I couldn't get my 2 x 4 to work right. The secondaries never would come in. It would just BOG BIG Time! I pulled the carbs last night and guess what I found. When I first put the tunnel ram on we were adjusting the air / fuel setting. The cars started sputtering and wouldn't run for beans. We started adjusting the float level on the primarys and secondaries just to find out we ran the tank dry. After fueling up again we adjusted the float level on the primary side on both carbs. The one thing we forgot to do was adjust the float level on the secondaries. The rear bowls were bone dry and have been that way since the (SUPER TUNE) on the carbs. At least I can tell on myself and laugh about it. Lets hear some of your stupid stuff!! Keith
I just found out the #4 thing that is cool about senility, I can't remember all the stupid stuff I did!
Picking up a buddy's new magneto and spinning it to see how smooth it was. Despite the searing pain I didn't drop it.
Back in high school my buddy and I did a brake job on his 53 Chevy. Honed cylinders and put on new shoes. Let's bleed these things. Who left the drums off??
hmm.. howabout workin on brakes, legs under the car... while it's up on a jack..... not a jack stand... just a scissor jack. My leg has a nice lil scar... and the alignment needed a lil help too. And as for the magneto... wow that thing sure is neato... shockingly so.
I was stripping the loose paint off of my desk project front clip and had the guard off of my 4" grinder. I had a choice, I know, but the only flap type discs I could find this morning were 4 1/2", so I took it off for clearance. Well, I'm grinding away, stripping paint, and blip - I got my finger. So I'm thinking, Damn, that hurt. I need to be more careful. Just a second later I did it again. Dumb*** me. I then put the grinder down and went after my leather gloves. Good thing too, cause I'm pretty sure I hit my fingers again at least 5 more times!
When I performed my first brake job on my 71 GMC back in high school, I spent HOURS trying to hook the springs onto the little nub by holding the neck of the spring with a pair of needle nose pliers and trying with all my might to get the spring to stretch that far without popping off. I sent those springs sailing across the garage and into my chest more times than I can count. What should have been a 1 hour job cost me my whole weekend, and because I still didn't have the breaks right, I got my mom to drop me off at my job at the auto parts store (yeah, I was one of those pimply faced *******s behind the counter who didn't know whit about ****). I explained my brake spring woes to my boss, who just looked at me and without saying a word walked down the aisle and tossed me a BRAKE TOOL. Lesson 1: Always use the right tool for the job. Lesson 2: If you don't know, then for god's sake ASK.
So i'm 16 and go for the edelbrock performer and holley 650.Sure pop,I can do it,I don't need any help.Well,long story is that it's raining,and I know this is gonna add like at least 100hp right?,so I take off. Cool,except the fact that when I mash it if front of the house all excited,the pedal stays on the floor-DOH! It was a quick lesson that there's a throttle return spring.Tell that to a 16 yr old! And who would've thought about just shutting it down? Ya,when you pump gas for like $3.75 an hour,tires seem like a million bucks.Needless to say,I don't do that anymore.YA THINK?
years ago, 8 in. grinder on a rusty tailgate, edge of the grinder caught a rust hole and sent the grinder straight across the tops of both legs and the bottom of both my boys That little deal made me alot more careful
Somebody on one of the TV car shows built a blower motor and couldn't get it to run, tried everything, then took the blower off only to find that he didn't remove the plastic covering the bottom of the blower. And that was a "pro" on TV, so don't feel too bad.
About 14 yrs old me and my buddy took apart and cleaned the carb on his Yamaha 360. Afterwards could not get it to crank with the kick starter. No problem, we'll push it off. Still no crank. No problem, tie it behind the garden tractor and pull it. After pulling about 50 feet or so I hear it fire and he comes past me front wheel in the air and then he quickly runs out of the 20 feet of rope that was securely tied to the handle bars. The bike does and about face and he goes flying off and I about fall off the tractor laughing at the whole thing. Come to find out we put the carb slide in wrong and the throttle would only close about half way. Bob
This loses something in print but- Go home tonight and soak it in cider. Say it to yourself a few times, you'll get it.
Kinda OT but years ago I got into Supercross. Raced a few seasons while in high school 250s and needed a newer bike. I bought one that was blown up, new cylinder and piston and put it all together. Took it for a ride and man this thing screamed! That was untill it went POP and locked solid. You know when using 2 stroke that has sat for a few weeks SHAKE IT UP FIRST!
I am in the middle of spending 5-7k and 4 billion man hours to rebuild an old truck that will be worth next to nothing when I am finished! CHAZ
I built a new house on 9 acres last year. One of the old biddies in the sub division came down with her nose all out of joint wanting to know what was going on. I told her I was building condos for homeless people. The next day I had a visit from the county code enforcement, dept of health and the DNR. This is outside of the city limits so when the headers are open on the hot rod I cruise by her house a few times. My wife and I are the young people around here, and I'm 53.
We were putting our car club plaque on my buddies '27 T and he handed me the drill I went to tighten up the bit in the chuck and the drill was still on reverse.... Got a look from him like you dumb ***. Finally got the bit in tight and even drilled the hole.... guess what the bit was stuck in the chuck jaws the wrong way and I did not even know it until the hole was drilled.... I got another Dumb *** look! I said well I guess if it was going to happen today I was going to happen to me. Some days!!!
my dad 75 at the time and 3 like aged fellows were trying to get the mini mac chainsaw going after dozens of pulls even p***ing the tool around the group ...gasis full.... switch ..is on ....they removed the plug squirted ether in the cylinder and it popped once .. removed the plug again and tried.. no pop ...p*** around.... no fire ....more ether no fire p*** around and around now its 5 pulls per guy no fire ...15 minutes of pulling and name callin ..saw and each other plug laying on the bench DUH all around
Dispite being able to instanty stick your finders together, super glue will not stick to human eyeballs. Ask me how I know.
That's funny. I did the superglue in the eye trick when I was about 6-8 years old. Glued a couple of fingers together at the same time. Haven't got any smarter since, but I don't mess with superglue much either.
When I was 16 and working in a body shop I was pouring laquer thinner from a 5 gallon can into a spray gun cup. The gun cup tipped over and it all ran down the front of my jeans. Everyone in the room started laughing at me but I didn't get it..... until the boys started to burn. Within seconds I had my jeans around my ankles and my jules under the fawcet of the slop sink in the back room running cold water on them. All the while the painters and bodymen were in tears from laughing at me.
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