Dumb things you've done working on a car?

[87RB30VL]

I tried to start my auto VL in reverse today, took a few minutes to realize it was in gear hahaha

 

[LittleMissVE]

I tried to start my auto VL in reverse today, took a few minutes to realize it was in gear hahaha

I do that in my mum's car all the time. I've only ever had manual cars, used to starting it in whatever gear I want... Nearly every time I forget to put auto's into park then panic when it won't start.

Never actually worked on a car in my life, apart from changing a couple fuses or light bulbs in the old VT.

Not very clever with that kinda thing. Only just worked out the other day I was able to lock all the doors by pressing a button inside the car (other than my keys).

 

[Dr HaxZaw]

Seeing as theres a common theme here with auto's am i the only one who feels like a dumbass when you go to hit the clutch in an auto?

 

[LittleMissVE]

Seeing as theres a common theme here with auto's am i the only one who feels like a dumbass when you go to hit the clutch in an auto?

Nope. Do it nearly every time. Feel even more stupid when I grab the gear stick when I start to slow down or take off...

 

[ari666]

just poked myself in the eye...

 

[Stressball]

just poked myself in the eye...

What about your no-longer-functioning Silverado BCM? Shouldn't that be in here too?

 

[myvyute]

i had being at work for 2 months and got the job of servicing the work ute, anyways in the pit under the ute and dropped the gearbox oil (not even realising). punched a hole in the oil filter and fitted a new one. jumped up top and put about 5 litres in the motor. checked the dip stick and it was way over the full mark. couldnt work out what was going on. so i put another 3 litres in the ute. checked the dip stick again and it was still over the full mark. jumped back under neath the ute to realise that i had drained the gearbox. felt like the biggest dick. but still get a laugh out of it now haha

 

[ari666]

What about your no-longer-functioning Silverado BCM? Shouldn't that be in here too?

lol, turns out that even even though the silverado has two batterys, one of them goes flat and the other.. just kinda sits there. so yeah, no blown bcm's toady

 

[Lazyr8]

had my stereo on the other day while i was working on my vr was taking out the cluster to fix acommon problem lazy fuel gauge
anyway somehow i blew Indicator relay,later broke the black econ button surround ( fixed with super glue) and knocked a desktop off a desk not related to car but still was a **** day and full of fail.

upside is i fixed the fuel gauge :rofl2:

 

[GTS-Replica]

Put a vr cluster in a vn... i shed my self it smoked up hard never again...