Ever feel like a dumba$$...

[InFrnt0fU]

So I replaced the valve cover shit screws with M6 bolts and painted the covers a nice blue to match some engine dressing. All is well, and everything is back together. I go to the bank to take out some cash and get back home and I smell huge amounts of burning oil??????WTF. I go to get my tools in my garage and glance to my left to see the valve cover gaskets sitting on my work bench....DURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Definitely a DE DE DEEEEee moment.

Rerouted DDP and BIC thunder tomorrow WOOT WOOOOOOO.

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

lol. im pretty sure your not the only person who's done that. its the small things we gotta worry about.

ed.d.

EDIT* dont forget the gaskets on that DDP ;P

 

[suprahero]

No, I'm pretty sure he's the only one that's ever forgotten valve cover gaskets..............:biglaugh:

At least you didn't go on a longer trip where you could have ran out of oil and locked the motor up.

 

[The1]

At least you got your engine back together.. :nono:

 

[LilMissMkIII]

You're only half a dumba$$... At least you didn't take it for a drive without realising!!!!!

 

[Justin727]

OMFG :rofl:

Jesus christ thats almost as bad as a kid I once knew that forgot to put on his damper pulley and almost drove off in the car.


good thing you caught it.

 

[BlackMKIII]

Didn't you notice that they made a clacking noise when you put them on? :nuts:

 

[Poodles]

jesus I could only imagine the mess that made...

 

[AJ'S 88NA]

lol. That's a new one for me, at least you caught it.

 

[csnow]

Thats pretty funny.....

 

[TuRbOdReAmZ87]

Thats nothing!! I took the head off to replace the HG and i forgot to put the head back on and i started it. And drove away. :aigo: :sarcasm:

:biglaugh:

 

[SupraMario]

:slap:

 

[Zazzn]

the best is if you turn over the engine with the covers off and there is too much oil pressure and you send oil everywhere, when doing some quick tests for cams and such.

 

[super.secret.supra.club]

Thats nothing!! I took the head off to replace the HG and i forgot to put the head back on and i started it. And drove away. :aigo: :sarcasm:

:biglaugh:

i wonder how much compression your were running.:nuts:

 

[ValgeKotkas]

I snapped a cam in half.

 

[vdragonmpc]

I bought a center carrier bearing and paid to have it installed as I was too busy to do it at the time (and I didnt want to screw it up) now the index is off on my driveshaft, the guy tells me I have a U-joint going but he is afraid to fix it as he cant find my rear shaft and now the car shimmies on takeoff...
But thats not what makes me feel like a dumbass...

Reading the shaftmasters post about a replacement 2 peice just hurt me bad... Not to mention the awesome one-peice that they make.... siiigh

V

 

[cuel]

the best is if you turn over the engine with the covers off and there is too much oil pressure and you send oil everywhere, when doing some quick tests for cams and such.

I've done similar on a PowerStroke. Shot oil on the ceiling. Later I found out that they use a high(1500 psi) oiling system to fire the fuel injectors. That was quite a while ago.

I forgot to tighten the fan/w.p. pulley bolts on a Chevy truck(they were finger tight). Luckily I drove it before anyone else did. Never get in a hurry...

 

[buckshotglass]

I always wonder, when I finally road test my car, which thing I will have forgotten. I'm sure it will show up soon enough.

 

[LilMissMkIII]

We won't let you forget anything

 

[Mr.PFloyd]

We won't let you forget anything

We won't need to, his car will be done in 2010!