The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Panels 'N Burbs a big fat oops!!!

put the heater in the 46 burb and thought I would start it and let the thing warm up. I leaned in the drivers door and turned on the key and promptly started it up. While still in low gear! It hit the wall of the garage hard enough to move it 8 inches. The top grill hit the work bench and bent one of the fins enough I will have to take it off and fix it, and the bumper took a hit too so I will have to fix that too. I don't think I've heard words like that out of my mouth in quite a while!
What did forrest gump say?
"stupid is as stupid does."
Jim

WOW, Sorry to hear that 46B. A Buddy of mine finished a 41 F**D just in time for our All Truck Show. The next week the brake linkage, that he did not attach right because he was going to do it later, came apart and he moved a post in his garage (only 6") with the front qtr. OUCH!

Thanks for sharing this valuable lesson with us.

Buddy

Oh, that SUCKS.

I only did that once. Luckily, this was before I put a real battery cable on. With the 4 gauge cable, I'd have to crank on it for a while before she'd catch.

As it was, she just lurched ahead.

Now I always check to see if the tranny's in neutral before I stomp on the starter.

If it makes you feel any better, I was showing a friend how good I had tuned up a F d pu, and reached in the cab, bumped the key, she lit off and was in granny gear, the front went thru the wall and the wheels dropped off the edge onto the frame, and I got the key turned off. I don't remember ever being that embarrasssed. That happened in 1981 and my face flushed whilw typing this! Don't feel too bad!!!

I did this once along long time ago, musta been every bit of two weeks. It was my 48 Willys CJ2A, it stopped with its back left tire on my right foot, sure glad it don't weigh that much. I had to bump the starter again to get it off. Lesson's learned LOL.

Jim,

Sorry to hear about your OOPS!