My Major Balls up of the Day!! Can You Beat It??

[cliffybabe]

i didnt put the bolt back int eh brake carrier correctly and threw the calpier and carrier around until the car snapped forward and wouldnt move no more, it was interesting i guess

[brian325i]

20euro of diesel into a 318i(petrol)

when my m50 started was all excited and took off down de road,returned to see wat the vibration was,4 loose wheels,barely put on.

[Jesus325iTouring]

when my m50 started was all excited and took off down de road,returned to see wat the vibration was,4 loose wheels,barely put on.

Nice to see i'm not the only one to forget wheel nuts

[e30bmlover]

I rebuilt the engine of the Nissan 200sx I had.

I fitted engine, started it up. There was a very slight knocking noise at about 2500rpm.

Engine back out.
I'd put the centre main bearing in upside down, as there is an oil hole in one shell and not in the other, so parts of the crank were starved of oil.

Corrected that, engine back in and started.

A mile up the road, death rattle! LOUD death rattle

Engine back out, I'd forgotten to tighten the big end nuts this time!

lmao, what does this death rattle sound like???

[HairyScreech]

my best this month was getting half way to my new house in swansea and leaving my house keys in my pairents house. quick hour detour.

fitting my new engine with out freeing the clutch from the flywheel it was stuck to.

but i think my biggest balls up was buying a mini. just dont do it, there awful.

[maxfield]

20euro of diesel into a 318i(petrol)

Pffft, my Dad put £50 worth of Diesel in! (About ┚¬70)

[m7roadrunner]

A friend of mine (honest!) changed the diff on an old rwd starlet,tightened everything up, jumped in started the car, and took off through the end of the shed,wrecking shed and car! He had bolted the diff in upside down
I put new taps on a 208ltr barrel, tipped it on its side and started filling a 20ltr drum.About twenty mins later suddenly remembered,returned to find an empty barrel and an inch of gear oil floating in the pit!

[keri-WMS]

I normally catch, trap, cut, graze, bruise body parts when working on motors but, 'NEVER' my balls

while angle grinding a rusty mk1 escort once, my bro set light to the crotch area on his overalls

Ah yes, but that's common practice for me! I seem to remember having to come and tell you that your E30 you had just been welding was genuinely on fire...

Funniest "oops" story I've heard was some guy in the US asking on the forums why his NOS system didn't work very well. He explained how he had properly drilled and tapped one of his cam-covers, and once installed the injector had a decent seal didn't leak and that the system WAS working because the tank was running down as he used it....

[maxfield]

What about the tit that used a sock as a oil cap?

[doughboy]

no major fook ups yet.

filled a gearbox up then went in. Came out the next day and my garage smelled like arseholes. Yes, I'd left the drain plug off.

[bodger]

a mate of mine got work experience at a volkswagon dealers, thinking he was now a mechanic after his first day decided to service his mums mk1 fiesta, drained oil and then poured in new oil, forgot to put sump nut back in and theres 5ltrs of new oil all over the road, then tried fitting a sunstrip to the inside of the windscreen, first step try pulling off rear view mirror and smash windscreen, mum wasnt pleased

[gareth]

I normally catch, trap, cut, graze, bruise body parts when working on motors but, 'NEVER' my balls

while angle grinding a rusty mk1 escort once, my bro set light to the crotch area on his overalls

Ah yes, but that's common practice for me! I seem to remember having to come and tell you that your E30 you had just been welding was genuinely on fire...

forgot about that! one less 4 door chrome turd on the roads!!!!

[appletree]

mid way through my supercharger build i rigged it all up to run on montronic just to prove it all worked.

it didnt, would idle fine but wouldnt rev atall and was very jumpy but drove ok over around 4krpm with little load. came home and spent from 18.00 till 23.30 with the car sat on the drive reving it and playing with my adjustable fuel reg only to find i hadnt plugged the AFM in!! DOH!!

connected it back up and all was ok!

[Cyruz]

Hmmm trying to decide from the many stupid things I've done...

Spent a week checking all the electrics with a multimeter because the car wouldn't turn over (after installing a chip) only to click on I should try the standard ecu... surprise surprise!

Left brake caliper bolts loose and it fell off mid highstreet and jammed the wheel bringing me to a smokey stop

More recently coming back from a drift day I left the rear left wheel nuts all finger tight. Two sheared in the hub and the wheel sidewall hit the inside of the arch and burst on the motorway Was a fun AA ride home!

[appletree]

Think i might just go an check my wheel nuts..... just to be safe!

[DRIFTBOY]

lmao, what does this death rattle sound like???

It's the loudest, nastiest, most unmistakeable metallic clonking/banging that you'll ever hear!
Often followed by a very large single bang, then the sound of swearing!

I've heard it a few times now!

[koos]

Saw a guy at work once overfill a truck engine with oil, 70l instead of 35l. He and his apprentice filled up the oil . Ever seen a diesel run on its own? they burn the excess oil, quick, very quick truck They dont switch off till the excess oil is burnt away.

Was in a hurry changing a viscous on a truck one day and dropped it, it put a hole in a £700 radiator

Too many funny things happen at work

Another guy changed a van engine that cracked a piston and forgot to change the intercooler, there was about 5L of oil in it, it started first time and surpassed its 4300rpm rev limit, not sure how high it went as the rev counter stops at 7500rpm.

[e30bmlover]

lmao, what does this death rattle sound like???

It's the loudest, nastiest, most unmistakeable metallic clonking/banging that you'll ever hear!
Often followed by a very large single bang, then the sound of swearing!

I've heard it a few times now!

lmao, i will keep an ear open for it.

[e30bmlover]

i've changed the gearbox on a mk2 escort before, only to realise once it was all fitted that i'd taken the broken one off... then refitted it

for me, this one is the winner, i laughed for ages

[ric325i]

i've changed the gearbox on a mk2 escort before, only to realise once it was all fitted that i'd taken the broken one off... then refitted it

for me, this one is the winner, i laughed for ages

that is a classis!
ive done it with less major things


i spent a day lowering my 325i (1st time i have lowered a car) and i some how cross-threaded both top bolts on the shocks they both were brand new.
guess you should stop working at 1:00am in the pitch black....patience.



i let my brother use my breaker bar taking the old engine mounts off my m30 lump (engine was off the car) and after a few mins he was still fighting it until 'SNAP', he feel over and said "got it".....

he was turning the wrong way all that time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
snapped it in the block but i could use my fingers to twist the rest of the bolt the right way and get the rest of the bolt out.
what a numpty