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Jul 19, 2010 | 08:32 AM

jnb5101

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From: charlotte north carolina

for a smart guy-

-i can pull some really dumb stunts! finally tried to fire the rebuilt engine in my 72 vert. i switched frames due to rot and just finished painting-no i didn't mess the paint up-not that dumb! the wiring harness isn't connected, so i used a remote start switch to crank it. it felt like it wanted to start, but wouldn't catch. played with the distributor clocking without any results. as a matter of fact it felt worse. sat down to think for a minute, and realized that i needed to put 12V on the coil, so that when i released the start switch the coil would be energized. wait for it-not yet! wired the coil and was just getting ready to try again and i leaned over the cowl to check the -this is it- the oil pressure gauge. what gauge? i forgot to hook-up the gauge. deep horizon here i come! luckily i had placed a small plastic bag over the end of the oil line so most of it was trapped. just touched the start switch and it fired!

Jul 19, 2010 | 09:59 AM

7t5

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St. Jude Donor '14

been there, done that. Except I forgot to put the oil filter on. It was a Grand Am where the oil filter hole pointed up, so I soaked the engine bay. Pure genius.

Jul 19, 2010 | 10:27 AM

BassCat

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From: Thomastown Mississippi

I replaced my fuel pump awhile back. Couldn't get it to start afterwards so I kept pumping the gas, thinking it's a new fuel pump, just needs more gas. Pumped and pumped and pumped-still nothing. Finally dawned on me that I had unplugged the hot wire going to the distrbutor earlier. Snapped that wire back on, turn the key and Kaboooom! Completely blew the right side muffler into pieces. It's a miracle it didn't go through the fiberglass. Wife still ribs me about that one. lol.

Jul 19, 2010 | 03:18 PM

BB72

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From: Kingston Ontario

On my first vette I had a 406 bottom end built. The machine shop didn't put the oil plug on the head surface. I put the rest together and I fired it. It started up great aside from the litre of oil it shot all over the ceiling and walls of the garage.

Never though to check.

Jul 19, 2010 | 03:27 PM

onaqwst

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From: detroit area

i put the front calipers on the wrong sides...hence the zerk fitting was on the bottom and couldnt figure out why i wasnt getting a good pedal...

Jul 19, 2010 | 03:39 PM

phildawg19

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From: Brookhaven Mississippi

Quote:

Originally Posted by BassCat

Bass i see your from thomastown. Im actually living in starkville right now. do you know of any get togethers coming up or anything?

Jul 19, 2010 | 03:58 PM

texaswilkins

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From: Celeste Texas

I was changing the motor/trans and had it back in enough it should start. Spent several hours trying to figure out why it wouldn't fire when I bumped my shift linkage and it moved. Put the silly car in park and it fired right up.