[killerformula]

What's the biggest repair you've ever done in public?

I swapped my cam and heads in the parkinglot of one of my student houses during college, but it was sorta secluded, so I don't know if you could say it was really "public" but it was a dirt ground....

What about u guys?

This shoudl be fun, I'll bet some of you have done some crazy schit!!!

K

 

[oldschoolrods]

I didnt' do it but I saw a guy swap engines on the side of the road once

 

[tm454]

I saw...

a car swap ends after going off the road and getting into the soft shoulder, almost flipped but didn't, came down hard though. I set my timing one time at a car show, my distributor came loose, didn't have the bolt tight enough on the hold down and it got out of time.


Tazz


RAt Rods Rule!

 

[MI2600]

I once put air in a tire in front of a whole bunch of people. Scary man.

 

[killerformula]

lmao

 

[BstMech]

I swapped a timing chain on a 3/4 ton Ford in a CircleK parking lot once. It was nice to just walk into the store for a cold drink and eats. I swapped out two trannies at the carwash down the road from my house once. Hey it was raining and I didn't have a nice concrete pad to work on.

Then there's the occasional D.O.T. red tags that I had to take care of on the side of the road a few times when I worked for a trucking company. That was for work though, the timing chain and trannies were for my own enjoyment. :drunk:

 

[killerformula]

damn. Bstmech wins.

K

 

[Ghetto Jet]

I'll never forget the time my car was a 1/2 quart low on oil at school.

I've never had to do any road side repairs on any of my cars or my parents--we drive Chevy's.

 

[tm454]

Road side repairs are a *****!

My Chevy ran out of gas once...faulty gas gage don't ya know!! Your Chevy was 1/2 a quart low on oil?? Was your valve cover loose or did you leave the fill cap off??


Tazz


Rat Rods Rule!

 

[killerformula]

yeah, its sometimes difficult to decide if you want to repair or limp. I usually choose "limp" lmao.

K

 

[Ghetto Jet]

No tazz, turns out I only put 4 1/2quarts in when I changed the oil 10,000 miles ago.

 

[killerformula]

lol, with an orignal 85 CHEVY. Probably put in 10000 quarts 4 1/2 miles ago, lmao.

I'm just messin with you g

K

 

[schnitz]

All the way through August I changed the fuel pump in a bud's '94 Chevy truck in his driveway, if that counts. He is right off a rather busy road. LOL The worst part is, his float for the gauge came loose/ fell off the second time he put gas in. He's not in a hurry to re-fix that!

 

[killerformula]

oh damn! THat sucks man. NOthing like doing something twice in a row...

K

 

[schnitz]

I'm not real sure that he wants it done anyway. His '94 is in reeaalllyy bad shape compared to most. He's thinking of buying new.. again. About time!

 

[coldknock]

Replaced a timing belt on a Geo, roadside.
Changed out a fuel pump on my Nova, on the sidewalk.
Replaced the fuel pump in a Beretta in a gas station parking lot.
Changed oil in a Wal-Mart parking lot.
Rebuilt a Yamaha TZ250 engine twice in one weekend on the tailgate of a truck.
I built my 406 twice in the living room.

I do all my work in the yard, I don't have a garage.

Larry

 

[graverober]

I pulled the motor outa my 61 vw van and changed the flywheel and crank seals in the gravel parking lot of a junkyard
rebuilt the fuel pump on my 70 austin in the middle of downtown traffic once

 

[RCastle]

I replaced a H2O pump on a Cummins M11 on I-265 one night.Cheap moving company would not pay for a tow or vendor to do it so I got stuck doing it.Took our service truck out all the time for brake or tire repair.We had some bad equipment at one time,you should see what a set of tandems will do when they shear the spindle from bearing failure.One set ended up dropping off I-264 in the west end of town,down a hill,thru a yard and right into some elderly couples home.It blew EVERY window out of that house when it hit and landed in the living room!

 

[Rhansen]

Did a "service" on a stranded 4x4 (for a drilling company I used to work for) in the middle of a cattle feed lot - that's where it died. It needed a fuel pump, but while I was there I also changed plugs, wires, cap, rotor, oil+filter, and dropped in a new battery.

 

[dinger]

Changed a timing belt on a Vega on the side of the street, replaced a muffler that fell of on a trip home from a wedding, 150 miles to go, couldn't stand the noise. Dan