a little cock up this afternoon

[tomtomtom]

put 17 inch wheels on my first merc using the original wheel bolts, after putting the wheels on went to reverse out the garage and the car wouldnt move, so like an arsehole instead of finding out what was wrong i just gave it more boot...the wheel bolts were too long for these wheels and were protruding into the handbrake mech's inside the discs! i got the car moving but it smashed the mechanisms on both sides to smitherines!!! for the rest of the time i owned the car it sounded f*ckin horrendous! CLONK TINKLE CLONK TINKLE!!! i laugh about that car regularly, it was a 190 2.5D showing 150,000 on the clock but i think it was actually to 1,150,000! whenever something went wrong with that car it would fix itself within a couple of weeks, just not be 'as good'!

[bmwe30mtech]

Did the jack actually go into the sump spook?

If so check your oil pump is ok still when you change the sump.

At least its a time to change the gasket also, they always go in the end!

[jbh]

when i was doing my apprenticeship i done an engine change on a Saab 900 and didnt torque the flywheel up
car came back in a week later with the customer complaining that there was a noise coming off it like the big-ends were away

[spook]

Did the jack actually go into the sump spook?

If so check your oil pump is ok still when you change the sump.

At least its a time to change the gasket also, they always go in the end!

the jack just pierced the sump mate,

[hongkongfuey]

was that the hartge?

[hongkongfuey]

if you need some help give me a shout

[gooner1]

Changed the wipers on a granada in hafords car park, pulled the arm away from windscreen took the blade off and then released the arm...... bloody cold with no windscreen.

[suchy]

spook you twat

[spook]

spook you ****

i know mate
and rob, it was

[hammoj28]

I put the jack on my mini through the sill.

I kinda crashed it into a wood one day and into a tree, pulled it out, everything was fine but a cracked headlamp. But the tyre had come off the rim. Only jack i had was the factory one which i hate using but i had to in that situation. Just as i was screwing up the third wheel nut the fecking jack went through the sill.lol Good thing it hadn't happend when the wheel was off.....what a bugger. oh well. its got new sills now.lol

[suchy]

If it makes you feel better Spook, I ran my first car without oil until the end bearings made themselves known to me. Only then did I fill up with oil and thrash the tits off of him until I snapped a con rod!!!

[delphincabby]

death................ we love it.......... watched my bro in law spit his 318is pistons all over the M3 southbound

[Alex]

my advice is to getsome one else to maintain it, if you dont know how to jack up it might end up costing more than it would to get a garage to do it.


sorry to hear that tho hope you get it fixed

[suchy]

oh and I also took a tyre off a rim with a 180 handbrake with 4 people in the car- what a pr**k

[delphincabby]

i got a crane here if you need it fella

[spook]

i got a crane here if you need it fella

cheers mate, if i need it i will give you a shout, im hoping to wriggle it out thou

[delphincabby]

not a chance fella been there tried that, lift the block or drop the subframe so much easyer and quicker, that gasket is a right arse all in place

[jbh]

ive got a spare 6 pot sump here if you need it bud

[hongkongfuey]

i once drove a mk3 escort into a police car if thats any help

[hammoj28]

hongkongfuey wrote:

i once drove a mk3 escort into a police car if thats any help Wink

Hero!lol

[steve1066]

Only last weekend got my head back form the shop so I started to put it
All back nice and new. Vales re cut port clean lovely.
Clean top of the block new gasket on, bolted up etc
Finished bleeding the water starts up on the button.
But there is a strange noise, so I have look can not see what it is
I guest it was the power steering belt as it was shagged.
So today I go to fit a new belt, open the top on my toolbox
And there is a nice new cam belt tensioner.
So that is funny noise toolbox shut, down the pub
LOL

[madaboutthe30]

My friend pulled over to change his wheel.

Unfortunately it was dark and didnt notice where he stopped to change his wheel was a large drain........................Half an hour later he had no option but to drive home with only 2 nuts on one wheel.............once something goes down those drains, there aint no way you'll get it back

[robbo86]

I once put engine oil flush into the power steering reservior like a tit. I knew where the oil went but was being talked at by my dad who turned up to see what i was doing with an ambulance 4x4. Had to do an impromtu power steering fluid drain. Probably needed doing anyway as the ATF instead of being sort of a cherry red, was almost black, so it must have needed doing.

Lessons we have learned no 73 Dont get distracted by the reflective stickers and the flashing blue lights

[robbo86]

On that note, my first car was a nissan micra on a d plate that my mate gave me. We were unsure whether it would pass an MOT, and it failed, but on only one thing. The hole i had punctured in the sill where I jacked it in the wrong place in excitement at being given a car!!!!!

[Aleksandar]

Failed to tighten the screw on top of the shock absorber after doing the top mount so after hearing the famialiar noise again I assumed there was too much rust in the arch and I have to change it. Until I looked under the arch...Shock absorber screw(telescope) hitting the arch while the top part is all well tightened up. Not as expensive as your mate but very dangerous.

[Silverfang]

Good cock up....

Hmm, gotta be rebuilding the carb on my old 1967 Land Rover (YES! i owned one ) without gaskets... it ran alright, just had a habit of firing 3 foot flames out the top when it backfired, made for good entertainment value though!

[rikster]

over filled my bro's mk3 escort with oil and forgot to put the oil cap back on (i was young) there was a nice trail of oil down a long stretch of road lol he didnt let my cocky little mechanic wannabee hands near it again

[suchy]

did forget to tighten the wheel nuts on a Fastback I owned once, wheel wobbled a bit so I pulled over- ooops that was close!!

[hongkongfuey]

when i worked for bmw, we had an auto oil filler , i turned it on and walked off to get a cloth , i forgot it and filled a m20 with 12 litres of oil

[kam-325i]

I once forgot to tighten up the bolts on a gearbox on a Ford Cortina......
Then i managed to get the timming the wrong way round on the same car.......

Forget to put the oil filler cap back on.......Loads of times.........

[UweM3]

i once tried fitting a sound system, head unit, amps etc, when i finally turned it on there was a loud bang some smoke then flames and after about 40mins, no car.

it was a ford orion, so a silver lining to every dark cloud.

dont do electrics anymore

talking of car stereo, I once fitted an amp under the dash (in an Opel Kadett loooooong time ago) and suddely a thin stream of funny smelling clear liquid was pouring on the carpet.

Turned out that I had drilled into the car's battery when fitting the amp braket

[suchy]

I also used a house brick as a dolly hammer on a Beetle quarter panel once- didn't work!!! Needed to use said brick for said task as I'd hit said panel with a lump hammer in a fit of rage!! Teenagers eh!! w***ers

[murran]

i once tried fitting a sound system, head unit, amps etc, when i finally turned it on there was a loud bang some smoke then flames and after about 40mins, no car.

it was a ford orion, so a silver lining to every dark cloud.

dont do electrics anymore

talking of car stereo, I once fitted an amp under the dash (in an Opel Kadett loooooong time ago) and suddely a thin stream of funny smelling clear liquid was pouring on the carpet.

Turned out that I had drilled into the car's battery when fitting the amp braket

lost my second proper mechanic job at a garage by sending a 51 plate 6 speed fiat punto out with no gear oil in it after changing a clutch..... garage had to stand to a new gearbox........



"ill get my coat" i said..........

[spook]

I kicked the front screen out of my ex missus beetle after i had a ruck with her, i was sat in the passenger seat at the time,.
i hated that car,

[suchy]

I kicked the front screen out of my ex missus beetle after i had a ruck with her, i was sat in the passenger seat at the time,.

yeah but that's how you remove them!!!