Stupid Things done while working on a 914., C'mon..... Fess Up! Options

[ClayPerrine]

There was a request for a thread on stupid stuff done while working on a 914.

I will start......


I had my six up on my lift working on the rear suspension. I remember looking at the clock and it was about 6:50pm. I stood up to do something (I can't remember what now) and the next thing I know, I am sitting on the floor and my head hurts. I touch my head and I am bleeding. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) Seems I raised up under one of the rack arms and cracked my head open. I look at the clock and it shows 7:55 PM. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)

At that point, I decided to call it a night.


When I told Betty about it, she had a fit! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) Her response was "What if you had been holding a cutting torch!!!". Now she insists on checking on me every so often when I am in the garage and it gets quiet for a long time. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Ok... Who's next?

[tdgray]

Not really any stupid stories yet with the 914 - other than the unsual smack in nuts with the grinder and melt a glove with a hot piece of weld etc.

Two other car related incidents though.

I was replacing the clutch on my 73 BMW 2800CS. Out in the garage just working away. In those days my drink of choice was Coke and lots of it. I had a two liter and was juts taking swigs from it every once in a while. Had just got out from under the car and went to take a big drink... all of a sudden wicked freaking pain in mouth and the sensation that something was crawling around my teeth. Spit the coke out and TWO hornets come flying out. My freaking face swelled up like a ballon and my tongue was swollen for two days. Needless to say I kept the caps on the bottle after that.

Nother one, age 16 ... I was replacing the pipes and muffler on my 1964 Pontiac Bonneville (HUGE freaking car that thing was). When taking the old pipes off I broke one of the ears right at the stud... shit. I take the whole header off and take it down to the local weld shop. Guys welds the ear back on as well as welds a long stud to replace the other one. He brings it up to the counter and says "better wait for that to cool before you leave". At the same time a guy is standing next to me - listening to my conversation with the owner. I pay and go to get some rags out of my car to pick the manifold up... Other guy at the counter picks up the manifold and say to me "hey don't forget your"... then proceeds to scream in pain as he is looking at the thread pattern burned into his hand.

.... Here's your sign. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)