# 10. I remember helping a friend change the exhaust gasket on a Lotus Elan. The Brit F-wads couldn't use nuts, it had to be bolts, which required removing the bumper and both the inner and outer quarter panels to clear the manifold and replace the gasket. John in Indy
That's kinda like the car that put the throttle position sensor underneath the engine. Replacing it required removing the engine. I had a 2000 Buick LeSabre I absolutely loved except for one thing. The 3800 V6 is mounted in the engine bay sideways and the valve cover gasket next to the firewall takes at least 4 hours and at least that many busted knuckles to replace. So I didn't. I got used to the burning oil smell after a few months :)
#1 - Blow mold machine. I ran one in a plastics factory many years. Not as nice a setup as this pic though, and we had to remove mold flashing manually.
I ending up quitting and telling the boss to find someone stupider to do that job.
#6. Several years ago, I took down an old mill building. It was balloon framed with six by six posts through the floor to the joists below on brick foundation columns. I was removing the siding a board at a time to save the boards for recycling.
My brother had the bright idea he could pull the building down if I cut all the posts at floor level and he hooked his 3/4 ton 4x4 truck to one of the posts and he would use his truck to jerk the building down.
Basically the same result as in the gif...twice. Jerked the back of his truck about three feet off the ground. Didn't damage nothing but his pride and gave me a great laugh.
Yup, ran into this on my 2007 Passat wagon. Some idiot at the factory installed the shocks with the bolt inserted this way. Never did figure out how as technically the blocking part had to go in first and was not easily disassembled.
Fix was sawzall and new bolt inserted opposite direction with nut on the side with the blockage.
#9 would have been funny, except given the size of the girl, and the maniacal gleam in her eye. That cake was about to be the highlight of her day... -Just A Chemist
#8 Is that oil going into the airbox or did he toast an engine?
ReplyDeleteI think he just lit up the unburned oil in the two stoke exhaust.
DeleteProbably mounted a propane bottle at the back and ground off the neck.
DeleteOr is that a little turbojet engine on the bike's tail? Note how quickly he accelerated after that front wheel came back down.
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#6 would have been better if they'd pulled the tree over on their truck.
ReplyDelete#4 looks like a poor place to get a broken leg.
ReplyDelete# 10. I remember helping a friend change the exhaust gasket on a Lotus Elan. The Brit F-wads couldn't use nuts, it had to be bolts, which required removing the bumper and both the inner and outer quarter panels to clear the manifold and replace the gasket.
ReplyDeleteJohn in Indy
That's kinda like the car that put the throttle position sensor underneath the engine. Replacing it required removing the engine.
DeleteI had a 2000 Buick LeSabre I absolutely loved except for one thing. The 3800 V6 is mounted in the engine bay sideways and the valve cover gasket next to the firewall takes at least 4 hours and at least that many busted knuckles to replace. So I didn't. I got used to the burning oil smell after a few months :)
#1 - Blow mold machine. I ran one in a plastics factory many years. Not as nice a setup as this pic though, and we had to remove mold flashing manually.
ReplyDeleteI ending up quitting and telling the boss to find someone stupider to do that job.
A balancing day!
ReplyDeleteIn #3 I didn't see him pull the trigger, or see the hammer fall...perhaps pulling an Alec Baldwin?
ReplyDeleteThe video started the instant the hammer fell. Notice the trigger is already depressed?
Delete#4 He meant to do that.
ReplyDelete#6. Several years ago, I took down an old mill building. It was balloon framed with six by six posts through the floor to the joists below on brick foundation columns. I was removing the siding a board at a time to save the boards for recycling.
ReplyDeleteMy brother had the bright idea he could pull the building down if I cut all the posts at floor level and he hooked his 3/4 ton 4x4 truck to one of the posts and he would use his truck to jerk the building down.
Basically the same result as in the gif...twice. Jerked the back of his truck about three feet off the ground. Didn't damage nothing but his pride and gave me a great laugh.
Or maybe just a scene from a bad attempt at remaking 'The Gods Must Be Crazy'.
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What is #10 showing? An inaccessible nut or something, bolt can't be unscrewed?
ReplyDeleteYup, ran into this on my 2007 Passat wagon. Some idiot at the factory installed the shocks with the bolt inserted this way. Never did figure out how as technically the blocking part had to go in first and was not easily disassembled.
DeleteFix was sawzall and new bolt inserted opposite direction with nut on the side with the blockage.
#3 reminds me of when my GF and me took a bath together and......
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Which of you farted?
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#9 would have been funny, except given the size of the girl, and the maniacal gleam in her eye. That cake was about to be the highlight of her day...
ReplyDelete-Just A Chemist
#2: I can just hope there's an extra special hell for people who endanger dogs.
ReplyDelete#7: Must be her first time. If you've ever lived with a cat you know that you can't just wind one up and not expect it to go off.
#9: That excited look every fat kid seems to get when he or she thinks there's about to be cake.