Author Topic: Whoops! Things you probably should not have done.... (Read 3694 times)

74cb750 · « **on:** March 06, 2013, 01:06:52 pm »

Recently I pilfered my wife's toothbrush to clean some carbs.
She was upset.

madScientist · « **Reply #1 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:09:48 pm »

Used a cooking pot as an oil drain pan...fiance was not pleased.

flybox1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:20:35 pm »

yeah...done both of those, as well as used the pot scrubber to clean the sludge off my oil pan.

hey, when you gotta scrub something, you grab a scrubber

srbakker · « **Reply #3 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:25:07 pm »

Used cookie trays to sort carb parts... the down side was no cookies.

70CB750 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:28:53 pm »

Head in kitchen sink - but I got away with it

Bailgang · « **Reply #5 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:41:44 pm »

Cleaned my carbs by boiling them them in lemon juice. That in itself wasn't the problem because it actually did a good job cleaning the carbs, the problem was that I did it inside the house on the kitchen stove. I did use a cheap pan I bought at a dollar store but boiling lemon juice combined with just a pinch of gasoline residue on the carbs stinks really (and I do mean REALLY) bad. It stunk up the whole house for a day.

brooze72 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:46:30 pm »

Yep, everyone's done a house stinker at one time. Mine was removing the forks & deciding to drain the old oil into a measuring cup, unbelievable smell..

toytuff · « **Reply #7 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:50:13 pm »

Everyone of these replies are great!

I'm sitting here lmao!

tt

brooze72 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:52:47 pm »

come on tt, let's hear one from you, all those bikes, so there must be a story somewheres.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #9 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:58:04 pm »

Built a 900 Honda in the house, couldn't get it out without removing a built in cabinet, wifey was extremely happy....

70CB750 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2013, 01:59:11 pm »

^^^

toytuff · « **Reply #11 on:** March 06, 2013, 02:58:05 pm »

Quote from: Brooze72 on March 06, 2013, 01:52:47 pm

come on tt, let's hear one from you, all those bikes, so there must be a story somewheres.

tt

flybox1 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:03:49 pm »

my wife works a 24 hr shift as an RN....Friday to Saturday.
once the four kids (3,3,6&9yrs old) go to bed friday nights, i do work. last few weekends it was painting engine parts. Duplicolor engine enamel.
it was probably 11:30pm....baking parts in the oven, kinda like cookies, you wanna look inside and see how they are coming.

opened up the oven after the first 10 minutes and the fumes/heat that came out set off the smoke detector in our kitchen.
woke the whole d@mn house

buncha crybabies

had to air out the house, too

toytuff · « **Reply #13 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:07:01 pm »

buncha crybabies << lmao!

tt

CrankyOldGuy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:19:04 pm »

Thawing sneakers in the microwave

Harry O.

754 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:47:59 pm »

I shoulda never walked in front of that speeding motorcycle in City Park campground at Sturgise in 82............. Got him good though..made him wipeout...hey.....hey..

brooze72 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 06, 2013, 03:59:23 pm »

Oops, didn't make a new friend that day

$:-\$

Bailgang · « **Reply #17 on:** March 06, 2013, 05:41:10 pm »

My oldest son has Type 1 diabetes which basically means he's insulin dependent, he's on an insulin pump now but before the pump he had to use syringes and had a whole bunch left over after he got the pump. Well anyhow I come home and find out both my boys were taking some of those syringes, breaking off the needle then blowing compressed air in where the needle was to see how far they could blow the plunger/piston part of the syringe out. There was pieces of insulin syringes ALL OVER the place, all over the garage, the driveway, the lawn. I thought it was so cool I tried it myself. Luckily I don't have an insulated garage or they'd have been sticking out of the insulation.

flybox1 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:21:01 pm »

Picked up and used a spray can of carb cleaner without putting on my clear safety glasses.....once.

72 yellow · « **Reply #19 on:** March 06, 2013, 06:38:07 pm »

Took my wife to a indoor pistol range. She liked to use a .22 target pistol we had. I cautioned her that in the event of a hangfire, just keep it pointed downrange and wait for a few seconds. I would clear it after. Sure enough she had one and started to turn towards me almost immediately. The round went off and I could hear it buzz by my head.

Took her fishing and while I was baiting her hook she dropped the rod and I ended up with the hook imbedded in my thumb.

srbakker · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2013, 07:27:36 pm »

Quote from: 72 yellow on March 06, 2013, 06:38:07 pm

Took my wife to a indoor pistol range. She liked to use a .22 target pistol we had. I cautioned her that in the event of a hangfire, just keep it pointed downrange and wait for a few seconds. I would clear it after. Sure enough she had one and started to turn towards me almost immediately. The round went off and I could hear it buzz by my head.

Wow. Usually when I say "she almost killed me" I don't mean it quite that literally.

754 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 06, 2013, 08:08:21 pm »

I am sure the guy that hit me in Sturgis was in better shape than me..

trueblue · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2013, 02:46:20 am »

Cleaned engine parts in the dishwasher

, everything but the block, only because it wouldn't fit

. The ex was a little pissed when she opened the dishwasher and didn't find dishes. Worked a treat though

. I have boiled carbs on the stove too and stunk out the house but I thought ahead on that one and opened up all the doors and windows first so the smell wouldn't linger

70CB750 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2013, 03:10:12 am »

Lots of it involves kitchen

Boiled a deer head on the stove for european mount, stinked up the house.

LoVel · « **Reply #24 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:00:23 am »

Continued to ride the CB another mile after the oil light came on. Still had to push it 2 miles home.

Cam shaft and new cylinder head later everything is good to go.

Just a note. If the oil light comes on stop. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Just stop.

Johnie · « **Reply #25 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:14:57 am »

Thought I could get away with polishing my engine covers in the heated patio during the winter. Well, dang rouge got all over the place and was even tracked into the house. She was not happy with me. I guess it was sort of hard to get the dust out of the wicker chairs.

One good thing that came out of this is she agreed I needed a shop which was built the following year...

madScientist · « **Reply #26 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:19:58 am »

Lets see...what other stupid things have i done...

pulled the engine out of the 66 stang with the trans attached...didn't drain the trans fluid and left the yoke out. Pretty quick way to turn the garage floor into a skating rink

Cooked painted parts in the house oven

Used muratic acid to clean a tank...and then dumped it out in the back of the yard. Grass hasn't grown there for 2 years

Removed the carbs off the 76 GL1000, freshly drained gas, went to tack weld a float post and WHOOF...a big fireball in the garage as soon as the arc was struck

Fixing an old 2stroke snowmobile. Pulled the throttle lift so i could spray carb cleaner in it and let it soak for a couple days. Did that for 3 days and thought "i should turn the motor over to make sure the engine is free" and pulled the start rope with all my might...with the kill switch in the "ON" position...that sucker cranked up, WIDE open, and took off across the field with me still attached by one arm to the handle bar. It was a fun ride till it hit the fence...

Told this one girlfriend of mine she was "filling out a little bit"...

toytuff · « **Reply #27 on:** March 07, 2013, 06:38:08 am »

Used muratic acid to clean a tank...and then dumped it out in the back of the yard. Grass hasn't grown there for 2 years

^^ Now that's funny!

lmao..again!

tt

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #28 on:** March 07, 2013, 01:26:14 pm »

Quote

Told this one girlfriend of mine she was "filling out a little bit"...

That would have gone down like a lead balloon.....

ElCheapo · « **Reply #29 on:** March 07, 2013, 07:52:28 pm »

The "you might be a red neck" if your girlfriend has ever said "Honey would you move the transmission so I can take a shower?" YEP that's me.

754 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:29:18 pm »

Tonight I looked at a set of Konis on a Kawi Zephyr.. The spring was not linedup with top retainer, I moved it over and it pinched part of my thumb between the spring and collar. About 1/8 inch of skin doubled over,I asked the guy for help, he wanted to pull on my thumb to get it out .. I coulda done that.. Got him to push down on the spring a bit and got it out..
Still lol..ing about him wanting to pull it out..

Really? · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2013, 09:36:09 pm »

Lost my virginity when I was really drunk (13 or 14 years old). It was with one you would not tell anyone about and I still will never forget what she said when sticking it in the wrong hole. She said, "That's not it". And I said, "you do it then". She did.

Don R · « **Reply #32 on:** March 10, 2013, 09:25:02 pm »

we poured my drunken buddy into his car, his wife had rolled down the window first. I rolled it up, being drunk too I hadn't thought about why she rolled it down. With the wives driving we headed home. I noticed his brake lights, then back-up lights came on, then all the lights went out then back on and away they went. He was trying to get his head out the window and kicked the floor shift into reverse.

Don R · « **Reply #33 on:** March 10, 2013, 09:27:14 pm »

Probably shouldn't have been stick welding with 5P from a bucket truck over a wooden pallet leaned against the wall. There was a full 5 gallon gas can hidden behind it. No, it didn't light off.

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Author Topic: Whoops! Things you probably should not have done.... (Read 3694 times)