Lest I ever take myself too seriously, I'll have to humble myself by recalling one of my bonehead moves.
Yesterday evening after work I was buttoning things up and getting ready to go for a ride. I was in a bit of a rush because I don't want to be out after dark. The old headlights are just so dim it's scary. So I had completed a pre-flight inspection and was confident everything was ready to go. I let it down off the plastic ramps, fired it up, put it in gear and CLUNK CLUNK, no movement. I got out and looked under the car. The back of the drive shaft was laying on the concrete, one cup missing. I had forgotten to install the u bolts! At that point I remembered I had just set the u-joint into the rear yoke and stopped for whatever reason without putting the u-bolts on.
I know I'm not the only one who does stupid things, so 'fess up and contribute to a check list we can all use when it's been down for a while.
Yesterday evening after work I was buttoning things up and getting ready to go for a ride. I was in a bit of a rush because I don't want to be out after dark. The old headlights are just so dim it's scary. So I had completed a pre-flight inspection and was confident everything was ready to go. I let it down off the plastic ramps, fired it up, put it in gear and CLUNK CLUNK, no movement. I got out and looked under the car. The back of the drive shaft was laying on the concrete, one cup missing. I had forgotten to install the u bolts! At that point I remembered I had just set the u-joint into the rear yoke and stopped for whatever reason without putting the u-bolts on.
I know I'm not the only one who does stupid things, so 'fess up and contribute to a check list we can all use when it's been down for a while.