So, I'm in the basement back in my dad's tool room port matching my brand new pretty weiand stealth intake I got last week. My dremel got slow and I went to pep boys and bought a cheap $20 nikota rotary tool. I thought it would last for at least this intake, and it wouldn't matter if it died later, but it died after 20 mins! Pissed off now that I can't get anything done I figured maybe the contact points in the old dremel were dirty which might cause it to run slow. I got some of that electronic cleaner that you spray on sensitive electronic parts which dries fast to clean it up. I sprayed all in and around it and black dirty cleaner started to drip on the floor. I thought, "Maybe if I turn it on it will help get everything moving and cleaned off." I turned it on and POOF!! The whole thing burst into flames in my hand!!! I just about sh*t myself because 1 1/2 foot flames where coming out of all the vent holes. I waved it back and forth trying to put it out and finally dropped it on the floor with a semi-burnt hand. Looking at it trying to figure out what to do I finally stomped out the flames with a rag. I though to myself you dumb@ss! I won't do that again.. It didn't hurt anything I don't think. Anyway I cleaned it up some more and hung it up for the night. I'm not turning it on again until tomorrow in case there are any fumes... Well I guess I learned something.
Something never to do with a dremel...
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In my pre-automobile days, I was relegated to tinkering with my Briggs & Stratton motor, and for a 4-H project I rebuilt one of those old kick-start Maytag 2-cycle motors. Well, I had horrible luck trying to get going, it always was flooding. (come to find out it was just a weak coil). Anyway, my little brother who must have been 9 or 10 at the time was helping me with it, and after repeated floodings, I decided that I wasn't going to wait for the cylinder to clean out, and I took the plug wire off and the plug out. I kicked it a couple times, and then saw that the plug wire had gotten close enough to the exhaust pipe to spark and it had ignited the raw fuel that had drained down during the flooding sessions. I probably would have done the same thing, but luckily I didnt; instead, my little brother trying to help took a deep breath and blew as hard as he could to extinguish the small fire. Instead, the added oxygen caused a massive fireball and he consequently had neither eyebrows or eyelashes for about 2 weeks. I felt bad, but honestly, who wouldn't laugh!?!?
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Chainsaw: $169.99
Savings on cutting a tree down myself: $500.00
Look on my wifes face when the tree smashed the new shed and misses her by 8 f****** feet: PRICELESS
Savings on cutting a tree down myself: $500.00
Look on my wifes face when the tree smashed the new shed and misses her by 8 f****** feet: PRICELESS
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I had a "near-miss" with my project. I broke the cardinal rule ...don't clean parts with gasoline! I had been cleaning parts in a #10 can and it was about 25% full of gas. I had just left it on the garage floor, basically forgetting about it. Well the next day I decided to arc weld on the cracked spring towers on my 69 vette. I got everything all ready welder plugged in and turned on, just finished adjusting my welding helmet, and was ready to strike an arc. Just before I flipped my helmet down my eyes focused on a #10 can directly below where I was going to weld! ...I didn't have a fire extinguisher either in the shop.
Well I talked away from that one without a scratch, but far wiser!! ...AND I think that's the real point here. "What doesn't kill you, makes you smarter/stronger"! Or so I think ...Mark
Well I talked away from that one without a scratch, but far wiser!! ...AND I think that's the real point here. "What doesn't kill you, makes you smarter/stronger"! Or so I think ...Mark
Old gag done w/ my friends to the kids (it only happens once, fool!). This happened to me too so I don't feel bad but it sure is hilarious. Working on a motor, of course kids always wanna help so we let them help us check for spark by holding the coil wire. Needless to say it is a "shocking experience" for any kid. Like I said it only happens once!! After that is always by accident. Heehee!! 
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Hell i did that to my self i didnt have the cover on my HEI and was trying to time it ..OUCHMagikal said:Old gag done w/ my friends to the kids (it only happens once, fool!). This happened to me too so I don't feel bad but it sure is hilarious. Working on a motor, of course kids always wanna help so we let them help us check for spark by holding the coil wire. Needless to say it is a "shocking experience" for any kid. Like I said it only happens once!! After that is always by accident. Heehee!!
I was just a young kid when i learned about hairspray and a lighter (HEHEHE its still fun). I thought it would be fun to boil some "water" my dad had in an old paint can in the basement. the "water" in the can exploded:thumbup: ...my basement floor was on fire I ran to the water hose and doused those flames:thumbup: the fire water was bigger now I ended up beating the flames out with......My moms Antique bed spread her great grand mother made, she had just washed and hung over the line to dry.:thumbup: I looked around to see if anyone had seen me (in a dark basement) threw the burnt bedsperead over the line again Inside out this time so mom wouldent know:thumbup: nevermind the burn holes in it ...i had gotten away scott free....till mom came home. But it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be because i showed my brother the same trick earlier that day and he burned a hole in my parents brand new popcorn ceiling and filled it with shaving cream to try to hide it....:nono: im surprised mom still loves us
sorry for any typos i have tears streaming down my face thinking about that day....all we do is laugh about it now
I also caught my trans am on fire one time. I forgot to disconnect the battery when installing the msd ignition and touched a wire somewhere. I smelled something burning and when I looked over the cab was filled with smoke. When I opened the door it billowed out and it turned out I fried the 12v ignition wire and all the insulation! Maybe god's telling me I shouldn't work on cars...
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Would now be a good time to own up to setting a customers car alight?
OK....here ya go.....
Was looking for a possible air leak in the intake on a V8 Mercedes in the shop......Thought...I know, if I spray brake/carb cleaner in & around the intake when its running, if theres a vacuam leak, it'll run ok when the cleaner gets sucked in
So....15 mins of squirting and getting nowhere...I give it one last squirt....but a little too much :nono:
OOps...wheres the fire kit :drunk:
No serious damage, just a fine coating of white powder everywhere
OK, Next confession......
OK....here ya go.....
Was looking for a possible air leak in the intake on a V8 Mercedes in the shop......Thought...I know, if I spray brake/carb cleaner in & around the intake when its running, if theres a vacuam leak, it'll run ok when the cleaner gets sucked in
So....15 mins of squirting and getting nowhere...I give it one last squirt....but a little too much :nono:
OOps...wheres the fire kit :drunk:
No serious damage, just a fine coating of white powder everywhere
OK, Next confession......
lol.. thats one bulled muscle..machine shop tom said:
and that shaving cream trick was genious.. id of never of thought of that..
Well this is my story.. but it didnt happen to me.. my brothers working for a guy who has his own company.. they build houses..
well half the guys are drunks i hear.. and the boss.. everytime i see him he has a 40 oz in his hand.. well they built the house all right.. but Backwards inside..
whos gonna own a company like that .. and cannot read a blueprint? lmao.. thats a *******...
Maybe he was drunk 24/7
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Believe it or not, I just did it last week too. Not with an HEI though. I have been battling this antique set of points in my Chevy 350 (while waiting for my new HEI to show up in the mail). I had my dad helping me and the truck wasn't starting. I went to recheck the points gap w/ feeler gauge, not knowing that my dad had left the key in the "on" position, providing juice through the coil. Quite a shock when I inserted the feeler gauge in the points. No HEI shock though (whew).
I'm laughing my arse off!!! I still have to fix my weedeater, it was flooded, pulled the plug, put a match to the plug hole and the whole darn thing caught fire, melted the rubber gas tank lines and the primer bulb. Car wash towels saved the day. Dan
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Sprayed brake cleaner on points once, put the cap on and cranked the eng over. POW! blew the cap to pieces.
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OK, this past Thanksgiving Dinner. My brother is the consumate grill king. He was doing the bird on the gas grill (Awesome!). He was also doing a Ham and some butter/garlic shrimp. Well anyways, he refuses to clean the grill in between because "it ruins the flavor". Needless to say, it was flaring up. Being the ******** that I am, I told him use the Jack Daniels to put out the flare up. HE DID !! (He's 46 years old, no less) I stood in amazement as he almost burned up the garage !!
So for X-mas, I bought him Welding Gloves, A Green Protective welding/grinding shield, a plumbers soldering blanket (to protect the walls from burning, when soldering) and a grilling cookbook. My family was in hysterics when he opened it !! I was breathless!
So for X-mas, I bought him Welding Gloves, A Green Protective welding/grinding shield, a plumbers soldering blanket (to protect the walls from burning, when soldering) and a grilling cookbook. My family was in hysterics when he opened it !! I was breathless!
While trying to figure out how to wire an '84 duraspark ignition system 351W to my '69 Mustang, I thought I had the wires right and gave my girlfriend the 'go ahead' to turn the key and give it a try. I was in front of the car when she put the key in and tried it. "Nothing" she said while turning the key. I told her to keep the key in the "on" position while I tripped the started relay with a screwdriver to see if I could at least engage the starter.
As soon as I touched the screwdriver to the terminals on the relay, the started began cranking the engine, but it still wouldn't start. "OK shut it off" I said. "I did" she replied while the starter was still turning. She held the keys out the window to show me that the ignition switch was definitely in the 'off' position now while the starter motor was STILL trying to start the engine, by now she jumped out of the car after watching a wire melt itself to my dash.
I eventually pulled off the positive wire to the battery which finally stopped the starter motor from spinning and made sure my dash wouldn't catch on fire while aiming an extinguisher at it.
This method of 'trial and errror' has pretty much been the basis of my learning experiences with hotrods so far. Which is why she likes to come over and 'help' me work on the car. I think she just likes to watch me destroy things and cuss alot though.
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As soon as I touched the screwdriver to the terminals on the relay, the started began cranking the engine, but it still wouldn't start. "OK shut it off" I said. "I did" she replied while the starter was still turning. She held the keys out the window to show me that the ignition switch was definitely in the 'off' position now while the starter motor was STILL trying to start the engine, by now she jumped out of the car after watching a wire melt itself to my dash.
I eventually pulled off the positive wire to the battery which finally stopped the starter motor from spinning and made sure my dash wouldn't catch on fire while aiming an extinguisher at it.
This method of 'trial and errror' has pretty much been the basis of my learning experiences with hotrods so far. Which is why she likes to come over and 'help' me work on the car. I think she just likes to watch me destroy things and cuss alot though.
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picking on Homer
Damn I don't know if I should tell you guys this or not,, this is embarassing as hell.. but I will,, Back in my single days ,after taking a shower one day, I noticed a small pimple like sore on my friend down there that I will refer to as Homer, anyway it was pretty sore so I left it alone, and the next day it was getting bigger, So naturally I'm thinking, since being single and all that I had probably got into something that I shouldn't have,, [I appolagise to all you ladys , but if you are embarested , you should see my face right now] anyway, I decided to go to the Dr. the Dr. kinda looks at it and picks at it a little, and then smiles, I'm thinling whats so damn funny?? but he gets a pair of tweesers and picks and digs around a bit and pulls out this curled up strand of wire about 3/4" long, and asks me where this came from?? Well it seems that a few days earlier I was cleaning up a head with a rotary wire brush and a strand of it had came off and assulted HOMER,, Man what a relief,,
Damn I don't know if I should tell you guys this or not,, this is embarassing as hell.. but I will,, Back in my single days ,after taking a shower one day, I noticed a small pimple like sore on my friend down there that I will refer to as Homer, anyway it was pretty sore so I left it alone, and the next day it was getting bigger, So naturally I'm thinking, since being single and all that I had probably got into something that I shouldn't have,, [I appolagise to all you ladys , but if you are embarested , you should see my face right now] anyway, I decided to go to the Dr. the Dr. kinda looks at it and picks at it a little, and then smiles, I'm thinling whats so damn funny?? but he gets a pair of tweesers and picks and digs around a bit and pulls out this curled up strand of wire about 3/4" long, and asks me where this came from?? Well it seems that a few days earlier I was cleaning up a head with a rotary wire brush and a strand of it had came off and assulted HOMER,, Man what a relief,,
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I worked at a shipyard in South Carolina for a while. One time we were refitting a cargo ship and a guy I worked with had grabbed an empty 5 gal MEK can out of the trash to use as a seat while he cut some steel with a torch. He turned the can upside down with the bung on the bottom and started cutting. Well the can wasn't quite flush on the deck and some hot slag found its way under it and ignited the MEK fumes. The can took off like a rocket with him on top. He actually launched up about ten feet then fell back down. He wasn't seriously injured and "Rocketman" was his new nickname.
Turned out ot be a bad idea
Years ago I stopped by the local gas bottle and tourch supply shop to get the refilled tanks for my dad. I paid for the tanks and went home to my Dads house. The owner, a small older man always walked around with a cigar sticking out of his mouth but he didn't smoke just chewed on it , Some guy tried to light the cigar for him and the place blew up maybe a half hour after I picked up the tanks. Distroyed the block building and the tanks to be refilled caught fire and blew up, went flying through walls and into building and blew up and burned those buildings too.
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Rat Rods Rule!
Years ago I stopped by the local gas bottle and tourch supply shop to get the refilled tanks for my dad. I paid for the tanks and went home to my Dads house. The owner, a small older man always walked around with a cigar sticking out of his mouth but he didn't smoke just chewed on it , Some guy tried to light the cigar for him and the place blew up maybe a half hour after I picked up the tanks. Distroyed the block building and the tanks to be refilled caught fire and blew up, went flying through walls and into building and blew up and burned those buildings too.
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Rat Rods Rule!
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