Anyone else have simple things make them feel less than brilliant.

[67440chrg]

I pulled my intake to fix a small oil leak. Cabinet blasted,painted and reinstalled it.I added new plugs gaped them at .0048 for my MSD ignition. Started the car it ran rough at idle fine at higher rpm.  It took me 4 dang hours to think to pull the dist cap. My old plugs were gaped at .0035 my rotor was carroded and worked with the less gap. New rotor and she runs great now. I was looking for vac leaks and everything else at first. My IQ felt pretty low for a while.

[bobs66440]

If I had a dollar for every time I chased a problem only to find it was something simple...I could afford to have someone else chase it next time!  
Don't feel bad, we all do it...it's called learning   The important thing is you fixed it!

[moparguy01]

No. I've had that happen to me..................................................................................that I'm willing to admit.

[SRT-68]

Dude, I failed on national television trying to get the Overhaulin' Challenger started with 9 sleepy, tatooed and pissed off builders around me. I didn't have the electronic distributor plugged in.     Live and learn.

[1968_Charger]

i run into that kind of stuff all the time. but one question, whats a rotter?   

[DC_1]

According to the dictionary:

rot·ter (rŏtˈər)

noun
Chiefly British Slang
A scoundrel.

[ChgrSteve67]

I thought I had a lifter going bad in my Charger and after replacing all of them on the passanger side of the motor I figured out I was missing two nuts on the exhaust manifold and the ticking was just an exhaust leak.

[bobs66440]

I thought I had a lifter going bad in my Charger and after replacing all of them on the passanger side of the motor I figured out I was missing two nuts on the exhaust manifold and the ticking was just an exhaust leak.

[41husk]

I have done hundrets of stupid things, but only after looking for a tool for at least 45 minutes, thats right under my nose

[Kern Dog]

How did CARROTS get into the distributor?
Did you mean Corroded? ( As in Corrosion)

[twodko]

Come on! Carrots are mostly water hence an excellent conductor in the dist. You just have to be careful slicing 'em to size.

[ChgrSteve67]

One type-o around here and your hung upside down and beat into unconsciousness with an organic carrot.

[bobs66440]

One type around here and your hung upside down and beat into unconsciousness with an organic carrot.

Organic is healthier!   

[quadram4]

I just did the epitomy of stupidity, I ntotally redi my complete interior, plus all new bulbs through out, hokking up the battery, I blew the stoplight fuse, well after blowing about 6 fuses and disconnecting everything, only thing left was the console lights, but cldnt figure out what went wrong, so I pull out the console bulbs and immediatly seen single pole bulbs in the double pole sockets, put the old bulbs back in no more blown fuses! I got the #89 out of the service manual, but the take 90s, I felt like such an idiot!!!!!!

[67440chrg]

You just like to see me go back and change my spelling. Don't worry I have thick skin I have ben maried twice so I know I am not perfect.

[Lost Sheep]

The other day I tried to wake my 68 up after a long winter. Wouldn't start, put battery on charger all day and still nothing.....forgot to clean the terminals.

[dkn1997]

I recently tuned up my 02 Tahoe.  plugs/wires/air filter bla bla bla.  within a week It develops a "tick" first I thought exhaust leak, but no it's coming from the engine.  I was looking for crate motors and just generally miserable.... then I decided to take a fresh look at it.  All I'll say is that 7 out of 8 may be close enough for horse shoes and hand grenades, but not when it comes to tightening plugs

[472 R/T SE]

You just like to see me go back and change my spelling. Don't worry I have thick skin I have ben maried twice so I know I am not perfect.

If you used the Firefox browser it would put red squiggly lines under misspelled words (like shown below) saving you grief from the grammar police.   You right click the misspelled words & a menu pops up showing different takes on the spelling, click on the correct one. 

Carrots?  You're on your own.    

[ChgrSteve67]

PEBKAC error

Problem Exist Between Keyboard and Chair

[41husk]

This can be a tough crowd!

[ChgrSteve67]

This is a tough crowd but still easier to deal with than the MOPARTs crowd.

Most of the time we are just a bunch of smart asses.

[Road Dog]

Once filled the car up with Diesel Fuel. I knew what I had done when the foam came up the filler tube.

[400/6/PAC]

I never made a mistake in My life

[bobs66440]

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.   

[suntech]

I have ben maried twice so I know I am not perfect.

You mean you have been TOLD you are not perfect!! 

[jaak]

It happens to all of us. In fact I got a "less than brilliant" story, I will never tell anyone.... too embarrassed, LOL.

Jason

[ChgrSteve67]

Had one of those days.

Changed the oil in the Charger like I have done more times than I can remember. Took extra care not to make a mess and fired the car up. Oil pressure got up to 7 then dropped to 0....  WTH......look in front of car and see oil on the ground... a lot of oil on the ground and shut off the car.

Well either the rubber seal fell off the filter while I was screwing it on or I tightened the filter too much. I'm not really leaning towards the latter but its not out of the relm of posibility. (and the old rubber seal was not still on the motor, I always double check) Anyways in the two minutes the car was running it pumped 5 quarts of oil into the engine compartment and on the ground.  What a mess.  

Note to self: In the future make sure the seal on the oil filter is properly glued and don't over tighten.

-Steve

[Bob T]

Burnt my left forehead up by the ( receding) hairline on the hot chrome Bassett header after a run by leaning in to pull and check the dipstick on my old Flatbottom raceboat . Aye yi yi     
Didnt do that again for at least another 2 weeks 

[elacruze]

Man, I can't count the times...

put 4 quarts of oil in a forklift...then slipped in the puddle. Installed drain plug.

put 4 more in, started. No oil pressure. Slipped in puddle. Installed oil filter.

2 hours cleaning customer's loading dock.

One of the things I have tattooed on the inside of my eyelids is 'KISS'. I've trained myself, and I train every new student that 99% of all failures can be found with a thorough visual inspection. Rule #2; it's not the computer.