2006_superado Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 and then one of the damn local cats decides to play bite my toes. I jump hit my head on the frame lift my arm to curse the cat...my arm becomes one with the already heated catalytic converter....goddamn cat.... LMAO! this part got me good! i've got a few not that funny though... first was when i was 16 i had a 75 maverick with a 302, one day it overheated because it had a small leak and i forgot to add water, so i pull over to a station because i can tell it's overheated even though the temp gauge went dead???... i go ahead and remove the radiator cap... and then BOOM! the cap flys up about 30ft!.. my arm gets hit with a burst of superheated steam!.. that lasted about 30-40 seconds, guessing thats why the temp gauge didn't read anything? all the water had boiled into steam and left the system bone dry!. my forearm was scolded badly.. now one of the first things i do to any car i own (if applicable) is add a pressure release cap second one i remember is when i was 17, i bought a nice 67 mustang with a 289/4-spd for $700 you go find one for under $7000 now!.. (lol this was only 10 years ago) anyway it ran great but after 5-10 miles it would die out.. and wouldn't start again for an hour or two, so i change the alternator, and no good. so my dad tells me it might have a compression problem, so being new to cars and figuring my dad must be right i decide to swap out the engine. i find a 69 mustang with a 351w 4bbl 290hp motor complete for $400 so i buy it have the 351w rebuilt with an RV cam, rebuilt or replaced everything on it. put the 289 in the 69 and still got my $400 back.. i then have the 351 installed in the mustang and it has the same problem!!!.. after asking a few people they tell me change the "voltage regulator" well problem solved, with a big "THANKS" to my dad.. but thats not the end of the story, now i'm completly broke i've put every dollar i had into it, and my "NEW" engine is shakeing and idleing rough... i cant figure it out for 2 days i get aggrevated and put it in the classifieds... the day the paper came out i decide to go "get on it" before the guy comes with the cash... so i go and get on it hard for about 5-10 minutes... and wouldn't you know when i pull up to my house i realize something?... it's idleing realy nice and it stoped shakeing!... whoops, i forgot to break in the CAM!.. well ten minutes later the guy came and offered me $1500 more then i had in it, so it was sold.. and the sad part is it was pretty fast too oh well you live and learn :edit: sorry about the double post my pc froze and some how it posted twice?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006_superado Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 oh yeah also once i installed one of the headgaskets on a 64-1/2 stang backwards, it ran fine would just heat up too much in traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 When I had my first car, I was installing my CAI on a cold winter day. I finished the install, went to start the car , slipped on a patch of ice and jammed a screw driver into the arm rest on the drivers door panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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