Stupidest thing you have done while working on your E30

[e30austin]

Installed my shift console upside down while running on 4 hours of sleep. Tee hee. I'm sure there is more I don't remember at the moment.

[5Toes]

I dropped my e34's G250 tonight right flat onto my torso... lol crushed my arm a little but no bruises yet!

[Habla]

Ouch, lol! Hope you're okay in the end...

[illest318i]

I broke the key inside the door lock the first day I bought my e30 lol. And that weekend I went to go eat and locked myself out of it, I spent like a whole hour trying to unlock it with an aluminum hanger.

[Edirtyy808]

i have 2 e30s. 1 is an automatic. so as i was trying to start the car, it wouldnt start. i was stuck at the grocery store for 2 hours tryna figure out why it wouldnt start. i thought it was my starter. but it was actually because my car was in drive not park lol.

[Jboss12]

First time pulling the transmission out of the e30
-outside in the pouring down rain
-lifted up on one jack stand... in the gravel
-used a newspaper recycling crate to catch the transmission as it fell out

Got beyond frustrated during this entire process because my back had permanent imprints of gravel on it, also getting frustrated because of lack of tools. Yelled and said that i was not touching this car ever again.

the next day.. I did the exact same thing in reverse (this includes the use of the recycling crate)

[obes]

i have 2 e30s. 1 is an automatic. so as i was trying to start the car, it wouldnt start. i was stuck at the grocery store for 2 hours tryna figure out why it wouldnt start. i thought it was my starter. but it was actually because my car was in drive not park lol.

ahha priceless

[Nick_S]

I installed my thermostat backwards and when I tightened the housing down, it cracked. It was late, I was sort of drunk...I'm an idiot.

[chadthestampede]

Not an e30 but on my e34 I've done so many stupid things.

Tranny pan was sticking on the gasket when I was changing the fluid, pried it loose and it popped off only on one side, dumping nasty tranny fluid in my hair and down my shirt. It was also pouring rain.

Various not-fully-tightened lug bolt test drives (just around my old neighborhood <30mph but still). Once I bought lemonade from some kids on the street and rolled away with the front wheels clunking like crazy before I realized what I did. Needless to say they were all staring at me.

I had the worst time trying to change a sway bar link when I realized that it's well-nigh impossible with the car only jacked up on one side.

Drove the car off the jack once (again, jacked up only on one corner because I was lazy)

Hood has fallen on my head/back countless times.

On my old m30 car I installed the head with the timing 180 degrees off.

I was welding an exhaust once and for some reason I grabbed a part about 2 inches from the weld to move it like 20 seconds post welding. Luckily I was wearing gloves but it melted them almost through.

[dougie30]

Changed my fuel filer form the first time, so i forgot to unbolt the battery wire, while I was wrenching away at the last hose clamp I slammed the ratchet against something and a saw a huge spark... I has gas all over my hands and almost shit my pants had to walk away and think about life for a few seconds

[matthugie]

After replacing my sunroof motor I was reattaching my rearview mirror (it had popped off). It wasn't going back in easily so I decided to just force it, forgetting that it has a dampener on the back. Definitely broke my windshield, which was original to the car with the break-in instructions still on it.

[Nick_S]

... had to walk away and think about life for a few seconds

As terrifying as this probably was, this made me chuckle.

Non E30 related. On my SVT Focus I had for awhile, I was installing a switch to turn the amp on independently as it was draining my battery. For some reason neglected to disconnect the battery. The lead from the battery to the switch slipped out of my hand and grounded it's self on the chassis which immediately melted the casing and started burning into my carpet. I scrambled to get the wire disconnected from the battery and in the process burnt the shit out of my fingers grabbing red hot wire. My car smelled like melted wire for months and it burned a line in my carpet from the console to the firewall. It was one of the dumbest things I've done but I learned to: 1) always disconnect the battery 2) put a fuse on anything coming off the battery. I was young and dumb.

[MrBurgundy]

For some reason, after rebuilding my control arm I decided to torque only one lug on my wheel.... I couldn't figure out why my car was creating its own dub-step for a few days..

[IronFreak]

Stupidest thing I've done while working on my E30 was search google for E30 forums to help with a simple HG change for my DD.................


































HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

DD.....Thanks r3v.....

[Vtec?lol]

almost shit my pants had to walk away and think about life for a few seconds

LMAO I did this exact same thing and started a fire. Had the gas not have been watered down and sitting for years I would have burned down my moms house.

Stupidest thing I've done while working on my E30 was search google for E30 forums to help with a simple HG change for my DD.................




HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

DD.....Thanks r3v.....

you win!:giggle: