Inattention to details=bad results
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04/09/20 11:06 PM
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Cab_Burge
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I have been working on my S/P car this winter, I removed and replaced the Koni steel single adjustable front coil over shocks with a set of Afco double adjustable aluminum coil overs(Thanks,Al ) and I had disconnected the inlet pressure oil line from the oil pump to the remounted mounted oil filter on the front motor plate trying to get the shocks in and out easier, that didn't work. I ended up disconnecting the lower A control arms to remove and install the shocks up through center of them, that was several months ago. I didn't hook the oil line back up then and paid for it today when I started the motor up and sprayed oil all over the engine compartment I was planning on checking and maybe changing the ignition timing if needed due to changing the distributor before changing the coil over shocks over. Luckily I was using a remote starter switch standing beside the drivers front fender and saw the oil spray out as soon as the motor started and got it shut off within 5 seconds or so, oil all over the engine compartment My message is check twice instead of not checking, especially on race cars when working on them
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 04/09/20 11:08 PM.
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/09/20 11:20 PM
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How right you are... I put a new Dr. Diff chunk in my 8-3/4 housing six or seven years ago. Finally got the Dart on the road this December... within 5 miles, locked up the rear because I'd forgotten to put the gear oil in. That was a $700 mistake.
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
[Re: 72sat]
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04/10/20 07:57 AM
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Yup been there! Had the front passenger tire off to do some work on the car late fall, put the tire back on hand tightened the lugs, spring time came, dropped it off the stands drove 1/2 a block and the flippin tire almost fell off, lost 3 lugs bent 2 of the studs in the process, lucky i had the long studs or could have been way worse, now i put a piece of caution tape on my unfinished projects to help remind me, including a start up checklist, checking the lugs and oil levels being priority.
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
[Re: bonefish]
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04/10/20 09:15 AM
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I fired my car after a transmission swap and had forgot to put the oil filter back on. I knew it would take a second to get oil pressure because the filter had been off but after those seconds were up I realized what I did and shut it off, big big mess.
I would like to take this moment to say that the powder looking oil dry at wall mart works really good!
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/10/20 09:33 AM
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I fired my car after a transmission swap and had forgot to put the oil filter back on. .... its a small block thing, you wouldn’t understand I made a stud nut set up so I don’t have to remove the filter now. Got tired of the mess when the 727 from L removal became a weekly/monthly ordeal.
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/10/20 10:48 AM
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Early 2000's...19 or 20 at the time....was going to a Mopar meet up with Fluffy (Mr P's silo party?) and was finishing up replacing pads on the front of the car. Was running late and decided to make the shakedown ride the trip over. First time I applied the brake I realized I installed one of the pads backwards....don't ask....drove it like that the couple miles up the road and hung out. Used first gear to slow the car down before applying brakes when I had to stop. Wonder if anyone noticed?
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/10/20 11:08 AM
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A buddy of mine that worked in the brake lab had just finished up a brake job(he was on a road trip in Cali)... being in a hurry he backed out and went to hit the brakes.. zero brakes and he hit a brand new big dollar Mercedes..he forgot to pump the pedal to fill the caliper.. yes there was a law suite on Chrysler... SO SH!T HAPPENS
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/10/20 11:24 AM
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Lots of brainfarts over the years . Back in the mechanic days put a transmission in a Volare and when I let the rack down....there's the torque converter sitting on the bench. Towed a broke down car for a friend, his wife's car."whatever we do DON'T scratch her car she'll kill me" Not to worry I know what I'm doing. Back the trailer up to the shop,set the brakes....car rolls off into the parking lot. Never strapped it down, wasn't even in park.... How it made it 12 miles is a mystery...😳
70` Cuda`,440 6BBL Jerico,Dana 4.56 Still on 93 Pump Gas 9.87 @ 136/1.31-60ft.`09 Mopar Nationals PASSON PERFORMANCE "Stick-Shift" Champ! 2013 StickShift Challenge Winner@ Mopar Nationals!
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
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04/10/20 04:08 PM
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While we're confessing brake job errors... I did a complete rear brake job on my old F-350 flatbed (Dana 70 axle). Spun the lug nuts down with a 3/8" impact but forgot to torque them. You can see where this is going Drove to the sawmill 6 miles away and got 2 tons of cut ends for my wood furnace. Coming back down the 2-lane county highway at 55 mph... no warning, wobble wobble THUMP screeeeeeeeeeeech. The left rear dually wheels came off and the brake drum slid on the pavement Ron White - Tire Fell Off (NSFW)One passed me like a cartoon and went 200 yards down the road in the other lane, the other went out the rear 1/4 mile behind me. Luckily no one was on the road at the moment but me! Bent the crap out of the 1/4" C-channel bumper too. Once I realized I could keep it straight and come to a stop, without being underneath 3 tons of truck and 2 more tons of wood, I unclenched about six inches of seat upholstery. The studs weren't even damaged, but my brand new brake drum was sanded really flat on one side... The guy whose house I ground to a stop in front of, phoned his brother to bring some lug nuts from HIS house. Unfortunately they were not the right size, but it was nice of them to try. So I called 911 since there were no shoulders and I was in the road. The state trooper who came out was the same guy who'd called me a tow truck years ago when I had a flat on my pickup (and the spare was also flat). He remembered me, too. He actually drove me about 4 miles to O'Reilly, I bought eight new lug nuts, and he drove me back to the truck! I'm always amazed that people in rural MO will stop to help a stranger. I put them on and drove the rest of the way home. Ordered another brake drum (Autozone lifetime warranty did not cover it, so I didn't try) and finished the job, using a torque wrench this time! Only once in nearly 40 years of wrench-turning have I done something like that.
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
[Re: J_BODY]
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04/11/20 08:32 AM
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I have two other oil related messes. Forgot to hook up my oil pressure gauge after some work. Stream shoots up, hits the hood and is distributed all over my garage. The second was 20 years ago when I put the autometer gauges in my factory panel. The oil pressure gauge is right over the column and I forgot to tighten the line. After about a mile I wondered while my feet were wet.....that pair of shoes didn't make it!
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Re: Inattention to details=bad results
[Re: Bad340fish]
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04/11/20 11:47 AM
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Last edited by Cab_Burge; 04/11/20 11:49 AM.
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