the char from the mixture burn. Hurt for a few days.
That's when I decided an Hei has enough energy for an ignition system.
That's when I decided an Hei has enough energy for an ignition system.