Let's face it. No matter how good of a mechanic you might be, you've messed up at some point working on your XJ.

This is very similar to the "what did you do to your Jeep today" thread, only it's about mistakes and accidents!


Let me start this off:

Today I was finishing my retrofitted projector headlight conversion by cutting into the metal header panel support so that the projectors would sit in flush. Problem was, I cut too far on the passenger side and ended up hitting my battery and ruining it!

 

i cut the hole to big in my head liner for the new rear cargo light

 

went to grab the rod that holds the hood open and ripped one of the wires out at the same time

 

well... ugh as much as i HATE to admit this
one time, i guess i did not tighten the front lug nuts enough
on the front right, and after about a hour of wheelin
some how i noticed i was missing 3 out of 5 lug nuts
i dont even know HOW the 36" tire stayed on lol

 

When I replaced my radiator, I forgot the make sure the pegs on the bottom of the mech fan shroud were lined up and in place. Needless to say, the first mile of rattle from the shroud making love to the fan was too much to deal with lol.

 

haha I replaced my radiator last saturday and decided not to put the fan shroud back on because it was way too much of a hassle

 

Wasnt paying attention and mixed up the injector wires.

 

Headliner fell after a month since I was cheap and only used 1 can of glue

 

You might want to give it another shot and put the shroud on. It's part of the cooling system and the XJ's run hot enough as is.

 

While changing spark plugs a huge arc jumped from my wrench extension to the XJ.... I then stopped what I was doing and disconnected the battery...

 

True, its still running hot and it's like 100 degrees here and muggy.

 

there was a bug on my windshield inside the car, and i punched it the cracked my windshield. lol and dat bug got away -_- i was not a happy camper

 

Left the battery plugged in while welding and blew two fuses. Couldn't figure out what was wrong for 2 days and it cost me a 40 dollar tow. lol

 

Put a Powertrax No-Slip in my 98, and it didn't work right. Not broken, just didn't work. Had to spend more money on a different carrier. Happy now. : )

 

The same thing happened in my friend's 94 escort lol. It was pretty funny.