Don't take things for granted + SBC pwnz all

[johnnynumfiv]

So today, I almost killed myself. I had to put a battery in a truck, so I dropped the battery in, took the red wire, put it on the positive, took the black wire, put it on the negative. (the way it should be). Next thing I hear is the battery fizzing, and a fuse wire catch on fire and melt. Then I realized the battery cables were on wrong, the red was actually the ground, the black was actually the positive. So if it weren't for that fuse, I would have had the battery blown up in my face...

On a more positive note a guy brought in a '65 impala that hadn't been run for 30 years. The engine was seized, the brakes didn't work, so it was going to get stripped and junked. We spent all day working on it trying to get it started, went through 4 distributors, a starter and set of spark plugs. Oh yea, and 1qt of jack oil and 2 qts of ATF. We poured that down the carb and in the spark plug holes to get the necessary compression to start the motor. After that it started right up and filled the garage with smoke, it was hard to see a foot in front of you. Now remember the car hadn't been run since '76, so about 30 years, pure craziness. The car also ran on the gas that was in the tank from 1976. Then we bled the brakes for shits and giggles, they worked. Then for even more shits and giggles, we tried the clutch, it shifted through all 4 gears. We then proceeded to do burnouts with it.

And I also started working at an autobody shop.

[Mr.Tiv]

Do you have pics of the impala?

Good to see you didn't kill yourself with the batter mishap.

[johnnynumfiv]

They are on my cell phone, I don't have a way to put them on my computer.

[Quiggs]

If you have an option to send a picture, you can email them to yourself.

[h00t_h00t]

So today, I almost killed myself. I had to put a battery in a truck, so I dropped the battery in, took the red wire, put it on the positive, took the black wire, put it on the negative. (the way it should be). Next thing I hear is the battery fizzing, and a fuse wire catch on fire and melt. Then I realized the battery cables were on wrong, the red was actually the ground, the black was actually the positive. So if it weren't for that fuse, I would have had the battery blown up in my face...

On a more positive note a guy brought in a '65 impala that hadn't been run for 30 years. The engine was seized, the brakes didn't work, so it was going to get stripped and junked. We spent all day working on it trying to get it started, went through 4 distributors, a starter and set of spark plugs. Oh yea, and 1qt of jack oil and 2 qts of ATF. We poured that down the carb and in the spark plug holes to get the necessary compression to start the motor. After that it started right up and filled the garage with smoke, it was hard to see a foot in front of you. Now remember the car hadn't been run since '76, so about 30 years, pure craziness. Then we bled the brakes for shits and giggles, they worked. Then for even more shits and giggles, we tried the clutch, it shifted through all 4 gears. We then proceeded to do burnouts with it.

And I also started working at an autobody shop.

Isn't it great when things just work?

On the other side of things: There was a Mercedes Vito (van) with a broken auxillary belt, nice new belt it was too until the plastic idler broke it half and shredded the belt and somehow caused the other plastic idler to disappear. The replacement parts from mercedes were just another pair of plastic pieces of shit, "Oh we sell loads of these" said the moronic part salesman (but thats a story for another time).

In short, Merc vans are shite.

[baddabang]

That just goes to show you need to start cars up every now and then or you screw yourself over.

[drakkie]

So today, I almost killed myself. I had to put a battery in a truck, so I dropped the battery in, took the red wire, put it on the positive, took the black wire, put it on the negative. (the way it should be). Next thing I hear is the battery fizzing, and a fuse wire catch on fire and melt. Then I realized the battery cables were on wrong, the red was actually the ground, the black was actually the positive. So if it weren't for that fuse, I would have had the battery blown up in my face...

On a more positive note a guy brought in a '65 impala that hadn't been run for 30 years. The engine was seized, the brakes didn't work, so it was going to get stripped and junked. We spent all day working on it trying to get it started, went through 4 distributors, a starter and set of spark plugs. Oh yea, and 1qt of jack oil and 2 qts of ATF. We poured that down the carb and in the spark plug holes to get the necessary compression to start the motor. After that it started right up and filled the garage with smoke, it was hard to see a foot in front of you. Now remember the car hadn't been run since '76, so about 30 years, pure craziness. The car also ran on the gas that was in the tank from 1976. Then we bled the brakes for shits and giggles, they worked. Then for even more shits and giggles, we tried the clutch, it shifted through all 4 gears. We then proceeded to do burnouts with it.

And I also started working at an autobody shop.

If you guys get it over there, Shell V-power is also a good help in getting old stuff starting I am just amazed the '73 gas wasnt "gone" and got spiralled and stuff...

[johnnynumfiv]

A whole can of carb spray> shellv-power.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

That's awesome. I seem to remember that Motorworld tried to get Che Guevara's Impala running. They did, and after driving it 100m or so it caught fire

Oh yeah- SBC?

[johnnynumfiv]

Small block chevy. Best engine ever. EVER.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Small block chevy. Best engine ever. EVER.

5.7l?

If that's what I'm thinking, I agree

[johnnynumfiv]

5.7l?

If that's what I'm thinking, I agree

The small block is a variety of displacements, this one was a 327.