Page 1 of 7 12345 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 25 of 163

Thread: Pics/stories Of Peoples Projects Gone Wrong!!!!!!!

  1. #1
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

    Default Pics/stories Of Peoples Projects Gone Wrong!!!!!!!

    Any1 Wanting 2 Show OR TELL ABOUT The Mess They Caused Tryn 2 Do There Own Work Go Ahead Might Help Others Or Stop Other People From Doin It In That Certain Way anything from body 2 interior 2 engine
    Last edited by Joey_21; 17-01-2007 at 03:01 PM.

  2. #2
    Ride
    VE II SV6 Sportwagon

    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    605

    Default

    ye my mate sprayed his whole engine bay, then decided he didnt like tha colour then sprayed it a diff colour then changed his mind again, so now its just a mix of peelin and ****ty sprays :P

  3. #3
    Bax
    Bax is offline Projecting
    Ride
    Nothing

    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    QLD
    Posts
    3,502

    Default

    I was about to say

    "What the hell is wrong with spraying your engine bay - then respraying it a different colour" haha. That's what I did.

    I really dislike people that paint their engine bay's black. Just doesn't look right.

    So projects that have gone bad, care to elaborate?

  4. #4
    Not_An_Abba_Fan's Avatar
    Not_An_Abba_Fan is offline Exhaust Guru
    Ride
    HSV Senator VTII

    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Bunbury, WA
    Posts
    9,095

  5. #5
    Ride
    VE II SV6 Sportwagon

    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    605

    Default

    lol yesss a mate.............. sum1 who drives a vr calais.... who makes up a stupids posts

  6. #6
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

    Default

    i believe t-roy is referring 2 me i did sum expieriment paint jobs that turned out ok but then tried 2 change em over and over and it just wrecked everything the started 2 change stuff back 2 stock now so its all good
    i painted my radiator hose white worst mistake ever did then turps it off then it started 2 sag and yeh its not been the same since lol

    tried 2 buff my car at back burnt lil section of paint



    cant think of anymore atm will post more problems

  7. #7
    88GreenVN's Avatar
    88GreenVN is offline Almost not here!
    Ride
    88 Green VN Wagon 389,000kms

    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Location
    Deep South - VN Country
    Posts
    6,240

    Default

    I've got a good one. Dad was putting new timming chain in the sigma motor 2.6 way back in 1988. An old mate came over to help him and they got the dots wrong on the sproket. The motor chucked a rod 120km down the road. It was specky with a great cloud of smoke with a clater clater sound. The car made a further 30kms getting slower all the time. Stopped 20km short of Pt Augusta. Cost $2,000 for a whole new engine. Yep just for a Sigma motor! Mum wouldnt let him fix it again not even from the wreckers.
    White 05 V6 VZ Executive - Thrashed Ex Telstra car
    and 3 Dangerous non ABS VN's

  8. #8
    Patrio7's Avatar
    Patrio7 is offline 3Y3 K4N 5P33K 1337.
    Ride
    '96 S1 VS Exec

    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Perth, Como
    Posts
    1,268

    Default

    installed a head unit into mycar, sits a fraction too high and the rear speakers are channel swapped..... cbf fixing :P
    attn Über geeks, i play Second life. Patrio Graysmark.

  9. #9
    Not_An_Abba_Fan's Avatar
    Not_An_Abba_Fan is offline Exhaust Guru
    Ride
    HSV Senator VTII

    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Bunbury, WA
    Posts
    9,095

    Default

    I did an engine rebuild on a Datsun ute with a 1.2 when I was 18. Used a crank from a 1.6, all went well...or so I thought...the only thing that wouldnt go in were the thrust shims on the mains....the things that stop the crank from going forwards and backwards. Got about 100kms when the temp shot up, the oil light came on and them rattle rattle rattle BANG. threw a big end, the rod came back down on the cam and threw it out the side of the block and through the guard. Was about 2 in the morning and I was about 30kms from my town. Had to wait for the bread truck to come past at 4am to give me a tow home.

  10. #10
    ephect's Avatar
    ephect is online now Donating Member
    Ride
    VS Acclaim V6

    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    3,263

    Default

    I had to replace the tensioner pulley when it become very noisy, nedless to say me and my cuzing where wrenching the thing when we thought we had it, when we cracked it, (the first twist). then dad come home saw us straining and walked over and watched for a lil, then leaned over and said, its left hand thread! we cracked up laughing for a while, then headed into town for a new tensioner assembly

    learning is fun, and expensive

  11. #11
    Ride
    VS Commodore Omega

    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Posts
    3,213

    Default

    This'd be a nice thread for General or The Pub, how come only posted in the VR - VS Forum? Or is that a dangerous question to ask ..

    Don't really have any pics but a pretty fun story, I had a blue VH SL/X a while ago, great condition the only problem was the blue 202 motor in it was broken (holes in three cylinders) so I bought a black 202 motor for it. Problem was when we used the Super Cheap hoist the motor went up out of the back of the guys ute, paid him and he left, then a bad thing happened. It wouldn't go down low enough to reach the ground (a good.. meter or two) so what did we do? Couldn't leave the engine hanging from the garage roof so it was Safeway Trolley to the rescue! And that is where the motor sat for about 2-3 months (I lost interest at the time), and finally we decided to get it out of there and return the trolley.. well that was interesting wasn't it, laid out some stocky tires on the ground and tipped the trolley (seemed like a good idea) and if I recall correctly the motor bounced slightly, then there was a mess of oil everywhere, all over the tires and it was a pretty sad sight..

    Both the car and motor are gone now, probably the closest I had got to a roadworthy car, but that'll change in a few months

    Lesson learned: Use rope when moving an engine around with a hoist, not the actual hoist itself!

  12. #12
    walesy's Avatar
    walesy is offline Aint no family cruiser!!!
    Ride
    Cherry Black WH II Caprice, VS exec wagon

    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Perth SOR
    Posts
    2,257

    Default

    haha juzza dont you know when dropping a 202 it should be attached to a chain and over the side of a boat... good anchors
    Going where no late model stato/caprice has gone before.... GAME ON!!

  13. #13
    BeNoS's Avatar
    BeNoS is offline PROUDLY ON THE PUSHY
    Ride
    1000hp trek pushie (on a good day)

    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Gold Coast
    Posts
    63

    Default

    well this isnt really related to this forum at all but it was for the old fokes
    for all intesive purposes it was a toyota camry
    anyway i went to install a new h/u in this thing wat a ****in **** of a job blew bout 20 fuses and the like then when i finally had it all rite turned the car on turned on the stez n wala the head lights were on dont ask me how or y but they were on and wouldnt turn off even wif the car off and everything so i disconnected the headlite fuse for the nite rewired it the next day and problem solved still to this day dont no wat happend

  14. #14
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

  15. #15
    Ride
    VS series I Ute

    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Newcastle
    Posts
    44

    Default

    I think I may have a story in the making with my attempted centre console install into a column auto ute.

    Stay tuned sports fans!!

    wangster

  16. #16
    vy_storm's Avatar
    vy_storm is offline just another moderator...
    Ride
    VE Calais V 6L

    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    the burbs of Adelaide
    Posts
    1,963

  17. #17
    Ride
    VK 5litre, GSXR600

    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    gladstone qld
    Posts
    146

    Default

    i built my self a 308 once and left 1/2 a main bearing shell out. more supprising it didn't seem to do any damage. wont ever do that again

  18. #18
    Trei's Avatar
    Trei is offline The Skaife Fan Man.
    Ride
    VT berlina

    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Posts
    119

    Default

    MY dad wired up a radio in my mum's Mazda Rx7 back in 1994.

    She drove it for about 100m's and it caused a fire, she parked tried to put it out... it got too big and it torched the interior of the car.


    They're divorced now.

    Go figure.
    If You're Not Touching The Walls, You're Not Driving Hard Enough.
    Is Skaife, Is God.

  19. #19
    Ride
    VY SV8

    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Barossa Valley SA
    Posts
    23

    Default

    Me and a mate were trying to replace the rubber overhead cam belts on an old GS Citroen he had at the time.
    We had the whole front of the car off, engine was completely exposed etc.
    The cooling fan on those things is connected directly to the crankshaft which needed to be removed, so we undid the big nut that held it on, no sweat.
    Then for some reason we needed to move the car a bit, can't remember why now , but we thought no worries, everything is still connected up etc, it will only be a short run so we can do without the cooling fan for a second or two.

    Anyway, so my mate hits the starter and the engine goes from zero to 90,000 rpms in about one millisecond, absolutley screamed and then BANG! it stopped just as quick as it had started.
    We looked at each other thinking "Holy crap! What TF happened!".

    On inspection we found we had left the throttle return spring disconnected so the carb was at WOT.
    And that big nut that holds the fan on........... also keeps the timing belt sprockets on the crank.....
    So when he hit the starter the engine went to max noise, the timing sprockets and timing belts flew off in all directions and we bent every valve and damaged every piston in the engine in less than a second.
    A very expensive mistake.....

  20. #20
    Ride
    VE II SV6 Sportwagon

    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    605

    Default

    lmaoo, gettin sum good stories, (shame about all tha damage 2 these cars but :P )

    Weissen was that car his daily driver or wat? if so poor bloke

  21. #21
    redcv6's Avatar
    redcv6 is offline supercharged intercooled
    Ride
    vy ss ute, diesel landcruiser 100s, hq panel van

    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Location
    Ringwood
    Posts
    533

    Default

    not really a project gone wrong, but dad decided to paint the firewall of his 2 door 57, then went and sat the engine in it. anyway when he took the engine out, they hit the firewall, it now has to be bogged up and re painted.
    johnny

  22. #22
    Spike79's Avatar
    Spike79 is offline Just Confused!
    Ride
    VZ Adventra LX6, VP Berlina LX, Citroen C3
    Bubble Shooter Champion! X-Pipes Champion! Alu`s Revenge Champion!
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    Brisbane N/W Ferny Hills
    Posts
    203

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Weissen View Post
    and the engine goes from zero to 90,000 rpms in about one millisecond:
    LMAO... 90000rpm!


    I've just got a minor one.

    When i was doing an oil change one weekend i had some trouble getting the oil filter off. My dad came out to see what i was cursing about. He says to me "i'll fix that" and grabs a big bloody screwdriver, jams it through the oil filter, gives it a twist and ripped it in half leaving the base of the filter still stuck in place. At that point i threw my hands in the air, said to him "it's your problem now" and i left. I still don't know how he got the rest of it off, i didn't want to ask.
    Mike's VP Berlina LX... Click Here

    Mike's VZ Adventra LX6... Click Here

    Mike's VP - Most Stock Award - March 07, October 07, April 08

  23. #23
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

    Default

    any1 have any faults by there own account share it in this thread all stories welcome if its from mates 2 urself or family like 2 here wat happened 2 people tryn 2 do there own things but didnt quite work

  24. #24
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

    Default

    i just remembered one about my mate wen he first got his car he thought it wood be a good idea 2 do handbreakees but he used 2 leave the handbreak up well he soon found out y u shouldnt do that his back 2 tires where brand new and they soon became square at one end round up the topp.....ud think he wood stop doin it after that but no he doesnt learn and did it again but kept lifting up the handbreak everynow and then
    makin the tires like hexagons..................this guy is a true idiot and deserved wat he got LOL

  25. #25
    Ride
    VY SV8 HBD---mmmm LS1
    Simon Champion! On The Volley Champion! Shootin Hoops Champion! Batting Champ Champion!
    Join Date
    Dec 2005
    Location
    Western Suburbs
    Posts
    1,292

    Default

    guy that i go tafe with this guy who is a......"qualified auto electrician" was workin on a car left a spanner loose in the enigne bay feel on top of the2 battery terminals causin it 2 short out and catch on fire wen he tried 2 turn on the car, funny thing was it wasnt his car

Page 1 of 7 12345 ... LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Projects for my VP
    By Cootie in forum VN - VP Holden Commodore (1988 - 1993)
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 02-11-2008, 10:42 AM
  2. peoples sigs
    By Garth in forum Site Feedback / Site Problems
    Replies: 32
    Last Post: 07-04-2007, 10:50 AM
  3. WA Peoples
    By The1985divo in forum The Pub
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 14-05-2004, 11:28 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71