Ha Ha On Me......

[Joe C.]

I am slowly, endlessly, and methodically reassembling my '65 after a free-o, warranty repaint. In order to be able to drive it to it's first show of the season on Sunday the 19th of June, I must install such necessary items as lights, bumpers, seats, etc. So yesterday I reinstalled the taillights, and then tested all the lights (park, hi/lo, directionals, stops, backups). They all worked perfectly, and all bulbs/beams AOK. So, why do both directional indicators in the cluster remain lit constantly when I turn the lights on................and neither one blinks with the turn signal. @#$%^$&^%%@#^.......all bulbs/beams AOK..........$*&*^&*^&%$..........fuses good........#$%^&&#&#%$. Wait a minute, look closer, close the garage door and turn out the lights....................why is the speedo blinking when I turn on one directional....................and, what!!!!!!!!.....the tach blinks when I hit the other directional. Do you get the picture yet. Give up?

S--t, now I've gotta crawl under there and switch both sides speedo/tach illumination with the signal indicators.

Ha, ha on me.

[Joe C.]

If You Wanna Know What Happened Next....

.......Well, this morning, I got up early, and with the sun very low in the sky, a cool breeze blowing out of the east, and a song in my heart, I endeavored to switch the offending light sockets in the cluster.
Well, God was smiling on me this morning. I managed to complete the task, upside down, sweating profusely, without causing any secondary damage (like dislodging a neighboring socket while contorted, Houduini-like, under the cursed instrument pod) in about 10 minutes.
Life is good. Praise be to God. Time for a second cup of coffee.

Joe

[Tracy C.]

God loves Corvettes too Joe.... *NM*

[Wayne K.]

Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

it helps me to know I'm not alone on some of these things and that sometimes we can learn from doing overs.

[Joe C.]

Re: Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

You're welcome, Wayne.
I just had to blow off some steam, because I was so ticked off at having done such a stupid thing.
Do you know, that I have NEVER done a stupid thing......ever! I thought that by funnin' on myself, and entertaining some of you with this misadventure, that I could relieve some of the guilt, hurt, and anal-retentive Freudian Ego shrinking frustration caused by the misdeed. It worked.

Seriously.........I am just very happy that it went easily for me. I suffer terribly with the heat, and only look forward (?) to under dash work on rare occasions.

Moral of the story: Don't continue to work when you are exhausted and exasperated, because that is when you make stupid mistakes. Walk away and start fresh the next morning.

Joe

[Michael H.]

Re: Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

I don't have to be tired to make stupid mistakes Joe. I do it all the time. I make some of my best mistakes when I'm wide awake.

[Joe C.]

Re: Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

Hi Mike:

Yeah, especially if you take your first drink before noon. But, then again, it's noon somewhere, so why not.

Joe

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[Dutch]

Re: Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

It's noon overhere now, so I'm ready to make my first mistake of the day ;-)
Sorry Joe, that I use your tread for it, but it's my first post inhere, and I just wanted to see if it's working out.

[Joe C.]

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[Dutch]

Re: Thanks for sharing the story Joe,

Ok, you're making mistakes through the day, so not only after 12 o'clock LOL

Dutch is the language we speak in our country: The Netherlands!!

The quotes you made are from Germany, the "country next door" and the German language is called "Duits" overhere ;-)

Take care & STW!!!