Your biggest DIY screwups

b1adesofcha0s · 10-19-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

Then there was the time we had a small water leak in the front yard. After digging-up approximately half the yard and never finding the leak, we called a plumber. The guy found the leak in two minutes about a foot from where we initially started digging.

My electrical skills are epic as well. Wired a dimmer in the dining room an hour before a big party for my wife's family. Ten minutes before guests start arriving, the wife realizes the switch is dimming half the lights in the house and the switch is "getting kinda warm". Luckily, no fire truck that time.

First and last time I cut a tree down was right after Katrina and it fell the opposite way and almost hit the house.

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

Here's a simple one - was changing the wiper blades on my wife's Odyssey a few years back when I knocked the empty wiper arm down and cracked the one week old replacement windshield.

Seems like you have a lot of these stories

kenchan · 10-19-2011, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Seems like you have a lot of these stories

gurneyeagle · 10-19-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Seems like you have a lot of these stories

We all do. I'm just willing to share mine.

b1adesofcha0s · 10-19-2011, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

We all do. I'm just willing to share mine.

I guess since I'm still young mine haven't happened yet

Though part of that is because I don't try to work on my car by myself, only with supervision of someone that has more knowledge/expertise/knows what the hell they're doing.

stiso · 10-19-2011, 04:53 PM

after working a 12hr night shift decided to change my girls brake pads which were well overdue (had rotors turned the night before), finished all 3 pads and on the fourth installed the inner pad backwards, didn't check my work and went to sleep. When i woke up my girl said that her cars squeeling now and questioned my work. Instantly i realized what i probably did and sure enough the rotor was FUBAR. No worries though, I played my man card and just told her that I noticed that the rotor was pretty bad when i changed the pads and that we now need a new one. I told her this happens if you don't change your brakes on time. Of course she didn't know any better... She still thinks it was her fault....ha/ha

anthonyy · 10-19-2011, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by stiso

after working a 12hr night shift decided to change my girls brake pads which were well overdue (had rotors turned the night before), finished all 3 pads and on the fourth installed the inner pad backwards, didn't check my work and went to sleep. When i woke up my girl said that her cars squeeling now and questioned my work. Instantly i realized what i probably did and sure enough the rotor was FUBAR. No worries though, I played my man card and just told her that I noticed that the rotor was pretty bad when i changed the pads and that we now need a new one. I told her this happens if you don't change your breaks on time. Of course she didn't know any better... She still thinks it was her fault....ha/ha

lol...

10-19-2011, 04:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
stiso Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: z Posts: 42 Drives: z Rep Power: 17	after working a 12hr night shift decided to change my girls brake pads which were well overdue (had rotors turned the night before), finished all 3 pads and on the fourth installed the inner pad backwards, didn't check my work and went to sleep. When i woke up my girl said that her cars squeeling now and questioned my work. Instantly i realized what i probably did and sure enough the rotor was FUBAR. No worries though, I played my man card and just told her that I noticed that the rotor was pretty bad when i changed the pads and that we now need a new one. I told her this happens if you don't change your brakes on time. Of course she didn't know any better... She still thinks it was her fault....ha/ha __________________ ... Last edited by stiso; 10-19-2011 at 08:58 PM.

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