sometimes I amaze myself
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From: Huntersville NC
sometimes I amaze myself
I do the stupidest things sometimes 
Even without trying!! Even when I am being careful. I was reassembling my shifter today, putting the center console back together, and you know that little spring that goes on the shifter. I put it in the hollow shifter and it slips down to god knows where!!!! 
Fortunately, after about 10 minutes I was able to fish it out with a coat hanger. So the little lockout thingy goes on FIRST, then the spring, then the ****.... duh! 
Even without trying!! Even when I am being careful. I was reassembling my shifter today, putting the center console back together, and you know that little spring that goes on the shifter. I put it in the hollow shifter and it slips down to god knows where!!!! Fortunately, after about 10 minutes I was able to fish it out with a coat hanger. So the little lockout thingy goes on FIRST, then the spring, then the ****.... duh!
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From: Huntersville NC
Originally Posted by Fevre
BTDT, use one of those pen extension magnets next time.
For a few minutes I was wondering if the spring didn't fall all the way INTO the transmission!!
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I almost did a dumb thing last night. I was prepping my new rebuilt trailing arms for the install. In my excitement I went ahead and installed the shock mount bolt without also installing the camber rod. I ruined the previouis shock mount bolts trying to get them out of the old trailing arms spindle supports. I was sitting there cursing the day I was born for doing this. Then I realized that I had greased the spindle supports where the shock mount bolt passes thru just incase I ever needed to remove them again. I grabbed a BFH and lightly tapped the shock mount bolt out. I ended up not embarrassing myself to much but it could have been bad if I had ruined another shock mount bolt.
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ok , here is another one... this is something everybody does once, right? but once is enough, and then never again. But I have put a bend in a fuel line (or brake line) only to find both fittings on the wrong side of the bend! done it 3 times I think... ugh!
done it 3 times I think... ugh!
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by PRNDL
ok , here is another one... this is something everybody does once, right? but once is enough, and then never again. But I have put a bend in a fuel line (or brake line) only to find both fittings on the wrong side of the bend! done it 3 times I think... ugh!
done it 3 times I think... ugh!
That's why I tape the fittings to the ends now.
