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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Dan, that's an oversight, not a dumbass mistake.
A dumbass mistake is following Professor Partrick's advice.
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Ahhh, I remember my first really dumbass mistake. I was 16 years old and adjusting the valves on my Datsun 2000 Roadster. I was holding a small wrench in my mouth as I was overtop the OHC engine. My mom came in the garage and when I said something to her the wrench fell out of my mouth and straight down the front of the engine in to the timing gears. I could not retrieve it, try as I might -- and believe me, I tried. I ended up having to remove the front of the engine and timing gears. When I put the timing gears back on, I did it wrong, and when I cranked the engine, the pistons kissed the valves.
There, beat that.
