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DEE TE DEE! Stupid me.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12
DEE TE DEE! Stupid me.
I did somthing really stupid!!! Yesturday I was working in the engine bay. I was using some tools (you know where this is going). I had to stop to pick my son up from school. I was just about finished with what I was doing. Anywho, when I got home I buttoned up everything. Today I took it out to pick up my son from school again. I got there real early,just waiting. Somthing told me to pop the hood and take a looksee. I open the hood and I see one of my HAMMERS resting on the A/C belt and engine! Man could that have been disastrous! I drove about 9 miles with that in there. I felt real stupid reaching in there and removing it. Do I qualify for dummy of the month?
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St. Jude Donor '12
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about a year ago I was helping my dad work on my sister car. and were using the 1/4 metric sockets and left a #10 snap on socket some where under the hood and went for a drive and lost it some where. it was only a 15 dollar mistake
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What can I say, I'm a Harley mech. too. LOL. I was using it to tap down on the master cylinder cover. I have been getting leaks. The cover does not sit flush. Like it is a size to small. This is the second cover! So I took the rim of it and sread them out a bit. The cover was just a hair off. I finally got tired of trying to make them fit. I used the old rubber gasket and cut out the two centers, then put that on with the cover and the other gasket. Now its a tight seal and doesn't leak.
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i left my little flashlight on the air-breather...drove around Toronto for over a week...
i remember being quite pissed at myself for not being able to remember where i had put it.
when i popped the hood to check the power steering fluid - there it was - i laughed
Ya gota be able to laugh at yerself , the odd time
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i remember being quite pissed at myself for not being able to remember where i had put it.
when i popped the hood to check the power steering fluid - there it was - i laughed
Ya gota be able to laugh at yerself , the odd time
Pete
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Hey Pete... tell me that young lady's name is not Wendy... she could be a twin to my wife of 21 years! Either way, you're a very lucky guy to have all those toys, and a beautiful woman to share them with, for sure.