Pop up headlights plus my stupidity.

[JamesO]

I was feeling very smug after swapping my 'project' wiring to proper nice neat original connectors, one of which i canabalised a perfectly good AFM for. So off I go to pick up a 4 pack and go for a drive to celebrate.
I got to the shop, turned the lights off and there was a loud crack so I bought my beer and thought its ok it must be the headlight linkage and i'll use front fogs to get home if I have too.

Try to start car and no joy. Its ok I have the recovery firm details in my phone , can't find phone and I lost my wallet on sat which had the recovery membership card in. Bugger

So I open the bonnet to find the wiring For the intake temp sensor had got caught in the headlight linkage, ripped the wiring out of the TPS and smashed the nice plug I had just fitted to the temp sensor into the fan, which was running by the looks of whats left.

So no phone or recovery company number I spent the next hour trying to bodge the minimum to get the car running. Of course I also parked in the darkest part of the car park (furthest from other cars) and had no torch, glad Porsche had the forsight to put a lamp under the bonnet.

Got it running (just) after much swearing, skin loss and babied it home, pulled into the driveway and the phone rings from under the drivers seat tw@t!

Shows how much harm can be done by forgetting to secure one wire, how evil that linkage can be and never tinker with cars the day you give up smoking.
Now at home having a beer feeling pretty daft.

 

[Alexw]

I'm so sorry but...
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
That story has made my day, thanks! You couldn't make it up [] Especially the phone ringing []
I think we've all done something daft, I remember when I did a compression test on mine last year I think, I put everything back together - it wouldn't start. I had a good flap and drained the battery trying to start it, had to jump it and found the leads weren't long enough. After about 20mins of scratching my head and wondering wtf I'd done I put my hand in my pocket and found the fuse for the fuel pump........
I've done much more then that too, like punching myself in the face while undoing a bolt somewhere the engine bay (oddly enough I don't remember where), the bolt suddenly came away and my hand slipped - gave myself a black eye and sore head from flying backwards into the wall. That's as far as I'll go today in case I embarrass myself.....

Still, make sure you learn from it!

 

[JamesO]

I wouldn't believe it if it hadn't just happened to me, although mostly my own fault.

 

[Peter_Bull]

Those are funny stories guys - made me laugh out loud too!!!

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Undoing oil cooler housing on a lux from underneath - very suprised to get face full and I do mean full of water and oil.
Mike

 

[ChasR]

Where do I start?

Starting up an old shed we had with a holed oil filter. It was taped up by a previous owner. Soon as I saw the oil (it didn't take long!), cut it out. The mess wasn't pretty.
Wondering why a Mondeo converted to LPG was misfiring. Changed the coilpack etc. from my working one. Left two injector nozzle reducers off.

If only our last V6 was so kind on us (Valve seat recession and warped heads, and even after a new engine it still bloody misfires under load).

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Ok then .... the oil cooler is just the most recent - I think I can still taste it! I changed the seals etc figureing all the water was now out (I did attempt to drain both oil and water before I started!) All boltts secure filled fluids fired up check oil - instant expresso! Some of the water obviously made it to the sump as the cooler was being loosened. 3 filters and 20 litres of oil and its running nicely (148Bhp)
It looked so easy on my old engine sitting on a trolley!
Mike