My god! From an injury standpoint, that is a winner!!! Never did that one, but my knees are a bit weak thinking about it.
How about this one.
Had to share another, but a different “bonehead”. Not a long one!
My dad (88 and still kickin) was a huge influence in my automotive life. I am the baby of 4 children and my mom was a stay at home. My dad was a hotrod guy at heart, but not much money to spend. My earliest memories are me out helping my dad do something to the cars.
Sooo….. One day he got a tachometer from someone and you bet, the old 62 Pontiac Star Chief (389 auto) was getting an upgrade. Of course it was a freebie from someone with no instructions. Come on can’t be that tough. Find a source from the coil and an interior light and ground…… He had lots of pieces of automotive wire and wanted to test it out. I am about 10 years old. “Hey Robert, come out and give me a hand” I was never far away and ready to help!!! So I get out there and he has the hood open and the tach laying on the cowl in front of the passenger side of the windshield. “Ok Robert, hold this wire, and this one together and I will get in the car and try it out”.
Ok you know where this is going…..
He gets in and starts the car. Not sure if it worked or not, but Robert was getting introduced to DC current in quick way!!! He still comments about the look on his 10-year-old son’s face. I am not sure if I was getting spark voltage or not, but he released the key as I jumped back with the tach!!! I didn’t drop the tach, but went inside rather quickly…
He got the tach hooked up without anymore of my help….. I bet he was laughing his butt off the whole time!!!
Is this child abuse???
Rob