..i am gonna say this as it is a good advert for always use a pro if you are a bit silly EVERYTHING on my car is DIY as i enjoy it but i aint no mechanic!!!!

Picture the scene thursday night...and i have the leads with cap on resting on the cross member and only the front part of inlet on,no injectors,rail still there and connected....all off as i had to get to the oil pressure sender.....so i decide after fitting new oil set up to see which wire was the oil light....so i went into car and turned ignition on...now your thinkin fooking hell coil live and fuel gonna pump thru ......NO because i have a switch to seperately put pump on...BUT i heard a noise which i thought was the pump ..so flicked the switch with ignition ON i then heard one of the scarest noises....petrol igniting...turns out the noise was the ABS pump DOH ...so i look up and BIG fire ignition off into the kitchen shouting FIRE!!!!!!.....Lots of water and out it went after about 30 seconds...Jesus was that scary.......i honestly thought my name must be Jim

I am gonna die doin DIY ROFL

Givus a job i can do that

 

look i'm the PF Firestarter NOT you

 

phil dont burn it out.looks good in the pics.i hope you have it insured

 

.....i thought Jim Galbally owned the rights to that?

 

...its insured for lots...especially seeing as i am the worker on it

The damage was a melted dizzy cap a bit of vacuum pipe and 2 injector plugs only!!!!

All i can say is thank fuck for insulating tape as that stopped the rest of the wiring melting!

 

fookin ell phil, you dont half take some risks lucky escape

 

Phil, once is an accident, twice is dumb - bet you didn't video this one either, bang goes another Ł250

Glad you & the car are okay though, you muppet .

Oh and any of 'the haters' please don't let this thread descend into a flame war.

 

Quality work Phil, highly amusing tale!

Now retell the one about the electic fire and the FSE valve

 

Ok, make the tea biatch

 

lol,was about to say you need a fse there phil!

 

Stu fortunatly that didnt result in a fire as i garantee i would be a dead man typing!

...another good one was my mate welding a plate on the rear of my Saff whilst we both had some weed ....he went thry a petrol pipe and it was flaming well...we looked at each other and i said i really dont want to loose the fence next to the car....so he got a damp cloth and put the fire out..apparently we was according to him 10 seconds away from loosing the car

 

I love this place

 

....i didnt love that fire!

 

tbh the worst thing ive done was last night, i broke a socket hammering the extention bar and hammerd the missus hand , i broke a bone above her thumb , shes such a star she didnt even complain and STILL held the rope

after i lost my paitence and gave up she mentioned shes in pain and we went to A&E

no fires though,,, but i think that would be classed as minor tbh

 

Not quite in your league, but i'll tell n e way LOL

I was changing the battery on my bro's 306 last night (on a badly lit driveway ), put the new battery in, started the car up to check it was working (which it was now ) , then thought o yeah best do the clamp back up, had a extension bar to reach down to the clamp on the left, and the ratchet in my had doing it up

Somehow i ended up with the ratchet in my hand, and shorting across the 2 battery terminals, with the engine running , few sparks later and a new pair of pants all is fine

 

ive done that before, its funny when you look back at it...

but for those 2 seconds, your thinking "holy shit" etc

LOL

 

10 out of 10 for admitting your stupidity Phil
Makes a change from having to assume you are a thick coont

 

thats what you getting for thinking on your feet and trying to turn the fuel pump off.

its funny but had it of been on u would of saved the car, but instead u burnt it.
sods law

 

....Jules i remember you dropping a diff on your face

I got nothing to hide except my enormous cock.

 

then didnt damo do the same thing just after too


notice how i never get a injury though

 

Good to hear you put it out

As for welding and going though a fuel line my m8 did that on a xr2 for grass track racing we were doing my bro's on the ramp next to him in the pit ran like fook when he shouted fire

But luckly it melted the hose shut so the tank did'nt go up

 

I just knew you would bring that up Phil
It landed on the side of my head actually and i have a nice little scar just above where the surgeon sorted out the breakages

 

Jules and i just KNEW youd call me stupid Predictable or WHAT

 

lol, battery one i do every week

did it spectacularly on monday though, tightening a fuse up with a 19mm ratchet spanner, slipped and touched the ring on the terminal and the spanner hit the chassis of a brand new truck

welder anyone?

24V through my spanner has left it looking a little worse for wear

 

I only say it as i see it Phil you should know that