The electric mode selector on the Rat,has been replaced with a pair of needle nose vise grips.They are tethered to the speedo cable with a piece of wire. Its been a couple yrs with this bodge,
Never leave a tool behind!
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Correction: was Not a tool. Electric thermostat wrong voltages,slightly damaged tank etc.
Originally Posted By: cjcride
Was not the Apollo 13 service module explosion attributed to a tool left behind?
Originally Posted By: cjcride
Was not the Apollo 13 service module explosion attributed to a tool left behind?
I've got a couple nice long slot screw drivers that mechanics have left. I drove halfway across the country with the fill cap off once though... I noticed when I saw the dent from under the hood.
I put an aftermarket header on my Prelude VTEC several years ago. While I had everything apart, I figured I would take off the cat and clean/inspect it. Put everything back together and car ran fine, but had a strange rattle on acceleration. Nothing loose that I could find, but eventually took everything apart and found one of my sockets inside the cat. Still using that "super heat treated" socket!
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
I forgot to secure the oil cap on my F150 once and found it on a side street 6 or 7 miles from my house weeks later during my sunday morning routine.
Years ago, my dad was adding oil to his Accord and he dropped the cap and it fell behind the engine. This was at a gas station, and since he wasn't sure which way it might have bounced he stopped looking for it after a minute or so. I picked him up a new one at the Honda dealer. Several years later, his old one re-appeared - right at the bump at the end of the driveway where it meets the street! It was grimy as heck after years of hiding there on top of the trans (or wherever it was) but it sure was nice it chose that exact location to fall out!
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
My dad always tells me about a friend during high school that couldn't shut his hood. He kept trying and trying finally slammed it down harder a few times after.. only to find a wrench blocking the latch. Bent his hood pretty good too. I always double check after hearing that.
I watched a co-worker do that. He'd just gotten his S-10 Blazer back from some work at a local shop, and was puzzled why the hood didn't appear to be latched all the way. He opened it and slammed it hard two or three times. Then someone noticed there was a socket left there in the channel along the side! Left a little dent because he'd slammed it so hard.
I forgot to secure the oil cap on my F150 once and found it on a side street 6 or 7 miles from my house weeks later during my sunday morning routine.
Years ago, my dad was adding oil to his Accord and he dropped the cap and it fell behind the engine. This was at a gas station, and since he wasn't sure which way it might have bounced he stopped looking for it after a minute or so. I picked him up a new one at the Honda dealer. Several years later, his old one re-appeared - right at the bump at the end of the driveway where it meets the street! It was grimy as heck after years of hiding there on top of the trans (or wherever it was) but it sure was nice it chose that exact location to fall out!
Originally Posted By: dlundblad
My dad always tells me about a friend during high school that couldn't shut his hood. He kept trying and trying finally slammed it down harder a few times after.. only to find a wrench blocking the latch. Bent his hood pretty good too. I always double check after hearing that.
I watched a co-worker do that. He'd just gotten his S-10 Blazer back from some work at a local shop, and was puzzled why the hood didn't appear to be latched all the way. He opened it and slammed it hard two or three times. Then someone noticed there was a socket left there in the channel along the side! Left a little dent because he'd slammed it so hard.
I helped a coworker adjust valve lash on his Prelude. He had to turn the crank with a ratchet and left it on the crank pulley. We buttoned everything up, started the engine, and *BANG*. Shut it down and found the remains of the socket and extension on the floor. The ratchet itself, a 1/2" drive Craftsman, was OK, as was the car.
Back when I was in the car audio installation business I let another guy in the shop use my Mac 50th Anniversary Edition 3/8" ratchet. He left it in the customer's truck and the customer left with it, not even knowing it was there, probably under the seat. We called the guy and told him where to look, and he did find it. Problem was, the guy was in the Air Force and was shipping out to the Azores Islands that night. He did not have time to bring it back to our shop but he said he was having his truck shipped to him at his new station and he would mail the ratchet to me when his truck arrived. I gave the Airman my shop's address while I thought to myself "sure you will" and was not holding my breath but sure enough about two months later my ratchet arrived in the mail. I was very glad he was honest and kept his word. I still have that ratchet in my tool box today.
I heard of another guy who left a wrench on top of the engine in an Alfa Romeo Spyder. He shut the hood, started the car and while it was idling the wrench slid down into the fan, the fan slung the wrench up into the bottom side of the hood and tore a hole in it.
I once found a Mac tools test light curled up inside the fender well on a vehicle in which I was doing a stereo installation. I had no idea where the test light had come from or who owned it so I kept it. That was some time ago back in the 1990's and the test light now resides in the tool bag I carry with me in my truck.
I heard of another guy who left a wrench on top of the engine in an Alfa Romeo Spyder. He shut the hood, started the car and while it was idling the wrench slid down into the fan, the fan slung the wrench up into the bottom side of the hood and tore a hole in it.
I once found a Mac tools test light curled up inside the fender well on a vehicle in which I was doing a stereo installation. I had no idea where the test light had come from or who owned it so I kept it. That was some time ago back in the 1990's and the test light now resides in the tool bag I carry with me in my truck.
Many years ago, I lost my first Swiss Army Knife(circa 1981 Victorinox Climber). Even though carried often, I also substituted my Case, & so probably didn't miss it for a day or three.
Months went by, I looked high & low & notified my circle of friends, but it didn't turn up. Finally I bought another one, different model(Victorinox Explorer), & was back in the SAK business. Good thing too, because at our get-togethers, the old one had opened many cases of Bud Longnecks, a duty the new one finally took over.
About 3 months after buying the 2nd SAK, one of my friends came by. He had just gotten his VW Rabbit worked on by the VW dealership in Longview TX. When he picked up the car afterward, sitting on the dashboard was my lost Swiss Army Knife! The mechanic had found it somewhere under the hood(I had looked there but...).
Total time that pocketknife rode under the hood of the Rabbit- 7 or 8 months. I used it hard, both before & after, & it's in rough shape- but still functional and in my box of SAK's.
SAK Tip for the day: If you should bend the tip of one(or both!) of the knife blades on your SAK while using it to chip block ice, and you get the urge to try to straighten it- DON'T DO IT! Just leave it alone. A little bent is much better than broken. No foolin'. Don't ask why I'm so sure about this.
Months went by, I looked high & low & notified my circle of friends, but it didn't turn up. Finally I bought another one, different model(Victorinox Explorer), & was back in the SAK business. Good thing too, because at our get-togethers, the old one had opened many cases of Bud Longnecks, a duty the new one finally took over.
About 3 months after buying the 2nd SAK, one of my friends came by. He had just gotten his VW Rabbit worked on by the VW dealership in Longview TX. When he picked up the car afterward, sitting on the dashboard was my lost Swiss Army Knife! The mechanic had found it somewhere under the hood(I had looked there but...).
Total time that pocketknife rode under the hood of the Rabbit- 7 or 8 months. I used it hard, both before & after, & it's in rough shape- but still functional and in my box of SAK's.
SAK Tip for the day: If you should bend the tip of one(or both!) of the knife blades on your SAK while using it to chip block ice, and you get the urge to try to straighten it- DON'T DO IT! Just leave it alone. A little bent is much better than broken. No foolin'. Don't ask why I'm so sure about this.
the toyota dealer quick oil change guy left a chicken sandwich on my radiator.
they also forgot to charge for it.
they also forgot to charge for it.
Originally Posted By: edwardh1
the toyota dealer quick oil change guy left a chicken sandwich on my radiator.
they also forgot to charge for it.
Free toasted chicken sandwich? Score!
the toyota dealer quick oil change guy left a chicken sandwich on my radiator.
they also forgot to charge for it.
Free toasted chicken sandwich? Score!
A friend had a oil change at a quick lube shop and they left a plastic funnel in the engine cover then fell on the exhaust and smelled bad for weeks.
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