The grumpy thread

[beko1987]

Bloody karma got me today!

 

Was making rice krispie cakes with Charlie earlier, turned to put a bowl in the sink and he went to touch the hob... Thought I'd caught him in time but his fingers touched and got burnt so off amy went to a and e to be checked over...

 

Whilst they were gone I stripped a hoover down to sell, let me foot go numb but didn't realise, stood up, took a step forward and fell over. Stumbled, tripped over a load of toys and now my foot really hurts!

 

I've got to be at work tomorrow too, why did I scrap a fully* working automatic car for a manual?

[NorthernMonkey]

Maybe we should take him to court over the lack of price in his advert. And the fact he hasn't mentioned the floor pan rot.

Just bookmarked it...going to wait until he’s got rid then message him offering a grand cash ‘cos it’s a famous rare prototype.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Decided to attempt an oil change on my wife's FRV today.

 

The patient

 

The idiot

 

Jacked up and on axle stands. Axle stands terrify me still. Gave it damn good few shoves to make sure it was properly secure.

 

The improvised oil drain can.

 

The sump. Everything on this car seems to be helpfully labelled.

 

What I'm assuming is the drain plug.

 

The attempt to get it undone.

 

(Fast forward two hours. Add hammers, an impact wrench, more hammers and lots of swearing)

 

The idiot: defeated.

Is that actually the drain plug though?

[Guest Hooli]

Decided to attempt an oil change on my wife's FRV today.

 

The patient

 

The idiot

 

Jacked up and on axle stands. Axle stands terrify me still. Gave it damn good few shoves to make sure it was properly secure.

 

The improvised oil drain can.

 

The sump. Everything on this car seems to be helpfully labelled.

 

What I'm assuming is the drain plug.

 

The attempt to get it undone.

 

(Fast forward two hours. Add hammers, an impact wrench, more hammers and lots of swearing)

 

The idiot: defeated.

 

Lefty tighty, righty loosey..

[Kiltox]

Just bookmarked it...going to wait until he’s got rid then message him offering a grand cash ‘cos it’s a famous rare prototype.

 

Better - wind him up now by suggesting it is and see if he adjusts his expectations thinking he's won

[andy18s]

Lefty tighty, righty loosey..

?

[Guest Hooli]

?

 

Shhh don't tell them, you'll ruin it

[beko1987]

Shhh don't tell them, you'll ruin it

*4 days later*

 

Why is Hooli's username yellow?...

[HH-R]

The Honda oil change sounds exactly like my attempts at car maintenance, only with less swearing and throwing tools around.

[Zelandeth]

Decided to attempt an oil change on my wife's FRV today.

 

The patient

 

The idiot

 

Jacked up and on axle stands. Axle stands terrify me still. Gave it damn good few shoves to make sure it was properly secure.

 

The improvised oil drain can.

 

The sump. Everything on this car seems to be helpfully labelled.

 

What I'm assuming is the drain plug.

 

The attempt to get it undone.

 

(Fast forward two hours. Add hammers, an impact wrench, more hammers and lots of swearing)

 

The idiot: defeated.

Vacuum oil drainers are your friend...

[sierraman]

Don't know why you would offer it to 'fellow enthusiasts' when you could see £150 at the scrapyard. Bizarre.

[beko1987]

Aaaaand off to hospital I go. Apparently seeing what it's like in the morning won't do as I can't really walk without whimpering. Can't even drive myself now due to having a non junkman-omatic (can't say the other ways of saying it now...) so having to wait for my parents to come and look after the children so Amy can take me... I don't like causing a fuss. Also bloody hungry, not eaten since lunchtime but the last time I had something to eat, before going to hospital was when my chin exploded with an infection and they wanted to operate on me there and then but had to wait 6 hours...not making that mistake again!

[Guest Hooli]

That'll stop you getting bored on a sunday evening. On the bright side, it's one of the quieter periods at A&E so you might* get seen before midnight.

[chaseracer]

Could you not have done a 2-4-1 with Charlie, earlier?  Pisspoor planning, that...   

[meshking]

Took my 2cv out today to grab some for sale shots. Took the wrong lens, but also took the long route home. I had forgotten how much fun it was to drive.

 

Advert is live on carandclassic at a ' chance my arm' price.

 

 

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[Guest Hooli]

I can just imagine the thoughts from the poor triage staff when the convo starts - well the wife & kids were out so I thought I'd have some quality time with a vacuum....

[beko1987]

I can just imagine the thoughts from the poor triage staff when the convo starts - well the wife & kids were out so I thought I'd have some quality time with a vacuum....

Oh God, I've got to lie haven't I! "I was playing with the children and slipped', rather than 'I was sat down for 2 hours and my foot went to sleep, then like the fat, unhealthy bastard I am I stood up and fell over again..."

[Mally]

My wife had the dead foot thing yesterday. Fell on the floor like you.

Luckily no lasting damage, shes about twice your age.

Hope yours is just a sprain, but even that can last a few weeks.

[madrat]

My wife had the dead foot thing yesterday. Fell on the floor like you.

Luckily no lasting damage, shes about twice your age.

Hope yours is just a sprain, but even that can last a few weeks.

I've done it a few times.

[beko1987]

Ah so not too uncommon! What is bloody scary is Amy pushing me in a wheelchair... 5th in the minor injuries queue. Least I'll save a week's diesel if they tell me to stay at home!

 

Got to be better for shitefest/borrow an auto

[DodgeRover]

Oh God, I've got to lie haven't I! "I was playing with the children and slipped', rather than 'I was sat down for 2 hours and my foot went to sleep, then like the fat, unhealthy bastard I am I stood up and fell over again..."

It's better than "I was running across the kitchen to get the phone when I slipped and got a vegetable stuck up my lady parts/ bum!" Which apparently was heard semi regularly by my ex when she was a nurse working in Leeds.....

[Eddie Honda]

Decided to attempt an oil change on my wife's FRV today.

Even I can do the oil on the Jizz without even jacking it up and the sump plug is in a similar position at the back of the sump

 

SO U MUST BE DOIN IT RONG.

[beko1987]

I'm 31 years old and have just used my first pair of crutches... What bastards they are, my sympathies to anyone who needs them, my good foot/leg hurts worse than the fucked one now

[AlabamaShrimp]

Is it broken though?

 

I'm a stupid twat and just before my birthday two years ago I twisted mine proper bad. As we were going away I was manly and didn't go to the hospital. I reckon it was broken as every so often now it just decides to hurt for no reason.

[Slartibartfast]

Even I can do the oil on the Jizz without even jacking it up and the sump plug is in a similar position at the back of the sump

 

SO U MUST BE DOIN IT RONG.

I genuinely have no idea how. Even with the car jacked up I could barely manouver at all under there. Without raising it I could only get far enough under to confirm that the front jacking point was where the internet told me it would be. Roll on when my QuickJack gets delivered. There was a point where I was staring up at some crossmember or something and thinking, "if this car falls, this thing I'm looking at is going to be driven into my face by a ton and half worth of car".

[Slartibartfast]

I'm 31 years old and have just used my first pair of crutches... What bastards they are, my sympathies to anyone who needs them, my good foot/leg hurts worse than the fucked one now

Yeah, my wife bloody hates hers. Thankfully at the moment she doesn't have to use them. It comes and goes.

 

Hope the ankle heals up soon.

[Eddie Honda]

I can reach the necessary even as a lard bucket. Sorry this doesn't help.

 

I can't remember the torque, but the nonsense figure of 30Nm rings a bell. I've a whole bag of aluminum sump washers here - if you're needing a couple (I think they are the same size) PM me.

[SiC]

There was a point where I was staring up at some crossmember or something and thinking, "if this car falls, this thing I'm looking at is going to be driven into my face by a ton and half worth of car".

I get that all the time when on axle stands. I much prefer jacking a car up and sticking ramps underneath the wheels. At least you know the majority of the time it's sat on its four wheels very happily. Usually for good measure, I put axle stands under the jacking points too. Then finally leave the jack up and locked under something substantial. So if the ramps/suspension did fail for whatever reason, I'd have much more of a chance of getting the hell out of there before it completely comes crushing down.

 

I still don't like being under cars though. However my big 3 tonne SGS Engineering jack has given me loads more confidence. Especially helps that it can raise most stuff high enough that you can get the stands up high enough.

 

I much prefer the American style ratchet axle stands to the standard type. Wobble around less and seem much more stable.

[beko1987]

Home now! Badly sprained it, and fell ungentlemanly off the xray table! Spent some shitefest money on a massive McDonald's dinner for me and Amy, fuck it!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

If it's any consolation Beko, when I was at University I got a slightly panicked call at 0800 from a mate who'd got up from bed without realising they had a dead leg and had done exactly the same thing.  Had to take her in, etc.

 

The difference was that the whole time she was on her way there, she had to put up with incessant laughing.