RE: Sometimes the simplest things (a.k.a. I am an idiot)

[Tom Duross <tduross1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

First brake job:
Put brake shoes in backwards, test drive hit the brakes (macho hard to
impress girlfriend)
and the wheel came off the studs.

Goober2



Jim,
It could be humorous and interesting for each of us to post some of our
dumbest mistakes. I have some that are still to embarrassing to post, but
two come to mind right away that I'll admit to. Once was when I reworked the
heads on my 64 Sport Fury 383. It would not start, no matter what. It took
me 3 days to figure out I'd put the distributor in backwards. The second was
a friend of mine and I were rebuilding an engine and when done, came up one
lock washer short. We figured that one out as we cranked the engine to start
it. One of us had dropped the washer down the intake and it tore up a
cylinder wall and piston.

/Butch/ Ferndale, WA

You may recall that a few weeks ago I posted that I had an issue with my
taillights - one of the bulbs on the right side illuminated both filaments
(tail and brake) when I turned on the lights.  OK, then.
Spent the best part of the day chasing down what I was convinced had to be a
short to ground.  Several hours later, after checking every wire in the
circuit, all the way up into the steering column harness, I found the
problem: I inserted the bulb wrong and it was grounding on the lamp housing.

I am now changing my clubhouse name to Goober.

At least the sun is shining and I could be doing worse things than working
on my beloved Fury.

Jim Jablonski
Royal Oak, Michigan
'64 Fury


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