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scotto0609 said:
This week,working on changing the fuel switching valve on the truck. Put the whole thing together go for a test ride everythings normal(didnt fix what I was hoping!) and start cleaning up.
Wrenches check
Pliers check
screwdrivers check
Flashlight crap!
Crawl under and lo and behold there it is on the crossmember still shining!:doah:
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I can't tell you how many times I ran over my old creeper. I guess that's why I have my new creeper. :dunno:

I had a 3/4" wrench inside the frame rail for over a year. It was on a bolt and jammed into the frame because I had tightened the other side with the impact. I was going to get it later...and I guess I did!
 
I found a pair of vise grips firmly clamped to a bolt under my 72 Blazer ,after "losing" it two years previously!...:doah:..
 
Oh,they were RUSTY all-right!...to the point they were siezed up tight,and the spring had dissapeared...but I soaked them in disel fuel for a few weeks and got them to open again!..I think I still have them...somewhere...if I haven't clamped them on something else and forgot about them again......................................................................................................I bought a few new pairs while those were AWOL,one of them is now on my Sears Suburban garden tractor's plow,it keeps the blade latch from releasing on its own when it hits a heavy pile of snow,it was a quick fix and beats taking the whole thing apart to weld up the worn latch!.................................................................................................When I owned a ;71 GMC K1500,my first low truck,I had it more than 2 years,when one day I saw something shiny down deep in the front fenders "pocket" under the hood...I got a magnet and pulled out a 1/2"x9/16" box end wrench,a 3/8" Craftsman ratchet with a 9/16" socket and short extention on it,and a Snap-On 5/8" impact socket!...SCORE!..they were a tad rusty,but cleaned up nicely,I still use them often...:wohoo:
 
i changed out my fuel sending unit. on my k5. It has a cutout in the bed for easy access. I pulled the unit out. replaced it. screwed everything back together. tried to start it. and wouldnt turn over! I pulled the sending unit back out a total of 2 more times double checked the inside connections and stuff..

but someone forgot to hook up the plug on the side of the framerail!! :whistle:
 
Was pulling into the parking lot at work on a very sleepy morning in my diesel/sm465 K20, put the trans in granny gear so it would just creep along cause I was looking for a parking spot.

At work we have 2 railroad rails driven into the ground on each side of the walkways between the parking isle. So I spotted a parking spot and seen that I had thought I had pasted the railroad rails so I proceeded to make the turn into the isle.

When the tire started to climb the rail it spun the steering wheel out of my hand, when it done that it pinned the tire and fender against the rail. Normally it would have killed the motor by now but it has a diesel in it so it pushed the tire past the rail and I finally got it stopped at the middle of the drivers door. :eek1: :doah:

Damages to the truck was driver fender, broke driver knuckle, drivers door, steering wheel not centered, and axle pushed back alittle. :doah:

Look around and see nobody around to see your screw up... Priceless! :haha:
 
My buddy had an old '72 bronco that he couldn't drive during the winter because it was too damn cold and the heater didn't work. One day we're messing around with it trying to figure out why it wouldn't work when he finally notices the 3 little words above the blower motor knob... "pull for heat". LOL :doah:
 
Spent 4 hours cursing the japanese for impossibly mounting the fuel tank in a 92 maxima i used to own while trying to remove it to change the fuel pump. Finally got it out using the tried and true method - *eyeball it, curse, drink beer, curse, drink beer, eyeball it* - only to find an access panel perfectly positioned over the fuel pump and accessible from under the backseat that was held down by only 2...T......W.....F***ING.....O bolts.
 
Was driving my old IROC to work one day to try to get it inspected, was running like crap, finally stalled out right in front of a chevy dealership. Had it towed. wound up paying for diagnostics and parts to try to fix it, but to no avail, had it towed back home, did some more head scratching. finally I thought to swap the fuel filter. when I removed the old one... there was no fuel spillage. turned the key on, pump ran, no fuel came out. reconnected the old fuel filter, got the lawnmower gas can, put two and a half gallons in the tank, fired right up.

two weeks, and $900, to find out I was out of gas. :doah:

blasted GM gas guages :rolleyes:
 
K5dreamer said:
two weeks, and $900, to find out I was out of gas. :doah:

blasted GM gas guages :rolleyes:
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LOL! I did almost exactly the same thing with my old '78 monte carlo. Luckily for me, I didn't have any money, so all it cost me was time... and pride when my buddy figured it out for me. :doah:
 
I spent an afternoon going through my edelbrock 1406. New seals, off road needs, new floats etc. I had the whole thing off so I could give it a good cleaning. Set it back on and the SOB would not run right, just wanted to die when i let off the gas.

Took the thing apart prolly 20 while on the intake and tweaked the floats. I thought well wtf. The thing still ran fine when I first took it apart and the one float sat half inch lower than the other. :dunno:

Well after lots of swearing and many beers later, I noticed the big vacuum line for the brake booster was disconnected :haha::doah:
 
When I put headers on the K5, I switched two spark plug wires. They must have been close enough, because it would run, and I'd been working on the thing all afternoon, and it was 10pm and I still had to get the truck to the exhaust shop so they could do the exhaust the next morning, so I didn't feel like figuring out what was wrong. So I drove halfway across Colorado Springs with open headers and a big flaming backfire out the passenger header anytime I stopped (at 10pm). My friend behind me said it was lighting up the whole underside of the truck, and I scared the hell out of some dude in a Miata at a stoplight. He nearly jumped into the passenger seat when it backfired.

Another time, I was teaching a friend how to change his front brakes. After telling him always make sure to pump the brakes a few times before you put it in gear, I get in the car and proceed to start it and put it in reverse without pumping the brakes. Fortunately, a couple seconds of frantic pumping later the car stopped and I hadn't hit anything yet.
 
Remembered this one, kinda long, but I'll get to the point:

I worked my way through college as a mechanic. Had a buddy who had a girlfriend we all hated, but he's my boy and her car was making funny sounds while driving so I told him I'd hook him up. Was busy in the shop that day, so didnt have a chance to test drive it, but I did get it on the lift and give it the once over. Front brakes were metal to metal. Replaced them at cost and figured that was the problem. Next day, she comes to the shop with her dad bitching about how I ripped her off for her brakes and the car was still making the same noise. Convinced her to leave it with me and I'd test drive it. Found the problem and couldn't wait for her to get back. Took her and her dad for a test drive swerving until the noise happened. Got back to the shop and she was like "that's the sound! Why didn't you fix it the first time" at which point I opened the trunk, puled up the carpet and showed her and her father the half dozen golf balls that were rolling around her empty spare tire area. Also showed her her gouged up brakes and told her I'd gladly put them back on for her and refund her money.

Hated that chick. Loved the redemption. They broke up not too long after.

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The other day, I forgot to hook up my power steering lines.
Had the pressure line pointed right up, at the hood.

Then I started the truck.
Holy sh*t, did it RAIN PS fluid! :haha:
 
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