Doh! What a mistake that was!

[Diablo de la Noche]

I was browsing on here tonight, reading some of the how-to's and got to thinking "I wonder what I would have done without the helpful tips on this site? Oh yeah, I would have screwed it up".

Like the time I was building up my 60 Corvair. I used tube silicon on the windshield seal instead of spray silicon. Made a huge mess and pretty much ruined the install.

The PO of the Corvair replaced the floors with sheet metal and used wood screws to attach the front panels to the firewall (or whatever you call the front part since the engine is in the back). Well I couldn't figure out where the gas smell was coming from until I went to pull the tank to clean it out and discovered it was still attached...by the screws from the floor replacement. The tank is in front of the passenger compartment, just aft of the trunk. Seems he attached the floor to the gas tank inadvertently, which made four nice little holes that I had to patch.

Did some "minor" brake work on my 70 Landcruiser and almost killed myself trying to stop at a stop sign because I forgot to bleed the brakes. One wheel locked up and I slid right through the intersection. That won't happen again, brakes are pretty important. Even more so in the Seattle/Tacoma area when it rains and you are driving a 40 year old tank with narrow tires.

Even reading the manuals you can really screw thing up, so what have you done that you probably shouldn't have? I know you guys have some real good stories to keep us all in stitches (or keep us from needing them), so let's hear them!