Thread: Show us your stuff ups

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Should have still been running ok...

My old ECU ran underwater in the seatbox for 20 minutes...

We just drove off and it was still good 2 years later when I fitted a new flashable ECU..

Hi Mike, was it you that made a sealed box and snorkle/breather for an ECU, I remember from the Yahoo group a file on such a project.

Baz.

Out the back of CanningVale WA,

Good Times

Originally Posted by Redback

Hi Mike, was it you that made a sealed box and snorkle/breather for an ECU, I remember from the Yahoo group a file on such a project.

Baz.

Yep.

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Thought a good idea for a sticky would be to openly state "dumb things I have done with/to my Landy".
Although we like to think ourselves all knowledgeable and perfect, we are not......

Let me be the first to kick it off......


Some say that a car will not run without a flowmeter. Well, your wrong and I just proved it.....

Sunday, Taz came over to check out the unknown variable with his 14CUX gear. Plugged everything into my car one item at a time and checked it... all good.

After Taz left, I had a number of homely tasks I wanted to complete before one of my daughters' modelling graduation that evening.

Time went on, jobs were completed and 20 minutes before we had to leave, I still hadnt put my gear back in. In my haste, as I found out tonight, I neglected to plug in the flowmeter, drove to Scarborough to get Simones Nan, across to Claremont, back to Scarborough, home and then my 60km round trip to work and back... some 150 odd km's.

It wasnt until I left for work this morning, it seemed a little "cammy" at idle and the engine braking was significantly stronger.
Got home tonight, thought "might just check I didn't overfill the oil" on Saturdays oil change. Opened the bonnet and there was the plug swinging freely in the engine bay.
Also explained where 2/3 of a tank of fuel went too.... and the exhaust smell.... that I blamed on an old Falcon in front of me..... but it sounded really lumpy...... man I miss that now.......

Dumb huh???

Cheers Andrew

C'mon people, I cant be the only one.....

Mmmm, smashed them into trees, banks, rocks

The dumbest thing I have done, after playing with cars for years, was stuff up fitting the pickup, when I fitted the LS1 to my Jag (modded sump and pickup), running the engine with no oil pressure as I didn;t fit a gauge or idiot light......

My overexcitment about getting it running cost me a tear down, crank gring and oversize bearings

All wierd engine changes are assured oil pressure now before start up, live and learn

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

C'mon people, I cant be the only one.....

Seems so, ya big wally

ok.. here goes...

I swapped out the shocks from my old Disco II into the new one..

When I did the fronts.. I did it on the ground.. left the wheels on, all seemed good.

A couple of days later... I noticed a clunk in the front left when I went over speed humps...

Climbed underneath.. I couldn't find anything loose. most strange.

Well I dont have the advantage of a hoist do I

When I had a well known Land rover mechanic in Ferntee gully take a look:

His first reaction was to laugh..... a lot.

His second reaction was to point out he won't be employing me.

Then he pointed out.. that I had put the lower shock bolts in nice and tight.... but not through the holes in the shock mount

The bottom end of the left front shock was floating free.... it was only being a gas shock that held it tight on normal roads.

Because I had done it up lying on the ground not being able to see it... I simply missed the mounts.

So I left his workshop feeling like a right tool.!

Mark