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Doofus trophy

machlarson said:
If we steal the doofus award I nominate myself, did this last fall....

Have on old stereo in my '69. I bought it new and installed it 25 yrs ago or so. Tape deck quit a long time ago and the radio quit picking up stations. Never really listened to it anyway. A couple weeks ago the wife and I were heading to the U.P. of Mi for a little vacation, 1k mile round trip. Thought it would be nice to have some tunes so I decided to buy a new system. First I hooked up an even older stereo just to see if it would pick anything up, nada. Then picked up the DIN plate so I could add a modern stereo ($100 for a crappy molded plastic pos). Picked up new stereo/speakers/wire at Bestbuy. Installed the rear speakers, ran new speaker wire and hooked up the new radio/cd player. Went very easy, soldered and shrank wrap the wires, took my time and did a nice job. Fired it up and could only pick up one station. Took the antenna off the fender (which takes 30 seconds) and it's not even hooked up (doofus #1)...plugged it in and it works fine....but, only one rear speaker is working, how can that be, the wiring is all new. Switched the wires and the same thing, other side now not working. Figured the new stereo was bad, yanked it out, cut the wires, then had to take a break to help my wife for a bit. Come back out, standing there looking in the trunk and I notice something, I had bought a brand new spool of speaker wire, what I hadn't used was laying in the trunk...and it was wired to the speaker that wasn't working...the new wire I had run to the radio was laying there, I hadn't even stripped the ends...DOH!! Rewired everything for a 2nd time and it works great.
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Now if in addition you burned yourself with the soldering iron, THEN you'd be in first place for being awarded the Doofus Award.
 
machlarson said:
If we steal the doofus award I nominate myself, did this last fall....

Have on old stereo in my '69. I bought it new and installed it 25 yrs ago or so. Tape deck quit a long time ago and the radio quit picking up stations. Never really listened to it anyway. A couple weeks ago the wife and I were heading to the U.P. of Mi for a little vacation, 1k mile round trip. Thought it would be nice to have some tunes so I decided to buy a new system. First I hooked up an even older stereo just to see if it would pick anything up, nada. Then picked up the DIN plate so I could add a modern stereo ($100 for a crappy molded plastic pos). Picked up new stereo/speakers/wire at Bestbuy. Installed the rear speakers, ran new speaker wire and hooked up the new radio/cd player. Went very easy, soldered and shrank wrap the wires, took my time and did a nice job. Fired it up and could only pick up one station. Took the antenna off the fender (which takes 30 seconds) and it's not even hooked up (doofus #1)...plugged it in and it works fine....but, only one rear speaker is working, how can that be, the wiring is all new. Switched the wires and the same thing, other side now not working. Figured the new stereo was bad, yanked it out, cut the wires, then had to take a break to help my wife for a bit. Come back out, standing there looking in the trunk and I notice something, I had bought a brand new spool of speaker wire, what I hadn't used was laying in the trunk...and it was wired to the speaker that wasn't working...the new wire I had run to the radio was laying there, I hadn't even stripped the ends...DOH!! Rewired everything for a 2nd time and it works great.
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Or anything involving chemicals or fire
 
My wife wanted me to hang a shelf and insisted that we not use drywall anchors so I had to find a stud. Got the ol' stud finder out...found what I presumed to be a stud. Drilled a pilot hole and water started to come out of the hole...

Turns out it was the drain pipe for our upstairs bathrooms...what should have been a couple minutes worth of work turned into a week long repair.
 
machlarson said:
If we steal the doofus award I nominate myself, did this last fall....

Have on old stereo in my '69. I bought it new and installed it 25 yrs ago or so. Tape deck quit a long time ago and the radio quit picking up stations. Never really listened to it anyway. A couple weeks ago the wife and I were heading to the U.P. of Mi for a little vacation, 1k mile round trip. Thought it would be nice to have some tunes so I decided to buy a new system. First I hooked up an even older stereo just to see if it would pick anything up, nada. Then picked up the DIN plate so I could add a modern stereo ($100 for a crappy molded plastic pos). Picked up new stereo/speakers/wire at Bestbuy. Installed the rear speakers, ran new speaker wire and hooked up the new radio/cd player. Went very easy, soldered and shrank wrap the wires, took my time and did a nice job. Fired it up and could only pick up one station. Took the antenna off the fender (which takes 30 seconds) and it's not even hooked up (doofus #1)...plugged it in and it works fine....but, only one rear speaker is working, how can that be, the wiring is all new. Switched the wires and the same thing, other side now not working. Figured the new stereo was bad, yanked it out, cut the wires, then had to take a break to help my wife for a bit. Come back out, standing there looking in the trunk and I notice something, I had bought a brand new spool of speaker wire, what I hadn't used was laying in the trunk...and it was wired to the speaker that wasn't working...the new wire I had run to the radio was laying there, I hadn't even stripped the ends...DOH!! Rewired everything for a 2nd time and it works great.
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No blood drawn=no doofus award. Isn't that the rule?
 
It was transported to Des Moines during one of the Corn Feeds. Who is in possession of the actual trophy is unknown.
 
Trying to steal a little garage time at lunch put me in the running. Tried to take a couple short-cuts installing the correct Caltrac brackets led to my nose meeting a free falling leaf spring assembly. At least I managed to turn my head fast enough that it was a glancing blow rather than a straight on nose breaking event. Blood was spilled. Job got completed. Word of advice. Springs are heavy enough. Under tension they can be dangerous! Yes, I'm an idiot. An idiot with a complete rear suspension though!
 
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