Fuyuzora
12-18-2010, 06:21 PM
So... I had an interesting and frustrating day. Started well but had a string of misfortune which dragged it down.
Decided I'd put the Rally Armours on today... But the car was filthy, and I took it too a spray wash. Came out nice, but on the last rinse the water jet caught one of the wipers, it fell at an awkward angle and broke. Guh.
Went off to Canadian Tire and got some new ones for winter, and headed off to campus to install the mudflaps. There's a heated underground garage which makes doing this kind of work in the winter easy enough. I was working there for a while when STeeLy showed up to work on his car too, which was pretty cool. But I digress.
After getting the front flaps on, I realized that part of the fender liner was missing from my rear left wheel... Probably the first owners, but now I need to buy a new one. Sigh.
Then on the fourth flap, I was tightening the locknuts with a socket wrench... And the socket got stuck on the bolt. Took a good 20 minutes to get it off, with me writhing on the floor trying to reach around the bumper to work with it. The wheel was off though, which made that part easy, but...
After finally getting the last flap on, I decided to adjust the angle of the front flaps; so I decided to crank the wheels to make access easier. Got in the car, started the engine, went to crank the wheel and thought:
"Gee, I don't want to scrub my tires too badly, I'll just roll forward a foot or two as I crank."
... Which would have been fine except that, being tired and not paying attention, I had neglected to remount the rear right tire. And that's how I drove off my jack. :bang
Wish I could say I was making this story up... but STeeLy was there and can confirm it, lol. Was a damn good thing he was there though, as my jack got stuck underneath and we had to use his to get my car back up and the wheel on.
Thankfully, there appears to have been no damage; it landed squarely on the base of the suspension. No brake contact, and no bending or damage anywhere else. Alignment seems to be perfectly fine as well, and no odd noises either.
Still, it pisses me off that I did something so stupid and avoidable.
Anyone else have that kind of day, where it seems like you can't get anything right? :(
Decided I'd put the Rally Armours on today... But the car was filthy, and I took it too a spray wash. Came out nice, but on the last rinse the water jet caught one of the wipers, it fell at an awkward angle and broke. Guh.
Went off to Canadian Tire and got some new ones for winter, and headed off to campus to install the mudflaps. There's a heated underground garage which makes doing this kind of work in the winter easy enough. I was working there for a while when STeeLy showed up to work on his car too, which was pretty cool. But I digress.
After getting the front flaps on, I realized that part of the fender liner was missing from my rear left wheel... Probably the first owners, but now I need to buy a new one. Sigh.
Then on the fourth flap, I was tightening the locknuts with a socket wrench... And the socket got stuck on the bolt. Took a good 20 minutes to get it off, with me writhing on the floor trying to reach around the bumper to work with it. The wheel was off though, which made that part easy, but...
After finally getting the last flap on, I decided to adjust the angle of the front flaps; so I decided to crank the wheels to make access easier. Got in the car, started the engine, went to crank the wheel and thought:
"Gee, I don't want to scrub my tires too badly, I'll just roll forward a foot or two as I crank."
... Which would have been fine except that, being tired and not paying attention, I had neglected to remount the rear right tire. And that's how I drove off my jack. :bang
Wish I could say I was making this story up... but STeeLy was there and can confirm it, lol. Was a damn good thing he was there though, as my jack got stuck underneath and we had to use his to get my car back up and the wheel on.
Thankfully, there appears to have been no damage; it landed squarely on the base of the suspension. No brake contact, and no bending or damage anywhere else. Alignment seems to be perfectly fine as well, and no odd noises either.
Still, it pisses me off that I did something so stupid and avoidable.
Anyone else have that kind of day, where it seems like you can't get anything right? :(