[rustbucket66]

Some good stories in here. I worked as a mechanic for 20 years and have seen some pretty crazy things. We used to say "he knows enough to be dangerous". Lots of the fixes were safety hazards, and potential fires or accidents. One of my biggest peeves is those little square blue wiring connectors that snap together with no splicing needed. They are an invitation for corrosion. I bought a NEW enclosed car trailer a while back, and the whole thing was wired with those connectors. I had a couple of inches of an ice cream pail full of those connectors that I had to remove. I had to solder and shrink tube every single connection. Lots of panels to take off to get access. A couple years down the road the whole thing would have to be rewired. Whoever invented those connectors should be lined up against a wall and shot with a ball of his own s#*&. I see lots of them under the dashes of old vehicles. Drilling holes in dashes really drives me too.