Go do a quick roadside brake pad replacement

>granny shifting
>not double clutching like you should

loosen the bleed valve, push the piston in by hand/with hammer handle. Install pads, assemble, bleed brakes. wtf

>doing car with early abs,
>forget tool to rotate piston back in,
>have to fab up a key with an angle grinder and fuck around because you rode in the same car and its taken apart.
>i now hate this car

>pull over on I 95 to bake some bread

>start proofing the yeast in my coolant reservoir

>realize my oven is at home, and also I'm on PCP

No you're autismo

>restoring my 1969 Camaro SS barn find at rest stop
>realize I for got my rotisserie at home
>im 79 years old
>what do?

lmao

Wtf I hate cars

>he doesnt do roadside engine replacements

Should have just borrowed another motorists ridge reamer. Funilly enough I actually have one in my car currently

And you face spur-of-the-moment consequences.

>not doing a quick roadside transmission swap

>driving to work in my 65 F100 piece of shit work truck
>engine dies abruptly, meaning electrical probably
>pull to side of 15-501 rush hour idiots zooming past
>hope cop doesn't see me and call a wrecker
>open hood, pull distributor cap, looks ok
>put hand on rotor and it spins freely
>pull distributor. roll pin in gear sheared off
>stick a nail in and bend it. rough time it
>get to work 1 hour late

and here's the punchline: I bought the truck in 78, so I'm pretty sure the distributor had never been changed, and the vacuum advance had not worked for years, so I buy a rebuilt one at advance and swap. the "new" one lasted about 6 months and had the failure described above. the old one never failed, except for the dead vacuum diaphram.

I want to believe you, but '78? How fucken old are you mate? I was born in 1981 and figured I was one of the older guys on this board.

born in 55.

the 65 is my old truck. the 84 F150 is my new truck.

the old one runs better in almost every way.

Well, something new every day.

Nearer to the topic of this thread, the best repair I did on the side of the road was rebuilding the idler pulley on a Subaru outback with a bearing from an old Victa lawn mower so I could slip on a new serpentine belt and drive the 200km home. Lasted just long enough...

>be me
>clutch starts slipping on my way to a date
>decide to quickly swap it before dinner
>drop the clutch around the corner from her house with a quarter and a pop can formed into the shape of a wrench
>just as I fully disconnect the clutch from the transmission I realise I forgot my jack stands at home
>car crushes me

Mfw

Kek

>be me
>driving my delorean down the freeway
>hit 87 mph
>look back and realize i left my flux capacitor at home
>mfw