Stupid things you've done

Something I did this past weekend, prompted me to create this thread to see what other members did inadvertently - stupid mistakes.

Ok, here goes... I'm putting on my new oil pan, torquing the bolts per the torque specs, 18 and 106... Well long story short, I'm torquing all the bolts and get to the back ones, those long bolts, and I'm pulling away on the ole torque wrench and 'SNAP!', broke the bolt. I was torquing it to 106 ft lbs and not 106 ft in!!!! lol. Quite a difference. Needless to say, stupid f'ing mistake.

Fortunately, it broke above the surface of the pan and I was able to unscrew it by hand,. I'll be sure to have my reading glasses on next time.

good lord lol. you didnt think twice when you saw 106ft lbs for those little fellas?? i have broken one of those myself though.

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Originally Posted by chevrolet all the way

good lord lol. you didnt think twice when you saw 106ft lbs for those little fellas?? i have broken one of those myself though.

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snapped an arp head bolt once, trash in the bottom of the hole. hmm stupid stuff lemme see, oh dove into the water hit a sand berm, broke my neck, walked around for 3 days trying to "pop" my neck cus it felt funny, only to realize i almost made myself a quadrapalegic, fell out of a helicopter, twice only to find out later i exploded 2 discs and broke another one, my tolerance for pain is what usually gets me into trouble :lol:

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Originally Posted by LamboDoNoMo

snapped an arp head bolt once, trash in the bottom of the hole. hmm stupid stuff lemme see, oh dove into the water hit a sand berm, broke my neck, walked around for 3 days trying to "pop" my neck cus it felt funny, only to realize i almost made myself a quadrapalegic, fell out of a helicopter, twice only to find out later i exploded 2 discs and broke another one, my tolerance for pain is what usually gets me into trouble :lol:

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FINE YOU WIN!!!!!!!!! haha :bow:

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Originally Posted by kerrige

FINE YOU WIN!!!!!!!!! haha :bow:

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yea a lifetime of chronic pain, legs giving out from time to time, and some titanium :lol:

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Originally Posted by chevrolet all the way

good lord lol. you didnt think twice when you saw 106ft lbs for those little fellas?? i have broken one of those myself though.

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I know... my dad an uncle were even standing right there questioning it... guess I got to far ahead of myself.. I felt about an inch tall afterwards. lol.

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Originally Posted by LamboDoNoMo

snapped an arp head bolt once, trash in the bottom of the hole. hmm stupid stuff lemme see, oh dove into the water hit a sand berm, broke my neck, walked around for 3 days trying to "pop" my neck cus it felt funny, only to realize i almost made myself a quadrapalegic, fell out of a helicopter, twice only to find out later i exploded 2 discs and broke another one, my tolerance for pain is what usually gets me into trouble :lol:

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DAMN! You are a lucky man to still be with us.

When I was 14 I built my first motor it was a 460 ford. I spent 2 summers saving money for machine work, pistons,port and polish,and a huge solid cam. I was not sure how to do the valve lash. I called a family friend and he told me to just tighten the nuts all the way down and that would be it. He didnt know that I had screw in studs (dove C heads)installed rather than the stock ones that bolt down the rockers. What was crazy is somehow I was able to make it run but it kept bending pushrods duhhh. It took me a little while to figure out what was wrong. Of corse I didnt know any better until I read a write up in hot rod mag. I saved another summer for new cam, springs, pushrods,retainers and lifters. After a few years I finally got it dialed but I will never forget how I learned the hard way to adj valve lash on a BBF. Years later I tore down that motor to put into a jet boat and found where the valves were tagging the tops of the pistions. I was lucky I didnt smash a few pistions
That my stupid screw-up story.

Last 4th of July I blew my face up fairly well with a double mortar trying to relight it. Possibly the most stupid thing I have done in my recent life. Somehow managed to walk away without any scars or marks from it though.

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. I was torquing it to 106 ft lbs and not 106 ft in!!!! lol. Quite a difference. Needless to say, stupid f'ing mistake.


did the same this on a 86 300zx front wheel bearing...

I got married....twice :(

That must beat G !!!!

Not as good as Garrison's but here it goes. I have video of me at the beach where there was an onrushing current of water that had cut into the shoreline in a horsehoe formation. The water was pretty deep from my vantage point, so as my buddy was filming everyone else, my drunk ass decided to break into a run and do a perfect Superman dive right into that little river. My head dug right into the sand and the water only went down about a foot. We now use that incident as a unit of measurement called "Chris-deep". Classic video that I'll have to convert to digital format and post up for a good laugh

Chris deep, that is hilarious.

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Originally Posted by rkwhite61

............ I was torquing it to 106 ft lbs and not 106 ft in!!!! lol. .......

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Still not sure you learned your lesson. Should be in. lbs! haha

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Originally Posted by LamboDoNoMo

snapped an arp head bolt once, trash in the bottom of the hole. hmm stupid stuff lemme see, oh dove into the water hit a sand berm, broke my neck, walked around for 3 days trying to "pop" my neck cus it felt funny, only to realize i almost made myself a quadrapalegic, fell out of a helicopter, twice only to find out later i exploded 2 discs and broke another one, my tolerance for pain is what usually gets me into trouble :lol:

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Hahahahah not to be mean but i actually lol reading this.

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Originally Posted by 6.0vortecchevy

Hahahahah not to be mean but i actually lol reading this.

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Its cool most people do. :lol:

I'll put one up to start. Possibly more if I feel like really embarrassing myself.

Driving down the freeway going 60-70 (cant remember), I let a friend of mine go out the shotgun window and into the bed of my truck in an extended cab dodge. :sigh:

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Originally Posted by cjriojas

I'll put one up to start. Possibly more if I feel like really embarrassing myself.

Driving down the freeway going 60-70 (cant remember), I let a friend of mine go out the shotgun window and into the bed of my truck in an extended cab dodge. :sigh:

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dammit man, i cant believe you would drive a dodge.........

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Originally Posted by LamboDoNoMo

snapped an arp head bolt once, trash in the bottom of the hole. hmm stupid stuff lemme see, oh dove into the water hit a sand berm, broke my neck, walked around for 3 days trying to "pop" my neck cus it felt funny, only to realize i almost made myself a quadrapalegic, fell out of a helicopter, twice only to find out later i exploded 2 discs and broke another one, my tolerance for pain is what usually gets me into trouble :lol:

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these is all true we get beat up in marines!!

Try to build a fast truck and spending way to much money on it then loosing motivation to finish it in 100+° summer heat. That is pretty stupid.

Wasted thousands of dollars on a truck. Among many other things. Screwed some bimbos etc etc etc

8 1/2 years ago I did not insist on a life flight helicopter when everything in me was screaming "CALL THE PILOTS"

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Originally Posted by sprayedenali

dammit man, i cant believe you would drive a dodge.........

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Its two fails in one incident. :sigh:

here is another one with the same dodge:
Dodge overheated and left me stranded (go figure). I had no idea why at the time. Had to drive it back to base letting it overheat several times on the way back. the list goes on with the dumb crap i put myself through with this truck. The learning curve for me was more of a flat line :lol:

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Originally Posted by SLO TRUCK

Try to build a fast truck and spending way to much money on it then loosing motivation to finish it in 100+° summer heat. That is pretty stupid.

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Man I need to buy you a beer! We both have the same stupid problem!