Bone head moves

[KiDD3]

Changing your oil, sliding the full pan of oil to the side of the truck to get it easier, then forgetting to pick it up...makes nice tire marks down the street...

[Weezer67]

My greatest bonehead moves is also one of my favorite build memories. I was hammering on the driver side door and baby sitting my 3 year old girl. I had all my tools laid out on the floor and had one eye on her. I was hammering away and then heard hammering sounds coming from the other side. Heidi had picked up a pick hammer and was banging away at the passenger side door. What do you do...you cherish that memory for 25 years!
Weezer67
Dodge City, Kansas

[67 cst swb]

My first truck back when I was 20, broke & stupid, It was a '67 with a granny gear 4 speed. It had a bad starter solenoid. I had always parked it in a place where I could push start it.
Well this time I forgot the whole push start thing, I had parked it downhill against a curb in a parking lot. I had parked it in first gear (so it wouldn't roll of course) When it came time to leave, I proceeded to turn the key to the run position and jump the solenoid with a screwdriver. YES, it was still in gear... so it jumped forward... I paniced... I pulled the screwdriver off the starter... then as the truck rocked back off the curb and still in gear... it slammed me back against the hood hinge, bruising my left ribs.... then I fell to the ground in pain. Right in front of a business.
How embarrassing...
Yes, I then got up... put it in neutral, started the truck, and drove straight to the parts store that "I WORKED AT" and had a key to. Bought a new solenoid and fixed it that night. Sore ribs and all....

[haysonj]

Years ago when I was young and dumb( now I think I'm old and dumb) I had a 67 with a six was replacing a broken piston with the motor still in the truck. Wanted to check the deck height on the piston so I had my wife bump the motor. Fuel pump shot gas on my arm and the spark from the coil that I had just laid on the fender ignighted it. Lucky I had a long sleeve shirt on so only got minor burns. Could have been a lot worse.

[Green Machine]

I have many, but still remember dropping the timing light and poking a hole in the radiator ! Or leaning on a heater hose while changing plugs, ended up fixing heater core too !

[jpabberton]

How about buying a GMC headlight harness for my 70 Chevy and burning up the electrical system when the electrical tape fell off on the spare connectors and shorted out... The guy said they were ALL HE SAME!

[72gord]

years back I was carrying my small block and powerglide with a skid steer loader, hanging from the bucket on a chain, drove down out of the shed, the skid steer tipped forward landing with the bucket in the middle of the transmission...busting the powerglide in half....alot of cussing followed there after

[JayDubBlazer]

I started this thread so it serves me right that I have to enter another bone head move. I am just about ready to get my truck on the road after doing a frame off. For one reason or another there was this whining noise. I just figured out that I didn't fill the torque converter with oil. Guess I'll have to start another thread to figure out what is my next step.

[LockDoc]

I spent 2 hours Thursday night cleaning up & painting a nice pair of hood hinges for the '72 GMC. I was looking at them hanging there and something didn't look right. The problem was that they were '57 Chevy car hood hinges not pickup. That's what happens when you are working on 2 or 3 different vehicles at the same time....

LockDoc

[Bob 68327]

Not so long ago I assembled a 327 and put it in the truck and relized I hadn't installed the oil pump drive shaft !! For those of you who may not know you must install it with the oil pump from the bottom or you can't get it in ! I have built a lot of motors this was a Big Bonehead Moment for me!! Bob