Things not to do in your garage

Things not to do in your garage

07-20-2005, 09:50 PM

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Things not to do in your garage

Ok guys, this thread is for you to list off things that maybe you shouldn't have done/tried while working in your garage.

One time when I was a lot dumber I installed an auto start (one of those 50 buck cheapo units) on my F-150 that is a stick shift. I was amazed when it started one time and I had left it in 1st. Now this didn't happen in my garage, but moments later the truck went thru the garage door and ended up being parked inside my garage.

Another time I was removing the rear driveline on my F-150 and had my head near the pumpkin removing the bolts to the pinion. I figured I'd slide the drive shaft out of the T-case and catch the slip yoke end with my knees and hold the pinion end with my hands. Well as the shaft came out it slipped right thru my knees and landed on my nuts. From the pain it caused I leaned up real fast only to hammer my head into the bottom of my truck. This was not a good day.

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