dont try pushing your car off ramps by yourself...
tryed sitting in it pushing with legs couldnt grip ground so my genius mind thought i could grab the door and pull it off so what happens i get it rolling off back into the garage and i didnt tie my shoes so its starting to roll i step on shoe laces door grabs my shin ******* takes my *** down onto the cement. so legs are mangled under the door bleeding and the top of the door is bent by grabbing the side of the garage frame and im pinned no joke under this **** couldnt roll it off because the front wheels were at the base of the ramps..had to pull out the cell call mom to come out and move tyhe ramps so i could get out..made my ******* day but at least someone(mom) got a good laugh out of it. still have the bend in the top of the driver door to remind my dumb *** to not do stupid ****.

 

After changing the fuel filter.. dont try to put the leaked fuel back in the car! your just going to clog the new filter again!

 

A nice pair of leather welding gloves goes a long way.

 

When you have the front of the car up higher than the rear, remember to drain the transmission fluid before removing the driveshaft. I had a slick hairdo for the next couple days. A while with a scrub brush and a bottle of Dawn helped a good bit tho.

 

dont let one of your honda buddys help you work on your car, they ask too many stupid questions and like to unplug things lol

 

When changing your clutch and trying to put your tranny back in always remember to remove the alignment tool. And then remember to remove your fingers. Sucks trying to put in a tranny with a broke index finger.

 

+ about draining tranny fluid FIRST, and +100 about labeling ****.
a couple of more things
1) make sure to REPLACE the oil filter before craking the engine again.............in front of a friend........................
2) check directionality on tires before putting them on..............
3) when parking on ramps, either have a spotter or wide enough ramps................
4) oil and tranny fluid dont taste good
5) NEVER NEVER NEVER let your father work on your car or drive it...................

peace

 

when lowering engine into the car, have a buddy lower while you guide the engine.

 

the 100amp or 80 amp fuse doesnt pull out. you have to unbolt it.

 

haha i learned that when something started smoking under the dash! in a frantic panic i was tring to pull it out!!

 

I'd like to ammend that.

Do not touch any screws holding interior trim, or everything will crack.

 

You will find everything you need to know right here.

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...=stupid+owners

Spec.

 

ROFLMAO!!

Now that **** made my day.

Spec.

 

On an RX-7:
- tranny fluid out the back. Stunk up my coveralls and the garage floor for months (even with washing).
- when disconnecting vacuum hoses, label them all.

Not on an RX-7:
- fuel in the eyes....not fun.
- you can't twist a torsion bar with a c-clamp...when it started bending, I thought I was gonna die, felt it was a good time to stop tightening.

 

i do that all the time, its a sure-fire way to check for spark heheh

 

^^^i had a buddy check my spark for me this way....lol.....he doesnt come around much anymore...i dont think he likes me

 

Carb cleaner hurts the eyes, catback falling on face hurts, umm when using torch to heat stuck bolts, watch the torch. Put the turbo heat shield on BEFORE putting the turbo back. make sure you are totally done before putting coolant back in.
pressure test the fuel system before putting the mani back on... pretty much common sense but we are all dumb asses occasionally.


lol with the parking brake on while changing rear brakes... my buddy and i did this on his jeep. could't figure out why the hell the rotors woulnd't come off. "dude they should just slide off." "well go get that hammer."

 

lol

 

^ seriously, it took an hour of hammering the **** out of this rotor until my neighbor came over. he took one look at what we were doing and told us the parking break was on. i felt like a moron, rightfully so.

 

Dont take out the drive shaft without first draining the trans of fluids... doh!

 

thats why its good to take your time when you work on your fc.. lol after i changed the oil i forgot to hook up the battery i go put the key in the ign and try to turn it on? uh huh ? what ?? oh duh ?! the bettery. take your time don't rush besure you have plenty of time to do what u need to do. its takes me 3hrs to do a oil change because i check on everything else in the motor and under the car...

 

After you finish the job:
"Hey, where did all these leftover parts come from?"

 

loosen lug nuts BEFORE jacking the car up.

 

dont weld your exhaust while it is still on the car...
blew my EGI relay and flooded the car

 

i still do this **** all the time... except i usually get it on stands before i realize it.