shoot me --just shoot me

i gota tell you guys -- i built that little one bay garage just for my galaxie-- nothing goes in there unless its for that car--

Charlotte-- 60 miles due south

Originally Posted by deadhorse

i gota tell you guys -- i built that little one bay garage just for my galaxie-- nothing goes in there unless its for that car--

It appears that nothing else will fit!

Everybody has screwed up at some time during thier life. I built a 428 CJ in 1970. Had it completely built and installed in the car. Fired her up and had zero oil pressure. The problem was duh I left off the oil filter and pumped five quarts of Pennzoil on the shop floor. If anyone you know swears he hasn't screwed up one time or the other he's lying.

Originally Posted by deadhorse

you got any idea what that plates for -- it only shims the trans back about 3/16 ths of an inch----?????

er.......dont forget your starter. Without the plate, You will probably have to shim the starter.

Originally Posted by Calspec

Everybody has screwed up at some time during thier life. I built a 428 CJ in 1970. Had it completely built and installed in the car. Fired her up and had zero oil pressure. The problem was duh I left off the oil filter and pumped five quarts of Pennzoil on the shop floor. If anyone you know swears he hasn't screwed up one time or the other he's lying.

ROFL- Thats funny dude. No, that would have really been a screw-up if you had kept running the engine and siezed the crank or threw a rod while you were there thinking.............WTF?

Originally Posted by Calspec

Everybody has screwed up at some time during thier life. I built a 428 CJ in 1970. Had it completely built and installed in the car. Fired her up and had zero oil pressure. The problem was duh I left off the oil filter and pumped five quarts of Pennzoil on the shop floor. If anyone you know swears he hasn't screwed up one time or the other he's lying.

Even Dumber(?).... after putting an engine together; dropping it in the compartment, I set valves, set initial timing, put on valve covers, checked all the wiring - time to fire it up.

A last check for every little thing, rest a moment then checked everything "one more time". Pulled the dip stick - it was completely dry. Good thing I caught it. So, I pour in 5 quarts of 30 weight break-in Dino oil and pull the dip stick to see if I need to "top it off". Damn, still dry as a bone...I remember I installed a deep sump pan, so that's not too surprizing. As I go to get a couple more quarts ... I slip in a fast spreading puddle of oil rapidly draining out of the oil pan plug.

I forgot to put the plug in.... just call me Einstein the clown. That has to rate pretty high on the "DUH" scale.

Even worse... as I was cleaning up the mess, I found the breakover bar and socket was still on the crank snout, where I was turning the engine over by hand to set the valves. It took me 2 more days to go over everything before I was confident enough to actually fire it up for real.

There is some truth in the old saying that drunks, babies and fools need to be protected from themselves.

Built a 351C in the mid 80's. Fired it up to break in the cam and did not get oil pressure...I was too drunk and forgot the oil as well.

I got one for you guys. Several years ago, I had this '62 Ford Galaxie, I had rebuilt a 352 for it and the day after I got it in the car I put all the engine accessories on it, hooked up the fuel line, alt, cylinoid, linkages and ect and ect. slid behind the wheel and turned the key............nothing. Not even a cylinoid "click". I spend nearly the whole day going over cylinoids, voltage regulators, wiring and anything else I could think of and couldnt figure out why the car had no fire to ANYTHING. Later that day, a friend of mine who had a junky monte carlo that he thought could roll on water(as apposed to walking on water) come by and noticed something within 2 minutes that hadnt occured to me the entire day, he leaned in the passenger side window of my car while I was busy lowering my steering columb so I could get to the ignition switch wiring and fuse box wiring harness and said "hey man, I think it might crank if you put a battery in it". I looked at him and then at the 1/2 inch drive ratchet in my hand (seriously considering throwing it at him for a second), then got out of the car, walked to the front and looked inside the rt fender. Sure enough, In being impatient in my mild quest for v-8 glory, I had forgot to put a damned battery in the car. I felt like crawling UNDER the car after my friend started laughing so hard at me that my windshield seemed to vibrate from the noise. It took me all that night to get my car put back together.
Everybody makes stupid mistakes at least once in a while, anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or an idiot......probably a combination of both.

Those who do not make those stupid mistakes are not smart enough to know they made them.