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Default What's your most stupid DIY cockup?

On May 17, 12:08*am, Frank Erskine
wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 14:44:40 -0700 (PDT), Jim K
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On May 14, 11:47*pm, Ericp wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 2013 20:34:43 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"


wrote:
Mine has to be taking the waste pipe off the sink and cleaning it under
running water in the same sink without a plug in. Every single time.


Draining the blocked sink into a bucket by removing the pipe from the
underneath of the sink and then happily standing up and emptying the
bucket into the sink and thinking NOOOOOOoooo as the water washed over
my feet.


draining old oil - 5+litres - from old tractor, the refilling with
more than 5 litres new expensive oil - without having replaced drain
plug..... ******* ;))


A highly intelligent person I know thought he'd change the oil in his
MR4. He looked in the manual and found how much oil he needed and
bought it.

Then he goes under the car and drains the oil. Replaces plug puts in
measured amount of engine oil and drives off. (Never checks dipstick)
Ten miles later, big bang lots of smoke.
He had drained the gearbox.
So he needed new engine and gear box.

This fellow was an RAF pilot.