Stupidest thing you have done while working on your E30

[willworkfore30s]

I realized yesterday that last time my torque wrench was used it was set to 95 ft. lbs......and left that way for a few months!!!!! I assume its toast now. So pissed!

[brianao34]

Lets see.....

Smacked a curb, bending a rim and asploding my IS lip.
Smacked the rear end of an aztek, munching my front bumper shock mount.
Started the car in gear.

Probably countless other things but can't remember them now.

Love your spelling of asploding, honest. Reminds me of Homestar.

[zig553]

Love your spelling of asploding, honest. Reminds me of Homestar.

That's pretty much where I got that word from haha, I'm glad somebody caught it.

Edit: Your Head A Splode.

[dillon7]

I wasn't working on it but the day I bought it I pulled into my garage and want to get out and my door latch was broken and had to crawl out of the passenger side.

[Bearmw]

A "few" years back I was in a junkyard scrounging E30 parts in the middle of winter after a snowstorm. The E30 I spotted was stacked on top of two other cars. I climbed the ice and snow covered wobbling stack like it was Mt. Everest nearly falling several times but I eventually made it up and inside the es. I don't even remember what I got but do remember how stupid it was.

[JinormusJ]

Doing a coolant drain; Block drain plug was stuck; instead of grabbing some WD-40, and loosening it that way, I just decided to muscle it. 2 minutes later it gives. I was applying so much torque that when it finally gave, I fell forward and with full on football tackle force, headbutted my intake manifold.

Needless to say; I laid down and stayed there for a little bit....




Well.. A lottle bit really



Also went to the junkyard in epic downpour type rain (there were huge lakes in the ground) just to get a 13-button OBC wire harness. Got pneumonia the next day. Totally worth it

[FLG]

I realized yesterday that last time my torque wrench was used it was set to 95 ft. lbs......and left that way for a few months!!!!! I assume its toast now. So pissed!

Not sure if serious


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[Exodus_2pt0]

Trying to install a oil pressure gauge, dropped one of the fittings down into the area where the latch is. OK, no problem. I'll just unbolt the latch and move it out of the way. Did that, and upon attempting to retrieve the fitting, I knocked it down into the lower part of the core support.

There's no way out from the bottom without cutting, and it's copper. Off to the hardware store.

[Cronopoulos]

Not sure if serious

My dumbass broke the key off in the ignition forgetting you have to turn it back one click then forward again to start it. It was my strong hand... :/

[Exodus_2pt0]

Not sure if serious


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Serious. You always return a torque wrench to zero after use. I have lost 2 torque wrenches this way after loaning out to friends. Get it back at 100 ft/lbs after god knows how long, and it will be obviously out of spec.

[FLG]

Leave mine at 90 for my lugs... Never tested out of spec....

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[Exodus_2pt0]

Leave mine at 90 for my lugs... Never tested out of spec....

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What brand? It is common knowledge to return spring operated torque wrenches to zero after every use. Any time you put tension on a spring and leave it, the spring will develop memory.

[FLG]

What brand? It is common knowledge to return spring operated torque wrenches to zero after every use. Any time you put tension on a spring and leave it, the spring will develop memory.

Craftsman.

I just never heard that... Seems online stories vary as well?

I use it quite often if that maybe makes a difference? Sometimes varying torque but I never unload it when I put it back... Maybe I should.

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[Exodus_2pt0]

Definitely put it back to zero.

[nick526]

Glad to see this thread back to life!

Removed the driver's seat to make life a little easier while I was replacing my busted clutch petal bracket.

Went for a test drive, all good. Punched it coming off the line at a stop sign and ended up laying in the back seat staring at the headliner. Forgot to bolt the seat down (ex-girlfriend called right after I dropped the seat back in.)

Lucky thing I was on a wide, empty street and I was able to sit back up in time to grab the wheel before I ended up on someone's lawn :O