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"DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES #1382624 02/06/13 09:23 PM 02/06/13 09:23 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	I start this thread every off season for a bit of humor and perhaps some enlightenment. when you make a major adjustment to your seat position be sure to check it wearing your full suit and helmet . Don't wait until your at the track and learn you cannot in anyway possible get your helmet on your head. maybe you can share a story of your own? The only request for the humor is to end your tale with "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382625 02/06/13 09:27 PM 02/06/13 09:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	one week later make sure your new removeable Lexan driver's window is not still at home on the work bench when you get to the track "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382626 02/06/13 10:25 PM 02/06/13 10:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc E emarine01 master
emarine01 master E Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,695 nc	When you ask your son if he put fuel in the truck.... remember to ask which truck

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382627 02/07/13 12:00 AM 02/07/13 12:00 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	Over 100 views and one reply ?? must be a bunch of ultra embarrasing tales untold here home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382628 02/07/13 12:20 AM 02/07/13 12:20 AM
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	When cutting a piece of aluminum don't grab the small piece with out gloves on, don't ask me how I know.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: ] #1382629 02/07/13 12:59 AM 02/07/13 12:59 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston S sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion
sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion S Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston	dont throw the jegs box that has your new seatbelts in the pile of other jegs boxes with the intent of installing the $160 seatbelts sometime before you leave for drag week then realize you never installed said seatbelts 22 hours before tech DAMHIK Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135 Follow @g3hemiswap on instagram performance only racing, CRT, ultimate converter, superior design concepts, ThumperCarbs

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382630 02/07/13 01:08 AM 02/07/13 01:08 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O 70Cuda383 Too Many Posts
70Cuda383 Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	Quote: Over 100 views and one reply ?? must be a bunch of ultra embarrasing tales untold here Na. we've just all learned from yours and others mistakes after reading these DAMHIK threads over the years. nobody is doing anything embarrassing anymore! When installing a new cam, be sure that you have ALL the old oil cleaned off the crank gear, so that you don't mistake the circle for the dot and end up with your cam 30� advanced. Don't Ask Me How I Know Photobucket sucks

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382631 02/07/13 01:12 AM 02/07/13 01:12 AM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion T Thumperdart I Live Here
Thumperdart I Live Here T Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion	Don`t forget to tighten the return hose on your fuel cell before starting the car and saying(4-gallons later )I sure do smell a lot of gas for some reason "Don`t ask me how I know"...............good thing I don`t smoke. 72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Thumperdart] #1382632 02/07/13 01:50 AM 02/07/13 01:50 AM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 982 western pennsylvania b1dartsport super stock
b1dartsport super stock Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 982 western pennsylvania	Don't pull over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike 1 mi. before the State Police Barracks at 1am coming home from a race because some wus just can't wait to take a leak any longer. Don't ask me how I know.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: sixpackgut] #1382633 02/07/13 03:43 AM 02/07/13 03:43 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	Quote: Na. we've just all learned from yours and others mistakes after reading these DAMHIK threads over the years. nobody is doing anything embarrassing anymore! DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ONE Quote: got a new one... never ever break the first rule of engine building...mock up and measure everything twice before final machine work/balancing. or you might find out that pistons advertised as having a .050" dome and expected to stick up .030-.040 past the deck on an uncut block, actually stick up above the deck .083" and then find out that the piston manufacturer changed the piston 3 years ago, but never changed the online description/specs, etc. DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW! home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382634 02/07/13 04:15 AM 02/07/13 04:15 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,648 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,648 aotearoa	make sure you've connected the external oil lines to the -1 head before opening the accumulator to pre oil the rocker gear, especially when your assistant has his head up close looking for signs of oil. ask me how i know lol

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382635 02/07/13 04:28 AM 02/07/13 04:28 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 740 WA JD Dart super stock
JD Dart super stock Joined: May 2006 Posts: 740 WA	Before you install that new gauge you ordered to match the old ones make sure it actually matches before giving the box to your dog because he loves to tear things up. Now you cannot return it.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: JD Dart] #1382636 02/07/13 06:47 AM 02/07/13 06:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,654 Southern by Choice S Shoozy I have a foot fetish
Shoozy I have a foot fetish S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,654 Southern by Choice	Make sure that after you repair the nail hole in your trailer spare (Chevy bolt pattern) that you remember to return said spare to the trailer before your next nail hole occurs towing home at 2AM (because your Dodge truck spare won't fit)...don't ask me how I know. Old, tired, and sometimes broke down. Me, not my car...

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Shoozy] #1382637 02/07/13 07:45 AM 02/07/13 07:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru domingo EL Master
domingo EL Master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,670 Lima, Peru	Pay attention when testing your electric fans and watch what you are going at all times, to avoid sticking a thumb in it and lifting ALL the flesh over your nail off. DAHMHIK

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: domingo] #1382638 02/07/13 08:21 AM 02/07/13 08:21 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,893 MI, usa dvw master
dvw master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,893 MI, usa	Don't wiggle the fire bottle brackets down onto the bottle with the safety pin out. Also don't mistake the oil accumulator switch for the on/off switch with no oil pressure gauge line connected. Don't ask how I know. Doug

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: dvw] #1382639 02/07/13 10:22 AM 02/07/13 10:22 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,022 United Socialist States of Ame... T tboomer Too Many Posts
tboomer Too Many Posts T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,022 United Socialist States of Ame...	OK,Fred! I will play...Don't get caught up in the hype of what everyone else is doing or buying..Nuff said!! Need your rear end checked out? Contact Grizzly!!

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: tboomer] #1382640 02/07/13 10:40 AM 02/07/13 10:40 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az Crizila master
Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Don't forget to screw on an oil filter before priming your new motor or - how to empty an 8 Qt oil pan in less than 15 seconds - or how to lube your new tennies for life. Don't ask me how I know. Fastest 300

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Crizila] #1382641 02/07/13 10:58 AM 02/07/13 10:58 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,274 s.w.fl B bonefish master
bonefish master B Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,274 s.w.fl	dont forget to put the PV plugs back in your 1050 dommy then turn on your elect fuel pump and let it run while you answer a phone call and then try to start the car.damhik. 7578641-086.jpg (62 downloads) Last edited by bonefish; 02/07/13 07:36 PM.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: bonefish] #1382642 02/07/13 11:16 AM 02/07/13 11:16 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: dont forget to put the PV plugs back in your 1050 dommy then turn on your elect fuel pump and let it run while you answer a phone call and then try to start the car.damhik. LOL.... that had to hurt

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: MR_P_BODY] #1382643 02/07/13 11:53 AM 02/07/13 11:53 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 413 Norway (old world) Oyvind Mopar mopar
Oyvind Mopar mopar Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 413 Norway (old world)	Assuming adjustable Milodon oilpump relief valve is correctly set, then fire up and with 120++ psi the oilfilter warps and dumps sticky oil all over the carpeted garage floor and primes the shiny Hemi with dust adhesive....And with the Schumacher mounts and headers it is almost unaccessible to adjust ASK ME HOW I KNOW!!

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Oyvind Mopar] #1382644 02/07/13 11:58 AM 02/07/13 11:58 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York slippery440 Crybaby440
slippery440 Crybaby440 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York	Here is one that everyone has done. Do not look down the carburator at the gas going in when the motor has not been timed. If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382645 02/07/13 12:07 PM 02/07/13 12:07 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,454 Glendora Ca. J Just-a-dart pro stock
Just-a-dart pro stock J Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,454 Glendora Ca.	Don't leave your trailer keys at home and tow to the track. Had to barrow a grinder from a buddy and remove pad locks from the ramp door to go play. "Just a Bracket car dressed up like a streetcar"

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Just-a-dart] #1382646 02/07/13 12:49 PM 02/07/13 12:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 414 No. cal., sacramento usa S speedy383 mopar
speedy383 mopar S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 414 No. cal., sacramento usa	After cleaning oil pan ,dont get distracted and leave a towel in the pan,,same applies to under manifold and inside manifold,Guess i have a hard time keeping up with my rags,

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: speedy383] #1382647 02/07/13 01:03 PM 02/07/13 01:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,866 North of Detroit HemiDart68 master
HemiDart68 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 4,866 North of Detroit	Household one. If you are working under the kitchen sink, and remove the entire drain plumbling, don't use that same sink to wash your hands. makes quite the mess. In God we trust, all others pay cash. www.lightnens.com (Home of the world's fastest Paint Job)

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382648 02/07/13 01:19 PM 02/07/13 01:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,032 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 26,032 Rio Linda, CA	After unsuccessfully trying to start an engine with lots of ether starting fluid don't cut into the exhaust pipe with an acetylene torch. DAMHIK The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: slippery440] #1382649 02/07/13 01:23 PM 02/07/13 01:23 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az Crizila master
Crizila master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,506 Az	Quote: Here is one that everyone has done. Do not look down the carburator at the gas going in when the motor has not been timed. or when someone else installed the plug wires ( a Ford guy inparticular ). Fastest 300

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: John_Kunkel] #1382650 02/07/13 01:28 PM 02/07/13 01:28 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,031 Raleigh N.C H hemiparts "Missile Pilot"
hemiparts "Missile Pilot" H Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,031 Raleigh N.C	" NEVER take a winner's circle picture with HemiFred standing behind you so you can't see what he's doing..." Don't ask me how I know Last edited by hemiparts; 02/07/13 01:28 PM.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: hemiparts] #1382651 02/07/13 02:27 PM 02/07/13 02:27 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,421 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY Dragula I Live Here
Dragula I Live Here Joined: May 2004 Posts: 12,421 Taxes & Virus's R-US, NY	Dont ask where the air filter nut is after the 10.0 pass I just made and pulled into the pits, and lifted the hood to find the air cleaner sitting next to the engine...Just pull the carb and get the dang thing out of there! '70 Cuda,...605 EFI Hemi Street Car (6.20 best pass, 1.33 60ft) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYw6RA-k5Bk (6.25 at 108.75mph from inside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zQEb9uxFng (6.25 at 108mph from outside car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCvfzsC4NgM (9.9) '66 Barracuda AWB Stretched nose Blown 440 Car in build stage '71 Duster Drag Car 400 Low Deck 512 best 6.002 at 115.44mph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znuo3jMUXTk

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: JD Dart] #1382652 02/07/13 03:46 PM 02/07/13 03:46 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,260 New Mexico A Adobedude pro stock
Adobedude pro stock A Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,260 New Mexico	Quote: Before you install that new gauge you ordered to match the old ones make sure it actually matches before giving the box to your dog because he loves to tear things up. Now you cannot return it. Don't bring elecrical connectors into the house and leave them where your Beagle can get to it....You'll never figure out where it goes after it's been chewed to #&%$ and the result can cause years of embarrassement. DAMHIK. 2001 Dodge Dakota 408 All Motor 11.27 @ 117.83 mph 2017 NM Mopar Challenge Series Champion.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: John_Kunkel] #1382653 02/07/13 03:49 PM 02/07/13 03:49 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,957 West Coast, CA T Troy master
Troy master T Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,957 West Coast, CA	Quote: After unsuccessfully trying to start an engine with lots of ether starting fluid don't cut into the exhaust pipe with an acetylene torch. DAMHIK OH SH!! That is a good one. Don't tell ANYBODY where that long lost Hemi car is hiding. ....there is nothing like driving my 1968 Hemi Dart around town and having people looking at you like you're nuts!!

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Troy] #1382654 02/07/13 03:58 PM 02/07/13 03:58 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden S sshemi top fuel
sshemi top fuel S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden	Do not trust two mech oil pressure gauges showing low oil pressure when you blow up 3 moroso race oil filters. Dont ask me how i know it. Last edited by sshemi; 02/07/13 03:59 PM.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: sshemi] #1382655 02/07/13 04:02 PM 02/07/13 04:02 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden S sshemi top fuel
sshemi top fuel S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden	Do not take your tranny down cause the hyd release bearing dont work when you have mixed up the pressure line and bleeder line. Dont ask me how i know it.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: sshemi] #1382656 02/07/13 04:04 PM 02/07/13 04:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden S sshemi top fuel
sshemi top fuel S Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,128 sweden	Do not forget that you have switched to a rev pattern valve body when nailing it. Dont ask me how i know it.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: sshemi] #1382657 02/07/13 04:37 PM 02/07/13 04:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 70 New Jersey Randy514 member
Randy514 member Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 70 New Jersey	Dont leave the keys for the race-car home in the garage! Lucky we were close to home! Dont forget to re-install the cap on the in trunk fuel cel. I knew I screwed up when the boy left the starting line and purple fluid was shooting out of every nook and cranny of the trunk. He said "I think we have a fuel leak I smell fuel" Dont drive an hour to race and forget your drivers license!! The tech inspector did accept a texted message picture of the license :-)

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Randy514] #1382658 02/07/13 04:41 PM 02/07/13 04:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,131 Amarillo, Texas BBR master
BBR master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,131 Amarillo, Texas	If you forget to install a PV in a carb, no matter how much you monkey with the idle mixture screws, it won't run right....at all. DAMHIK. Drag Week 2011 - 77th place - DD Drag Week 2012 - 2nd place SRBB N/A Drag Week 2014 - Kapooya RMRW 2018 RMRW 2020

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: BBR] #1382659 02/07/13 06:03 PM 02/07/13 06:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 53 Fort Collins, CO J justintyme member
justintyme member J Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 53 Fort Collins, CO	After you've installed your first camshaft, and invited your buddy with the Degree wheel and dial indicator over to degree it, don't button it up and assume he tightened the cam bolt back up after advancing it 4 degrees. 16 valves slapping 8 pistons makes a terrible noise, DAMHIK

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Dragula] #1382660 02/07/13 06:37 PM 02/07/13 06:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,935 Finalnd, Perkele J jyrki master
jyrki master J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,935 Finalnd, Perkele	When adjusting suspension, don't try with your forefinger wether the bolt hole is in line when twisting the bars with a pry bar; the handle might slip.... The positive side of the case is, that now I propably know how they invented guillotine. Plynouth VIP '67 TT IC EFI

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Just-a-dart] #1382661 02/07/13 06:40 PM 02/07/13 06:40 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,245 Between a rock & a hard place C cudadoug master
cudadoug master C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,245 Between a rock & a hard place	Quote: Don't leave your trailer keys at home and tow to the track. Had to barrow a grinder from a buddy and remove pad locks from the ramp door to go play. HAHAHAHA! I'll see you and raise you... Don't, DO NOT drive the 70 miles from your girlfriends house to your shop to load up and go racing...only to FORGET the shop/trailer/truck keys. PLEASE...don't ask me how I know.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: cudadoug] #1382662 02/07/13 06:47 PM 02/07/13 06:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,245 Between a rock & a hard place C cudadoug master
cudadoug master C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,245 Between a rock & a hard place	One more that's semi race related (involving a boat on the trailer)... Don't back it in the drive way and raise the jack to get it off of the ball... ...and get interupted by a land line phone call... ...then get distracted in the house and then realize you're late to pick up your wife... ...and you jump in the truck ASSuming you unhooked the safety chains and light cord... See, as you drive away in a hurry the noise will get your attention in a hurry. I bet you now know how I know, don't cha?

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: tboomer] #1382663 02/07/13 06:51 PM 02/07/13 06:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	Quote: OK,Fred! I will play...Don't get caught up in the hype of what everyone else is doing or buying..Nuff said!! Ted, put like that might be just as helpful as any other thread seen here home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382664 02/07/13 07:07 PM 02/07/13 07:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands BigBlockMopar master
BigBlockMopar master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,575 The Netherlands	Many while ago, on a GM-car... When swapping a radiator in your car, outside, in the near freezing winter cold, don't first disconnect the transmission coolinglines, and then decide it's a good idea to run the engine for a while to put some heat in the radiator, so your hands won't go numb from the cold...! DAMHIK... BigBlockMopar.com

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Just-a-dart] #1382665 02/07/13 07:09 PM 02/07/13 07:09 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA Leon441 master
Leon441 master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA	Quote: Don't leave your trailer keys at home and tow to the track. Had to barrow a grinder from a buddy and remove pad locks from the ramp door to go play. Done that at a rewards banquet at the end of the season. Career best 8.02 @ 169 at 3050# and 10" tires small block power.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HemiDart68] #1382666 02/07/13 08:19 PM 02/07/13 08:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York slippery440 Crybaby440
slippery440 Crybaby440 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York	Quote: Household one. If you are working under the kitchen sink, and remove the entire drain plumbling, don't use that same sink to wash your hands. makes quite the mess. I don't feel so much like a idiot now!!! I did that. If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Leon441] #1382667 02/07/13 08:33 PM 02/07/13 08:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,893 MI, usa dvw master
dvw master Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,893 MI, usa	Don't leave the reaction shaft support bolts loose when your wife calls you into dinner. I even left Five sticking out and one threaded in flush so I wouldn't forget. Don't ask. Doug

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: dvw] #1382668 02/07/13 08:53 PM 02/07/13 08:53 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	this is getting real good. home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382669 02/07/13 09:12 PM 02/07/13 09:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 89 Cleveland, Ohio B BB73Challenger member
BB73Challenger member B Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 89 Cleveland, Ohio	When finishing your new gas tank install make sure the lock ring that seals the fuel sending unit into said tank is tight BEFORE taking it on up to the station to top her off. Hey... what is that noise like running water? DAMHIK

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: BB73Challenger] #1382670 02/07/13 09:35 PM 02/07/13 09:35 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY HEMIFRED OP master
HEMIFRED OP master Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,502 SOUTH JERSEY	When you get new beadlocks and use a tube make sure the hole in the wheel is the right size and does not cut the valve stem ] "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 7579412-JimmyDurante.jpg (75 downloads) home of the Sox and Martin Hemi Duster

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382671 02/07/13 10:29 PM 02/07/13 10:29 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,384 Worst Weather USA 493_DART master
493_DART master Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,384 Worst Weather USA	If you are driving 2 hrs to the track at 7am and there are no bathrooms for 40 miles.......... do NOT stay up until 2am the night before drinking cheap beers and eating Hot Pockets......

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: 493_DART] #1382672 02/07/13 10:31 PM 02/07/13 10:31 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,384 Worst Weather USA 493_DART master
493_DART master Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,384 Worst Weather USA	Before you remove your 727 , make sure you remove ALL 4 of your flexplate bolts...... ( " what the F is holding this Fn thing in ???!! " )

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382673 02/07/13 11:23 PM 02/07/13 11:23 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 690 New Hampshire, USA O oldiron mopar
oldiron mopar O Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 690 New Hampshire, USA	one bolt turned in 3 threads does not hold a 22lb steel flywheel on to a crank with a loose register and the engine tilted back. a 22lb flywheel that falls from 5 1/2 ft. has sufficient force to cut a live air hose cleanly into 2 sections and still have enough energy to take an egg sized bit of concrete out of a concrete floor and still have enough energy to move the ring gear live air hoses cut into 2 sections seem to have a life of their own when kicking a flywheel, the flywheel wins 66 Belvedere Vert, 4 Speed/Jerico, slowly, very slowly, getting faster - NA LD Wedge New New Best: 10.56 @129 68 B'cuda 4 gear Jerico - Another New Best of 9.86 & Trying to slow up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4jDLKwd9Gs

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: bonefish] #1382674 02/08/13 01:53 AM 02/08/13 01:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 659 Tampa Fl K kens avenger mopar addict
kens avenger mopar addict K Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 659 Tampa Fl	Quote: dont forget to put the PV plugs back in your 1050 dommy then turn on your elect fuel pump and let it run while you answer a phone call and then try to start the car.damhik. Another fire???? call me sometime AJ..same ### Remember in here some don't think you should have a Opinion.. sad fact..

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: kens avenger] #1382675 02/08/13 02:24 AM 02/08/13 02:24 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,730 Red Deer, Alberta B bill_greenwood top fuel
bill_greenwood top fuel B Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,730 Red Deer, Alberta	Even though you towed it two miles home from the storage compound ALWAYS make sure the trailer ball is latched before you drive your car up the ramps.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: bill_greenwood] #1382676 02/08/13 09:12 AM 02/08/13 09:12 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,274 s.w.fl B bonefish master
bonefish master B Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,274 s.w.fl	Quote: Even though you towed it two miles home from the storage compound ALWAYS make sure the trailer ball is latched before you drive your car up the ramps. so, im not alone?

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: bonefish] #1382677 02/08/13 11:27 AM 02/08/13 11:27 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	Quote: Quote: Even though you towed it two miles home from the storage compound ALWAYS make sure the trailer ball is latched before you drive your car up the ramps. so, im not alone? My buddy did the same thing BUT with the tailgate down on his pick up... the force of the tongue going UP has PLENTY of force to close said tailgate(and much more) and it WILL leave a MASSIVE DENT in said tailgate DAMHIK

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382678 02/08/13 12:50 PM 02/08/13 12:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O 70Cuda383 Too Many Posts
70Cuda383 Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	Quote: Quote: Na. we've just all learned from yours and others mistakes after reading these DAMHIK threads over the years. nobody is doing anything embarrassing anymore! DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS ONE Quote: got a new one... never ever break the first rule of engine building...mock up and measure everything twice before final machine work/balancing. or you might find out that pistons advertised as having a .050" dome and expected to stick up .030-.040 past the deck on an uncut block, actually stick up above the deck .083" and then find out that the piston manufacturer changed the piston 3 years ago, but never changed the online description/specs, etc. DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW! yup. I had already made the timing chain mistake when I posted that one, but hadn't discovered it yet because that engine wasn't started till a few months later. I was building both those engines at the same time Photobucket sucks

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: dvw] #1382679 02/09/13 11:06 AM 02/09/13 11:06 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada Dodgem master
Dodgem master Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,746 Ontario, Canada	Quote: Don't leave the reaction shaft support bolts loose when your wife calls you into dinner. I even left Five sticking out and one threaded in flush so I wouldn't forget. Don't ask. Doug Hmmm??? That reminds me of A guy I know put them finger tight then started across the garage to get a 6 point socket he liked to tighten them then thought I'll go pee first then played on the computer while in the house. went back to the garage assembled the tranny and into the car, into the trailer to the track to tech and back call for first TT and car no moves no more!

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Dodgem] #1382680 02/09/13 11:51 AM 02/09/13 11:51 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 413 Norway (old world) Oyvind Mopar mopar
Oyvind Mopar mopar Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 413 Norway (old world)	A loooong time ago, I decided my 58 Plymouth deserved an inside hood release, so I started dismantling the outside part to modify it. Went well, but I lacked the wire. Well, bought the wire later and did some more repairs/modifications to the car. This was in the fall. Then we had a long cold winter, and me as a youngster took the car for a first great testride when spring came. Guess what I forgot..... Luckily the 58 Plymouth has an extended roof so the hood took it all. Almost crashed when it blew open at 55 mph, but was saved by brakes dragging to the right....away from the meeting cars. A friend of mine heard the whole thing, and wondered why he heard a bang first, then squeeking tires. Kinda opposite of expected..... Me fool? Oh yeah...

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Oyvind Mopar] #1382681 02/09/13 08:39 PM 02/09/13 08:39 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA Leon441 master
Leon441 master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA	Buy engine parts from a well known racer and not check everything you can. At least check thrust easy enough if a dial indicator is around but, didn't. Start swapping pistons and see wear on 1,3,5,&7 rod bearing but 2,4,6,8 are OK. So start ordering bearings without any more thought. Then decided to check thrust well .010 can be too much if 1,3,5,&7 rod bearings are worn. Don't ask me how I know. But, when you remove the thrust bearing for inspection guess what side is worn. Don't ask me how I know. But, it would be the transmission side. Luckily I have seen the thrust issue before on some one elses engine who could say., Don't ask me how I know. They were not so lucky as they ran it for more than one pass and needed a crank. Leon Career best 8.02 @ 169 at 3050# and 10" tires small block power.

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: Leon441] #1382682 02/10/13 02:37 PM 02/10/13 02:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,412 Weatherford, Texas RapidusMaximus top fuel
RapidusMaximus top fuel Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,412 Weatherford, Texas	The pretty...clean...white towel that you put over the lifter vally to keep random junk out while waiting to install the valley pan...should be removed PRIOR to installing said valley pan...don't ask me how I know...just for the record, it stayed in there until I had to change the valley pan for other reasons and SURPRISE...first thought was WOW, how did that get in there!!!! 1968 Plymouth GTX 1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318 2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: RapidusMaximus] #1382683 02/11/13 11:10 AM 02/11/13 11:10 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,336 South-Central (Sebring), FL Commando1 master
Commando1 master Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,336 South-Central (Sebring), FL	Don't retalliate to a mod's comment with "stop flapping your pie hole". DAMHIK..........

Re: "DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW" 2013 STORIES [Re: HEMIFRED] #1382684 02/19/13 03:53 PM 02/19/13 03:53 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 8,094 Sunnyvale, CA Jeepmon master
Jeepmon master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 8,094 Sunnyvale, CA	This one pizzed me off.. Dont drill an innocent screw hole in the plastic fan shroud while its sitting on the radiator.. DONT ASK ME HOW I KNOW!!! 73 Duster 360 stroker http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2594657

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