Ever misplaced a part for your truck?

[67_ShortFleet]

Somewhere I have placed my hinge pins and bushings. I have two pins that are on the bench, because I had to shorten them. The other 2 pins and bushings are missing. I have over three hours invested in the hunt. Its not all a waste of time I had a beer with me all the time I'm going to order another set on Friday I don't find them soon.
What have you misplaced and how long did you look for it?

[CG]

I misplaced one of the air conditioning brackets on my ex burb. Its weird because I was able to account for all the other brackets and bolts.

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by CG

I misplaced one of the air conditioning brackets on my ex burb. Its weird because I was able to account for all the other brackets and bolts.

Yup...saw it on it's way to Ohio a few years back...

Seriously. We aught to start a lost parts club. Do it all the time!

[Sammy]

Not in the last 30 minutes. ha.

On a similar note my Dad's German Sheppard had a habit of stealing screwdrivers and hammers all the time.

[Hubscrub]

oh ya many times, i have stuff at my dads and my house so i can't find anything it seems sometimes.

[Ed 72 Sierra Grande]

I will now its lost when I start looking for it

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Every day. And more parts come up "missing" these days than they did ten years ago.

In fact, I now have three sets of defrost vents, six front turn signal lenses, four (or is it five?) door handles
(I hope I have two good ones), two extra power steering hoses, and an extra ashtray that I owe back to ECE.

I know that no one over 55 will ask me why I have ordered stuff I already have.

[Tom Vogel]

I know that no one over 55 will ask me why I have ordered stuff I already have.[/QUOTE]

DOH!!! I thought I was the only one!

[lchall]

I do it all the time. Tonight I stumbled across the idler arm support bracket that I misplaced a couple of years ago. At least I haven't lost anything expensive... Yet.

[chipflyer]

All the damn time, usually find it a day or 2 after I buy another....

Jeff

[Goats86]

Yes! I ordered a Camaro dash to get the tach. When it came, I pulled the tach and the light bulbs and neatly put them in another box. I put the leftover cluster in the box it came in. About 3 weeks later, went looking for the tach and guess what? I think I threw away the box with the tach and kept the junk cluster box. Sometimes I think it is less trouble to simply put $100 bills in the bed of the truck and drive off down the highway..................

[Zoomin]

Originally Posted by 67_ShortFleet

Somewhere I have placed my hinge pins and bushings. I have two pins that are on the bench, because I had to shorten them. The other 2 pins and bushings are missing. I have over three hours invested in the hunt. Its not all a waste of time I had a beer with me all the time I'm going to order another set on Friday I don't find them soon.
What have you misplaced and how long did you look for it?

Good idea to order a replacement. This guarantees you will find them within 24 hours of delivery.

[oldblue1968chevy]

I love it when I find parts I 'lost' and forgot about.

'Heck yea, I know exactly what I can do with this!)

[chopnchaneled]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

I love it when I find parts I 'lost' and forgot about.

'Heck yea, I know exactly what I can do with this!)

You should have seen me when i moved my shop after 22 years to a new
location, I found stuff i had replaced several times and stuff i forgot
that i had. It was like christmas in july.

[67_ShortFleet]

I looked for a short while after I ordered another set. For once in my life they are still missing! Oh well!!

[67chevy1series]

matt stop trying to distract us with this thread! your jedi mind tricks wont work on me! get to work on that soon to be beautiful 67 of yours!

[NOSed69]

Was overhauling a dodge dakota IFS front differntial several years ago. Lost the sliding collar that ties the stub shafts togehter when you engage the front axle. spent a solid 8 hours looking for it, to no avail. 90 dollars and 3 days from dodge, I had a new one. 2 1/2 months later I found it in a five gallon bucket full of used trans fluid on the other end of the shop form were I was working. Bucket had been covered for a few months prior to the diff build. My only explanation was that some Mopar parts ninja snuck in while I wasn't looking and dropped it in the bucket in the effort to sell a rarely needed part for way too much money .

[VA72C10]

Lose them all the time...especially after I organize. I always know where it is until I clean up.

[67_ShortFleet]

Wow if I could only get this kind of response on my build thread! I laughed at most of the responses. I am glad I am not alone. Goats86 I think we may have something in common, they might have been thrown away. We had a super bowl party in the garage. Wife helped clean before the party. I was grittin the whole time.

[1970 Bowtie]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Lose them all the time...especially after I organize. I always know where it is until I clean up.

I clean up and organize everything,2 weeks later I go looking for something and forget the system I used to organize.I tear everything apart again and make a big mess,then I know where to find it until the next time I cleanup.

[helldiablo]

i dont think we would be gearheads, if we didant put something somewhere so we wouldent loose it..... and did.. i figured whatever it was, decided to hide on me...

[heeroyue2002]

i missplace everything. i have misc tools and parts scattered around the yard. i need to clean up since im already having people coming in my yard and stealing my stuff. metal prices go up and items go missing.

[LostMy65]

This should be a poll asking how many times you misplace parts.
Or how much time you spend looking for parts you know you just sat down somewhere.

[67chevy1series]

i remember one time i had a part right next to me (forgot the part or what i was installing) and i went to grab for the part and noticed it wasnt there i was PISSED! so after 5 hours i realized that it was in my hood, i had the part with me the hole time!

[60ratrod]

what happens to me is i "misplace" something, and then if i don't find where it was hiding i give up. then i go look for something else that i "misplaced" and end up finding what i originally misplaced. i've lost lighters that i was holding the entire time or was in my pocket, and one time i "misplaced" a mountain dew. i searched high and low for the thing, probably didn't help that i had about 3 cases worth of cans scattered around the house, and the one dew i looked at probably 30 times and told myself was empty. when i was cleaning up all the cans, giving them a little jiggle to make sure they're empty, i found the one that i "misplaced" and looked at 30 times