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But I--sorta/maybe--have an excuse!
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:51:50
In Reply to: Noel & Gavin...got a good chuckle... thanks!! ........, Smeter, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:52
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The air filter was on my daughter's '95 CS. It wasn't on the road at the time, as it had sat all winter while she awaited her driver's license. So I was getting it ready to roll. We'd bought it at a major maintenance point and it needed a bunch of stuff.
Did plugs and filters. It was nearly dark and beginning to pour rain when I did the air filter and I was hurrying. Stuck it in, closed up, went in for dinner and beer. Didn't bother to try starting the car. Got on a plane in the morning (Sunday) and was gone thru Thurs.
Saturday I go to work on the car some more (upper motor mounts) so I didn't need to start the engine. Got those done, did the serp belt and pulleys, few other things. Then I go to start the car. Nada. Zip. Bupkiss. Cranks fine, fuel pump runs. We have spark. Car tries to start, but never really catches. I poke at it for an hour, futzing with the usual no-start check list. Then it begins to rain again. I go inside drink more beer. Next day is Sunday, rains are biblical. Monday I get on a plane, go away til Thursday, wondering why won't the bloody thing start?!?!
I decide I'll go back over everything. Fuel filter flows the right way. DI is (6 mos old) likely fine and my new spare doesn't make the car start. Finally (!) I pull the air filter, realize what a bonehead I can be (no surprise there!) and the car starts fine.
The moral here is to always check your work, and don't hurry even when you can't see and the rain is coming down in buckets.
So, is that an excuse? Nah! Just someone in need of a dope-slap. But it isn't even close to Yaofeng's oil pump or the tire tech some 30 years ago who didn't tighten my lugs nuts beyond finger tight.
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Posts in this Thread:
- I nominate myself for the dumb sh@t award for the week-, RayV, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 05:23:31
- Re: I nominate myself for the dumb sh@t award for the week-, Dan - 97 Aero, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:48:55
- My award winner from last year..., David Ingram, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 16:01:35
- I got you all beat..., Evil Twin Skippy, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:00:38
- whew!, Kidder, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:24:16
- Good, Mike, but it still doesn't beat my, Noel, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:35:34
- got you BOTH beat..., gavin, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:27:07
- Re: got you BOTH beat..., oldsaab, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:34:11
- Can you top this?, yaofeng, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:02:26
- Re: Can you top this?, EWAustin, Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:46:32
- Yup, sure can..., Erik919kt, Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:04:26
- you win..., oldsaab, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:18:48
- Noel & Gavin...got a good chuckle... thanks!! ........, Smeter, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:52
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